"It's one of those things"

Truck carrying waste water fouled with monkey droppings spills all over Milwaukee highways. Zoo officials claim "It doesn't pose any health problems," and it smells like roses.

Update: $184 ticket issued, no mention of a civil suit to recover cleanup costs.

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Off-topic

Via Possumblog, The half that didn't die before they got old.

"a small bright spot in the war-tattered economy"

Monkey meat a bargain at Congo refugee camp.

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"never smoked a day in his life"

Kubi, a gorilla at San Francisco Zoo, to undergo surgery for chronic bronchitis. Prognosis not so good.

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"Singapore authorities confiscated Blue last year"

Singapore repatriates vervet monkey.

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"The ban on pet elephants makes more sense"

Saskatoonians can't own monkeys. Ha-ha.

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"She left her field work in 1977 to found the institute"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall parts fools from money in Nebraska.

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"a positive test for tuberculosis in one of the St. Louis gorillas"

Riverbanks Zoo to be gorilla-free a bit longer than intended.

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"they might be on exhibit in a week or two"

Western lowland gorilla born at Denver Zoo. Another such birth expected there within the month.

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"The lemur monkeys died, the kangaroos died"

Florida's Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary at the Shell Factory closes after spate of animal escapes, deaths. It'll reopen at the end of the month, with a new name and new management.

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"breeding like bunnies"

Los Angeles Zoo mandates contraceptive use.

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"other viruses have been commonly found in this form of lymphoma"

No, no, we didn't mean HIV, we meant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

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the world's largest living lizard

Michigan's John Ball Zoo puts new komodo dragon near Monkey Island. Monkeys trying not to attract attention to themselves.

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"police are looking for a man who disappeared along with the exotic pets last week"

Stolen monkeys found safe in Las Vegas.

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"It's kind of like computerized dating"

Zookeepers spend a lot of time thinking about fertility.

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"André recalls it as love at first sight"

ex-pat French conservationist provides Congo sanctuary for sex-crazed bonobos.

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"New charges have been laid"

All's not well at Australia's Mareeba Wild Animal Park.

Update: more.

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"Many people have been saying their goodbyes in 'Gorilla Grams.'"

Riverbanks Zoo continues to milk departure of loaner gorillas.

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"It's something I'll be able to tell my kids and pass on and stuff"

Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall recruits at California school.

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"Young People's Decade of Commitment Celebration"

Provincetown to host young elitists, dupes. Queen of the Chimps Jane Goodall to issue orders via video link.

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