Dateline: July 19, 2024. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!

We start off with a quick update on my life and then head to our headline story, which is a look at the economic effect of accredited zoos and aquariums on their local economies! For this, we take a look at a recent economic development that happened because of the growth of the Greensboro Science Center!

We then get into our births for the week including a tree kangaroo joey at the Bronx Zoo, a new spoonbill at Zoo Tampa, a colobus monkey at Zoo New England, a very special birth at the Prague Zoo, a new orangutan at the Philly Zoo, and a new penguin at the Kansas City Zoo!

We also say goodbye to some incredible animals including a chimpanzee at the Edinburgh Zoo, an old kangaroo at Columbus, a beloved giraffe at the Sacramento Zoo, an old eagle at the Denver Zoo, and more.

We then move on to our other Zoo News stories. We talk about a new exhibit at the National Aquarium, a strike at Zoo de Granby, new animals joining the fold at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Columbus, and Stone Zoo, plans for the future at Akron and Brookfield Zoo, an elephant entering hospice care at the Little Rock Zoo, and more!

In Conservation News, we talk about sea turtle nesting season, a mass stranding of whales, and a technological advancement in collaring wolves!

In Other News, we talk about AI, animals on roadways, and more!

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