After receiving a Grammy nomination for Gojira’s epic performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, lead vocalist Joe Duplantier is…
Black bear killed after fight at zoo in Belgium
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Orca Keto (29) died in captivity at Loro Parque in Spain
The Animal Reader is an independent news platform based in the Netherlands that shares daily news updates about animals and…
A Prisoner Since Birth: Keto the Orca Dies at Loro Parque
Keto the orca suffered a lifetime of exploitation and confinement to tiny tanks at various abusement parks—now, at only 29…
Two elephants die from herpesvirus in zoo in the Netherlands
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Experimenter Cries ‘Monkey Shortage!’ While Killing 10 Monkeys in a Month
There’s a monkey shortage, says University of Massachusetts—Amherst experimenter Agnès Lacreuse—as the corpses pile up in her lab. PETA has…