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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Vaccinations for Meerkat Pups</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Weiner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our little meerkat pups are growing by leaps and bounds every day (see Laura&#8217;s previous blog, Crowd-pleasing Meerkat Pups). Last week was their first set of vaccines, which always proves to be fun. The meerkats don’t seem to agree! I have been training everyone to come into the back keeper service area so they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii Birds: Love in the Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen McKeogh</dc:creator>
		
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Female puaiohi with nesting material
It&#8217;s breeding season here at the Maui Bird Conservation Center (MBCC), and that means all the occupants—the staff, interns, and birds—are very busy!
It all starts with planning and preparation. The staff and interns work hard in the weeks leading up to breeding season building nest platforms, putting up nest boxes, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conserving Ursids: Giant Panda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the eight living species of bears, the giant panda is the only one currently classified as endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. This assessment is based on the estimation that less than 2,500 mature pandas live in the wild today, and this population is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conserving Ursids: Sun Bears</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature&#8217;s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, the sun bear is a vulnerable species at high risk of extinction. Scientists are unclear as to how many of these small bears remain in the wild, since no reliable census data is available. However, like many endangered species, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conserving Ursids: Andean (Spectacled) Bears</title>
		<link>http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/conserving-ursids-andean-spectacled-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Van Horn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the top of Bear Canyon at the San Diego Zoo, just above the two Transvaal lionesses (see blog, Golden Girls in Their Golden Years), live Tommy and Houdini, our two Andean bears. Depending on whom you talk to, these bears might also be called spectacled bears, osos andino, ucumaris, or one of several other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good To See You, Gao Gao!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellie Rosenbaum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you sharp-eyed and diligent Cam-watchers have noticed, there have been some changes at the Giant Panda Research Station: Gao Gao and Su Lin have changed places. Gao has settled in nicely, after preliminary investigations, to the right-hand exhibit area and is, as usual, oblivious to everything except his bamboo. (Visitors? Narrators? What? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conserving Ursids: Polar Bears</title>
		<link>http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/fascinating-polar-bears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Owen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Any day of the week, you will find visitors to the San Diego Zoo at Polar Bear Plunge watching every move Kalluk, Chinook, or Tatqiq make. Sometimes it may be something as simple as a yawn, stretch, or roll during an afternoon nap. But other times, visitors are rapt with attention while watching our bears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ivan Giraffe: The Passing of a Legend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Aubery</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the short history of the Wild Animal Park, there are only a few animals that have achieved legendary status for both employees and guests alike. Ivan, the male reticulated giraffe, was one such animal. On April 29, 2008, Ivan passed away quietly in the Wild Animal Park’s South Africa exhibit. He was 19 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grizzly Paw Prints to be Auctioned!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 21:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hali Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We will be celebrating Bear Awareness Days at the San Diego Zoo May 8 through 11 (see blog about Bear Awareness Days&#8230;). This is a wonderful opportunity for you to visit the five bear species we house at the Zoo and hopefully take home some knowledge of their importance to the planet and what can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bear Awareness Days, May 8 to 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 16:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Crowe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time to celebrate bears! The San Diego Zoo’s annual Bear Awareness Days event will be held this year from May 8 to 11. If you’re not familiar with this event, it’s a fun way for us to bring awareness to our guests about bears and their conservation needs. We are extremely lucky here at [...]]]></description>
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