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Meet us at the North Carolina Zoo this Saturday -- and now, get ... - Sep 16, 2008 ScienceBlogsGreta and I will be at the North Carolina Zoo this coming Saturday, September 20, to meet with readers and practically all of the North Carolina Labor Day Travelers Visit North Carolina Zoo - Aug 30, 2008 WFMY News 2,...such big crowds to be out coming out here but we thought it would be a great idea," said Arlene Butler, a visitor to the North Carolina Zoo visitor. Operant conditioning at the NC Zoo - Sep 22, 2008 ScienceBlogsOur group toured the North Carolina Zoo, led by Jayne Owen Parker, Ph.D., the Director of Conservation Education of the Zoo Society. Wet vs. dry debate rages - Aug 29, 2008 FayObserver.com,By Sarah A. Reid Every year, more than a million people visit Asheboro, home of the North Carolina Zoo. Inevitably, a few people on business trips call Greensboro provides entertainment, food, shopping and art all ... - Sep 3, 2008 The Pendulum,NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER: The Natural Science Center offers a closer venue for viewing animals than the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Doctors perform hysterectomy on gorilla - Sep 12, 2008 News & Observer,...for Reproductive Medicine and Duke University Medical Center perform surgery on Donna, a western lowland gorilla who lives at the North Carolina Zoo. Male Giraffe Dies At North Carolina Zoo - 15 Aug 2008 WFMY News 2,Asheboro, NC-- A 14-year-old male giraffe died at the North Carolina Zoo Thursday while undergoing surgery to remove a stone blocking his urinary tract. New Black Bear Cubs Arrive At The North Carolina Zoo - Aug 6, 2008 WFMY News 2,The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro has two new American black bear cubs. They're the first bear cubs ever at the zoo. An animal refuge in Arkansas donated Alcohol could prompt zoo expansion - Aug 4, 2008 News 14 Carolina,ASHEBORO, NC -- The director of the North Carolina Zoo says the approval of Asheboro’s alcohol sales could bring expansion. Some 750000 people a year visit NC Zoo Hosting Chilling Event - Aug 7, 2008 Southern Pines Pilot,Visitors can get a firsthand look at how the North Carolina Zoo helps its animals beat the heat when the park hosts "ZooCool" this Saturday and Sunday, Zoo Exercise Tips - Jul 18, 2008 Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,PHOTO #1: North Carolina Zoo staff on an exercise walk through the zoo. PHOTO #2: North Carolina Zoo staff and members taking an exercise walk in the zoo. Mixed drinks for NC zoo city - Jul 30, 2008 Charlotte Observer,Unofficial results from the Randolph County city, home of the North Carolina Zoo and a popular dinner or lunch spot for people traveling from the Charlotte Black bear cubs go on display at NC Zoo - Aug 5, 2008 Greensboro News Record,...and the two adults can be viewed from 3 pm until closing. A young black bear cub splashes her litter mate at the North Carolina Zoo on Tuesday. Leaders say alcohol may help zoo plans - Aug 2, 2008 Greensboro News Record,Tuesday’s referendum could bring the North Carolina Zoo, one of the area’s largest tourist attractions, closer to a long-planned expansion. NC Zoo photographer wins spot in Smithsonian - Jul 22, 2008 WRAL.com,Asheboro, NC — An employee of the North Carolina Zoo has earned a place in the Smithsonian Museum for a photograph he took in Arizona. On The Wildside: Galapagos Tortoise - Aug 4, 2008 WFMY News 2,Tort was the first resident at the North Carolina Zoo back in 1974. He was there when the doors opened. He's a young 55-years old....but with a life span of State budget comes up short with child nutrition funds - Jul 24, 2008 Mount Airy News,The General Assembly has set aside $2.7 million to expand and renovate the polar bear exhibit at the North Carolina Zoo, for example. Teens From Across The Country Fix Homes In Greensboro - Jul 21, 2008 WFMY News 2,Some teens even traveled to help make repairs at the North Carolina Zoo. Each teen paid $350 for the trip to Greensboro. They sleep on the floor of St. Paul Site Trades in Asheboro, NC for $1.4M - Jul 25, 2008 CoStar Group,The site is along Old Cox Road in the Southwest Randolph County submarket, across the street from the North Carolina Zoo. Walter Moffitt of Coltrane Luck As animals age, zoos adapt - Jul 21, 2008 Greensboro News Record,How should veterinarians treat aging lions afflicted with what Mary Joa n Pugh, the North Carolina Zoo's chief of staff and business officer, called "some Liquor vote divides Asheboro - Jul 27, 2008 Greensboro News Record,...