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The new pygmy hippo at the Hai Park in Kiryat Motzkin, northern Israel, on April 16, 2026 (Saguy Peretz)
April 16, 2026, 9:51 pm
Rare pygmy hippo arrives in Israel to launch breeding program
Female undergoing acclimatization at Hai Park in northern city of Kiryat Motzkin, which has built a special enclosure; male hippo set to arrive in September
By Sue Surkes
Workers and rescue forces at the scene where 26-year-old Uriel Nuri was killed by a leopard on August 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2025, 3:00 pm
Jerusalem zoo still probing employee’s death, but won’t blame leopard for mauling
Reopening of Biblical Zoo postponed by a day as staff, police try to figure out what led to Uriel Nuri being attacked in enclosure as visitors watched on Friday
By ToI Staff
Uriel Nuri feeding an animal at the Jerusalem Zoo. (Facebook)
August 1, 2025, 2:06 pm
Worker at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo killed in attack by leopard
Uriel Nuri succumbs to wounds in hospital; zoo says it is investigating how leopard managed to exit its enclosure and attack 26-year-old
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Hamada Iqtiet. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2023, 9:55 pm
6-year-old Palestinian boy mauled to death by lion in private Gaza zoo
Police say Hamada Iqtiet climbed fence and reached opening in cage before lion attacked him
By AP
Illustrative: Little three month old elephant Leev Ma Rie walks under her mother at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, October 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
January 7, 2023, 1:25 am
German zoo receives first installment of $26m gift from Holocaust survivor’s widow
Elizabeth Reichert left funds in her will for the Cologne Zoological Garden, explaining her husband Arnulf ‘wanted to give the money someplace where it would do good’
By David I. Klein
Mrs. Wolowitz, a 35-year-old northern rockhopper penguin, who was named after the character of Debbie Wolowitz from the TV sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," died on August 11, 2022, at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. (The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland - RZSS)
August 14, 2022, 2:44 pm
Mrs. Wolowitz, penguin named for ‘Big Bang’ mom, dies in Scotland zoo
Devoted to her one offspring, she was thought to be oldest of her kind in the world, as well as the ‘sassiest penguin in the colony’; she died after a fox broke into her enclosure
By ToI Staff
Three newborn lion cubs are displayed at Nama zoo in Gaza City, August 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
August 14, 2022, 1:07 am
Days after airstrikes and rocket fire, 3 newborn lion cubs go on display in Gaza
Veterinarian says birth successful despite loud sounds of explosions, which causes stress to wild animals
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israelis demonstrate outside the Hai animal park in Kiryat Motzkin on July 28, 2022. (Courtesy, Campaign to Save the Animals at Hai Animal Park, Kiryat Motzkin)
July 29, 2022, 8:22 am
Animal lovers protest against zoo amid clash of narratives over animal welfare
Agriculture Ministry, Nature Authority, open probe into Hai Park in Kiryat Motzkin after social media post shows elephants apparently clinging to wall for shade
By Sue Surkes
Screen capture from video of a man who entered the crocodile enclosure at the Ramat Gan Safari, Febrauary 17, 2022. (Twitter)
February 20, 2022, 1:04 pm
Selfie-seeker enters crocodile enclosure at Ramat Gan zoo
Safari park says it filed a police complaint about man seen in video posing with the toothy reptiles
By Stuart Winer
An lioness seen with her 6-weeks-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on May 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2022, 2:13 pm
Lioness escapes Iran zoo with mate after killing keeper
Security forces in the city of Arak corral feline pair back alive after female managed to open the cage and attack guard who had fed them
By AFP
Illustrative: An orangutan at the Oklahoma City Zoo (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
July 17, 2021, 4:41 pm
Escaped orangutan causes stir at Ramat Gan zoo
Ape exits enclosure through newly planted vegetation; officials say she was never close to visitors’ area and did not present danger
By ToI Staff
Members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California are seen in their habitat on January 10, 2021 (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Safari Park via AP)
January 12, 2021, 9:14 am
In 1st known primate case, gorillas test positive for virus at San Diego Zoo
8 gorillas believed to have virus and several have been coughing; appears infection came from member of zoo’s team
By JULIE WATSON
Akia, a 26-year-old giraffe, and her newborn are seen at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. (Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)
October 9, 2020, 2:59 pm
Jerusalem Biblical Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe
Zoo says newborn and its 26-year-old mother are doing well, staff look forward to end of lockdown so visitors can see her
By ToI Staff
The monkey that was recovered by police several days after being stolen from a zoo in Kiryat Motzkin, in July 2020. (Israel Police)
July 21, 2020, 8:34 pm
Three men arrested for stealing monkey from zoo in northern Israel
Primate, worth thousands of shekels, back home after being recovered by police
By ToI Staff
President Ruby Rivlin reads Israeli classic 'Flat To Rent' by Lea Goldberg online on Thursday, March 19, 2020, during the coronavirus crisis (Courtesy Ruby Rivlin Facebook page)
March 20, 2020, 1:02 pm
Get online to exercise, forage, pray and even hike during your home stay
Everyone’s going online right now, offering services and classes for free during the extended quarantine caused by the COVID-19 crisis
By Jessica Steinberg
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