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Zoocheck promotes Ontario wildlife in captivity resolution

 in Uncategorized  tagged Animal Behaviour / animal control / animal encounter / animal rights / animal welfare / captivity / exotic pets / exotics / menagerie / MLAP / mobile zoos / municipal bylaws / roadside zoo / sanctuaries / traveling exhibit / traveling show / WAP / wildlife protection / World Animal Protection / zoo / zoocheck / zoos

Zoocheck has recently partnered with World Animal Protection Canada to promote a new municipal resolution, supported by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), urging Ontario to finally regulate exotic wildlife in captivity. Both groups were at the 2024 AMO conference in Ottawa this month. It’s long been known that […]

Another zoo bites the dust

 in Uncategorized  tagged animal training / animal welfare / Bowmanville / CAZA / circus animals / Exotic Animals / exotics / OSPCA Act / roadside zoo / zoo

by Barry Kent MacKay Earworm: noun: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one’s mind. That’s how Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines it, and it fits the experience I had when I heard the news that the Bowmanville Zoo was permanently shutting down at the end of this season. And, […]