“We have new, better highways and the North Carolina Zoo,� Crisco says. “But there’sa little town called Greensboro that’s advertising 'See the zoo, Weekender Calendar - Jul 24, 2008 FayObserver.com,The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily. The zoo presents animals and plants in exhibits that closely resemble their natural Space Chimps Ham has roots in real history - Jul 18, 2008 Collectspace.comFollowing his flight, Ham was retired to the National Zoo in Washington, DC, followed by the North Carolina Zoo. He died at age 26 in 1983, never fathering Campers get a chance to just be themselves - Jul 20, 2008 Burlington Times News,...a fundraiser organized by Rhonda Farmer's sports and marketing class at Williams High School, the campers have been able to go the North Carolina Zoo. Donation Given for Building Giraffe Feeding Station - Apr 21, 2008 MyFox WGHP,ASHEBORO, NC (WGHP) -- An anonymous donation will allow the North Carolina Zoo to build a feeding station where visitors can offer treats to giraffes from a No Bad Breath For This Bear - Apr 17, 2008 WFMY News 2,For this reason, it is up to zoo keepers at the North Carolina Zoo to keep the animals teeth healthy. Zookeepers say that most of the animals have been NC Zoo Reopens With Expansion of Elephant, Rhinoceros Exhibit - Apr 5, 2008 WRAL.com,ASHEBORO, NC — The North Carolina Zoo opened the gates Saturday on its first major addition in more than 10 years. It's an expansion of its elephant and Zoo unveils brand new Africa plains - Apr 4, 2008 News 14 Carolina,ASHEBORO -- It took the North Carolina Zoo 10 years to complete. But this weekend officials are celebrating the grand opening of the brand new Watani Vet school programs link NCSU, Iraq - Mar 27, 2008 N.C. State University Technician Online,With the help of North Carolina Zoo Director David Jones, who has experience rebuilding the Kabul Zoo in Afghanistan, they were able to raise money to Biltmore tops list of North Carolina attractions - Feb 19, 2008 Bizjournals.com,2 on the list with 792500 visitors; the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro was No. 3 with 752000. The top Triangle attraction on the list was the NC Museum of Biltmore Reigns Once Again as Top Historic Attraction in North ... - Feb 18, 2008 Earthtimes,The only newcomer in the central region was the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, which finished third in the overall survey. Groups provide support for grandparents raising grandchildren - Feb 20, 2008 StarNewsOnline.com,Members visited the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, took a boat ride on the Cape Fear River and traveled to Ingram Planetarium at the Museum of Coastal Zoo launches state's largest solar power project - Jan 29, 2008 News 14 Carolina,ASHEBORO, NC -- The North Carolina Zoo flipped the switch on the largest solar project in the state. It's an idea that's been in the works since 2004. Zoos try to prevent extinction - Feb 1, 2008 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,For example, at the North Carolina zoo, all the zebras and all of the ostriches are female to keep them from reproducing. Other animals have been very hard Need a gift? The NC Zoo is for you - Feb 10, 2008 News 14 Carolina,Right now, you can adopt one of these animals or about a dozen others from the North Carolina Zoo. While you don’t get to take them home, your gift will go Heroes, stars, athletes: Greensboro has welcomed them all - Feb 17, 2008 Greensboro News Record,Jim Fowler — The Wild Kingdom co-star appears in a fund-raising telethon for the North Carolina Zoo. April 15-16, 1978. Yo-Yo Ma — The cellist performs at NC Zoo offers winter discount - Nov 30, 2007 Greensboro News Record,The North Carolina Zoo is reducing admission prices by $2 to bolster attendance during the winter months. Starting Saturday through February, adults will be a service of the News & Record, Greensboro, North Carolina - Nov 27, 2007 Greensboro News Record,They made a weekend of it, spending Saturday at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. So much of television is sexually tinged, said Mike Daigneault, Trumpet the news: Elephant is going to be a mom - Nov 19, 2007 Atlanta Journal Constitution,The zoo originally hoped to breed the elephant with C'sar, a handsome guy at the North Carolina Zoo. But Dottie stayed in Atlanta after officials at the Zoo Atlanta expecting baby elephant in 2009 - Nov 20, 2007 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer,...from Berlin artificially inseminated the 25-year-old Dottie in June after plans to mate her with a male elephant at the North Carolina Zoo fell through. Super-green Greensboro Hotel Incorporates Signature Art - Nov 24, 2007 WRAL.com,But it did get him jobs designing exhibits at the North Carolina Zoo and painting murals at Gastonia's natural history museum. Mural, painting and sculpture No-Clutter Gift-Giving Services, donations, classes and tickets ... - Nov 22, 2007 Winston-Salem Journal,Admission to the North Carolina Zoo runs $10 for adults, $8 for people age 62 or older and for college students with school IDs, and $6 for children age Celebrating NC’s red wolves - Oct 18, 2007 FayObserver.com,Other contributing facilities include the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, the Western North Carolina Nature Center in Asheville, North Carolina Life Valley Zoo's Samantha the elephant off to new home - Sep 26, 2007 Edmonton Sun,By Sun Media She shipped out Tuesday for the North Carolina Zoo where she'll join a conservation and breeding program. Transported in a