Zoo

A monkey in a cage at the "mini zoo" located in Bandarban's Meghla Tourism Centre. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Bandarban court orders closure of 'mini zoo', wildlife to be transferred to Dulahazra Safari Park

For a long time, 16 deer, six monkeys, one forest cat and two  bears were being kept in cages in the zoo without government approval

Photo: Collected
Features

Viral severed-leg Asiatic black bear rescued from now-closed Mymensingh private zoo: What we know

Bear being rescued from Swapnopuri Park in Dinajpur on 11 February 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

48 more wild animals rescued from Swapnopuri park in Dinazpur, mini zoo shut

Before and after the rhino started feeling more healthy at Dhaka Zoo. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Bangladesh

Lone rhino in Dhaka zoo recovers, still pines for a partner

One of the four monkeys transferred to Dulahazara Safari Park today (3 February). Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

17 wild animals transferred from Rangamati Mini Zoo to Dulahazara Safari Park

two-month-old female pygmy hippo named "Moo Deng" who has recently become a viral internet sensation, bites her keeper Atthapon Nundee at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, September 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS
South Asia

Thai baby hippo Moo Deng becomes internet star, draws thousands to her zoo

Natalia, a chimpanzee that has carried her dead baby for months, which experts say must be respected and reveals that grieving is not exclusive to humans, looks on as she sits on a rock at Valencia's Bioparc, Spain May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Offbeat

Grieving chimpanzee carries dead baby for months at Spanish zoo

Two tiger cubs along with their mother at the Chattogram Zoo on Sunday. Amid a sharp decline in Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans, the zoo has produced a total of 19 cubs in less than eight years proving its success in tiger breeding. Of the cubs, more than a dozen were born to Raj and Pori – a pair brought from South Africa seven years ago. Currently, there are 19 tigers in the zoo. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Chattogram Zoo roars: Breeds 19 tigers in 8 years

Irrawaddy squirrel in Jamalpur. Photo : Nasif Habib Khan
World+Biz

Japan zoo probes possible mass squirrel poisoning

Chattogram Zoo, renowned for its successful tiger breeding program that saw the population grow from two to 16 in just six years, is gearing up to welcome a pair of hippos in exchange for a pair of tigers. The hippos are scheduled to arrive from Dhaka National Zoo on 20 September 2023. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Chattogram Zoo to welcome hippos in exchange for tigers

Rare spotless giraffe born in US zoo
World+Biz

Rare spotless giraffe born in US zoo

Photo: Columbus Zoo/Twitter
Offbeat

Gorilla, believed to be male, surprises Ohio zoo with baby birth 

The binturong is a completely harmless animal. Photo taken at Lawachara National Park. Photo: Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz
Earth

Marvellous and mysterious: The binturongs of Bangladesh