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Press Releases

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2011

11/19 - Greater Vancouver Zoo say goodbye to Eleah
11/14 ~ Shocked & saddened by the loss of Amryn the Giraffe
08/10 ~ Quarters for Conservation at the Greater Vancouver Zoo
06/09 ~ RBC Blue Water Project Volunteers help at the Greater Vancouver Zoo
03/05 ~ Nintendo launch of Pokemon Black Version & Pokemon White Version
03/04 ~ What is new at the Zoo everyone asks?
02/18 ~ Zoo Devoted to Protecting Animal Health
02/11 ~ Love is Alive
01/27 ~ Necropsy results from Nagy
01/19 ~ Goodbye to our beloved African Lion...Nagy

2010

10/29 ~ Winners to be drawn for 40th Wild & Wonderful Years Contest
08/12 ~ 40 Wild & Wonderful Years Celebration
07/23 ~ Children's Farmyard Opens
05/20 ~ 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity
05/13 ~ 40th Wild & Wonderful Years Contest
03/18 ~ Grand Opening of Habitat for Injured Eagles
01/18 ~ Greater Vancouver Zoo's giraffe calf has a name from the public
01/16 ~ Can you spot the right name for the baby Giraffe

2009

12/09 ~ Giraffe Naming Contest
11/03 ~ Another rescue from the Wild!
10/20 ~ It's a Girl!
08/29 ~ American White Pelican finds a home at the Zoo
08/14 ~ Ground Breaking Ceremony for Injured Bald Eagles Enclosure
06/13 ~ 8 Years in support of Juvenile Diabetes at the zoo
05/06 ~ Mia the Spider Monkey, still missing 1 year later
04/24 ~ CAZA's official statement on Zoos in our World
04/21 ~ Robert Bateman Get to Know Launch

2008

09/17 ~ Annual Release of Critically Endangered Species to the Wild
08/22 ~ GET CHILLED - Official Opening of the Arctic Section
07/04 ~ Zoo position on Eagle Incident
06/28 ~ Help Save Amphibians during National Conservation Week
06/21 ~ Zoo opens up heart once again
05/09 ~ Reward being offered for kidnapped monkey
05/07 ~ SPIDER MONKEY KILLED AND ANOTHER IS MISSING
04/19 ~ A couple of foxes make the GVZOO their home
03/06 ~ Robert Bateman Get to Know Launch
02/01 ~ Zoo Receives CAZA Accreditation

2007

12/22 ~ Baby Giraffe Born
12/14 ~ Mama Tiger is no longer with us
10/01 ~ Release of Critically Endangered Species to the Wild
07/30 ~ The Eagle has Landed
06/29 ~ Zoo continues to do good community work
04/25 ~ New Friend for Hazina the Hippo
04/04 ~ Recent birth of “Extinct in the Wild” animal
03/11 ~ The baby black bear, Kohl, was born

2006

10/23 ~ Indoor “Animalasium - Educational Training Centre” opens up!
09/25 ~ Community Appreciation Day
07/05 ~ GV Zoo loses their baby Giraffe despite round-the-clock efforts
06/22 ~ Greater Vancouver Zoo Giraffe delivers her first baby yesterday
06/20 ~ GV Zoo Opens One of the Largest Hippo Enclosures in Canada
06/11 ~ Greater Vancouver Zoo welcomes Juvenile Diabetes for the Walk to Cure
06/02 ~ Vancouver Sun Letters to the Editor
05/31 ~ GV Zoo hosts a Press Conference today at 12:30 pm PST
05/29 ~ Greater Vancouver Zoo attends “Miracle Day” at Abbotsford Costco