special Monkeys at zoo get acupuncture - Oct 1, 2007 News 14 Carolina,ASHEBORO, NC -- The North Carolina Zoo is taking a different approach to helping their animals feel well. They're doing that by using acupuncture on two Program gets kids moving at the zoo - Sep 25, 2007 News 14 Carolina,The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is a popular place for kids to take a walk on the wild side. But for one group, it's now become a place to simply take a Monkeys Treated With Accupuncture At NC Zoo - Oct 1, 2007 Today's THV,Asheboro, NC - The North Carolina Zoo is using some age-old medicine to help treat some of their elderly patients. Veterinarians are using acupuncture to Frustrating job search ends with a chance to help others - Oct 15, 2007 The DeLand-Deltona Beacon,And his office was the North Carolina Zoo. Sacca expanded his work to include speaking engagements. He enjoyed talking to Rotary groups, Scouting groups and Woman Works for Building for North Carolina Aviation of Hall of Fame - Sep 23, 2007 WRAL.com,...who ran her own plant enterprise in Arkansas before the family moved to North Carolina and she joined the horticulture staff at the North Carolina Zoo. NC Zoo Welcomes Female Elephant - Oct 1, 2007 WXii 12.com,ASHEBORO, NC -- A 19-year-old female elephant has arrived at the North Carolina Zoo as the first addition to the herd in a major expansion of the zoo's Elephant Finds New Home at NC Zoo - Sep 30, 2007 WRAL.com,The 19-year-old female elephant is the first addition to the North Carolina Zoo's elephant herd, which, along with its exhibit and holding facilities, Elephant leaves Edmonton zoo for breeding program - Sep 26, 2007 CBC.ca,The 19-year-old elephant will be part of the breeding program at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, which recently expanded its elephant enclosure to Triad events: Oct. 5-7 - Oct 5, 2007 News 14 Carolina,The North Carolina Zoo kicks off Zoo Fest 2007 Saturday with a celebration of Native American culture. Bring the whole family out for a taste of Native Child Gets His Wish To Experience Wildlife - Oct 17, 2007 NBC 17.com,Visitors to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro can catch a rare glimpse of this nocturnal animal. In fact, it is ten-year-old Josh Minion's favorite exhibit Edmonton elephant departs - Sep 27, 2007 630ched.com,...was put on a specially designed truck yesterday headed for an elephant facility in Asheboro, North Carolina. Zoo officials say the convoy had Carnivore Preservation Trust welcomes their newest rescued tiger - Sep 26, 2007 Chatham Journal Weekly,Earlier this month, CPT staff transported Vincent from the closed private zoo to the North Carolina Zoo for quarantine. CPT's completion of their own Marriott opens Residence Inn in Greensboro, NC - Oct 10, 2007 Hotel & Motel Management Magazine,Airport offers its guests convenient access to the North Carolina Zoo, the High Point Furniture Market, Greensboro College and the Greensboro Coliseum. John M. Nunnally Receives CA Dillon, Jr. Fellowship Award - Sep 24, 2007 The Open Press (press release)...a member of a private nonprofit organization that supports the North Carolina Zoo, and president of his homeowners association’s board of directors. North Carolina - Aug 3, 2007 Myrtle Beach Sun News,The NC General Assembly has agreed to provide the North Carolina Zoo with $3456000 to address some of the zoo's most pressing capital needs. Increasing the elephant population - Aug 7, 2007 Greensboro News Record,..."We've been scratching our heads trying to (figure this out)," said Tom Gillespie, the North Carolina Zoo's public relations specialist. Organization steps up efforts to save the planet - Jul 23, 2007 News 14 Carolina,The North Carolina Zoo is known for its efforts to breed elephants and rhinos in captivity, as well as its wildlife rescue program. Frog display debuts at zoo - Jul 25, 2007 Greensboro News Record,...some of the most vibrant colors in the animal kingdom, went on display for the first time Tuesday in North Carolina Zoo's RJ Reynolds Forest Aviary. Thalian dispute highlights information gap - Aug 5, 2007 Wilmington Morning Star,..."It's a different species of cat altogether," said Lorraine Smith, curator of mammals at the North Carolina Zoo. What went wrong? According to an editorial Making it all better - Jul 22, 2007 Greensboro News Record,So, how do medical staffers at the North Carolina Zoo persuade reluctant animals to take bad-tasting medicine? For starters, you mix it with something. Randolph County: A gateway to mountains - Aug 9, 2007 Greensboro News Record,The county is home to the North Carolina Zoo, which offers large areas focusing on wildlife from Africa and North America. Randolph also has the Richard Triad groups work to aid injured wildlife - Aug 9, 2007 Greensboro News Record,One of the biggest is the North Carolina Zoo's Valerie Schindler Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Asheboro. Joan McMurray, the center's volunteer [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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