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      • The amphibian exhibitions are open
      • On chicks, nestlings and nesting boxes
      • Flowering throughout the Zoological Garden
      • Short Zoological Garden news items
      • The Children's Birding Group visited our Museum
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      • Renovations and innovations and in the Garden
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      • Patients in the Garden's clinic
      • New faces in the Garden's staff
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      • Research, nature conservation, and education in zoos – a glimpse at the course projects
      • New research systems
      • Graduation event - Sagol School
      • Zoological Garden Newsflash
      • The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel children's birding group: annual summary
    • spring 2018
      • spring 2018
      • A new course is created: Research, nature conservation and education in zoos
      • On coatis and nesting
      • A designated feeding apparatus for the northern bald ibises
      • A national seminar on reptiles
      • On eggs, neonates, and chicks: The breeding season is on!
      • Greylag goose chicks
      • And finally, a small and cheerful news item
    • Winter 2018
      • Winter 2018
      • Winter in the Zoological Garden, and some signs of spring
      • New tenants in the Garden: a white stork and a black stork
      • The thicket aviary: some new tenants and blossom
      • Our Egyptian vulture cracks eggs
      • Parasitic wasps threatened to destroy the crickets' breeding
      • Zoological Garden winter 2018 - newsflash
    • Autumn 2017
      • Autumn 2017
      • New female ibexes in the Garden
      • A coypu in the Garden
      • Latest news from the thicket aviary
      • A large and spacious enclosure for water birds
      • A few words in their memory
      • Flash-news, Autumn 2017
      • The birding and nature club is hosted in our Gardens
    • Summer 2017
      • Summer 2017
      • A center for amphibian research and conservation
      • Light pollution and the spadefoot toad
      • The sea-eagles are back in our Garden!
      • The thicket aviary – final work and beginning of populating
      • Volunteers in the Garden
      • Zoological Garden newsflash
    • Spring 2017
      • Spring 2017
      • The gazelle and the plastic bag – a dramatic story with a happy end
      • Physical challenges as enrichment for the caracal
      • A research system in the Zoological Garden – wild rat navigation
      • Possible breeding of our Gila monsters
      • New water plants in the turtle pond
      • Drama on the grass!
      • National training course on the ethics of working with birds
      • Zoological Garden newsflash
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      • The spadefoot toads are breeding and released back into nature
      • Our amphibians are breeding
      • A new aviary for thicket birds
      • The barn owl has gone too far!
      • Happy news about our vultures
      • Taking care of the vegetation in the Zoological Garden
      • A new and renovated cage for the caracal
      • A few words in their memory
      • Zoological Garden newsflash
    • Autumn 2016
      • Autumn 2016
      • Happy and exciting news – the Syrian spadefoot toads are breeding
      • A taphonomic study in the Zoological Garden
      • A colorful romantic story with a sad ending
      • An extended and mixed-species cage for water birds
      • Animal enrichment in the Zoological Garden
      • Wonderful nest-building in the monk parakeet research colony
      • The rock hyrax group
      • Zoological Garden newsflash
    • July-August 2016
      • July-August 2016
      • Fruit bats from a research colony in the Zoological Garden forage in the Botanical Garden
      • Plants from the Botanical Garden in the Zoological Garden's turtle pond
      • A new research system in the Zoological Garden: rock hyraxes and the Leishmania parasite
      • Transplanting intestinal bacteria into white-eyed gull chicks
      • Schneider's skinks are breeding
      • Two young hares have arrived at the Garden
      • Two new jungle cat cubs
      • Common duckweed from the turtle pond – a delicacy for the Nene geese
      • Hyena recreation time in the Jacuzzi
      • Newsflash from the Zoological Garden
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      • An adopted vulture chick
      • Improving animal welfare in the Zoological Garden
      • Ringing yellow-legged gulls
      • White-eyed gull – the official bird of Eilat in our Garden!
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      • Blood donation for badger cubs
      • Four new vultures in the Zoological Garden
      • A new research system to study vocal communication in the monk parakeet
      • Zoological Garden newsflash
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      • January-February 2016
      • A new gate between the gardens!
      • Environmental enrichment project
      • Animal footprints in the new trail
      • It's Valentine's Day for the amphibians
      • Rock hyraxes in the Zoological Garden
      • International Darwin Day celebration
      • Zoological Garden newsflash
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      • November-December 2015
      • A new exhibit of Buxton's jirds
      • A new turtle pond
      • A romantic story with a prickly end
      • Updates from our wolf pack
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      • The she-wolf Shosha – a returning resident to the Zoological Garden
      • Young Sahara sand vipers
      • Artificial claws for a fruit bat
      • New inhabitants in the zoological garden!
      • New species in the bat exhibition
      • On owls and ibises
      • Spotlight on a research project: Multisensory perception in bats
      • Termites in the Zoological Garden
      • Building a connecting gate between the Gardens and renovating eastern path
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      • The ‘collect and save’ mission at Beer Milka
      • The Persian fallow deer antlers
      • Newsflash from the zoological garden
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      • “Enlistment day” for the eastern spadefoot toad breeding core
      • Release of newts back to nature
      • Romantic dramas on the grass
      • News from the reptile yard
      • Newsflash from the Zoological Garden
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      • New cormorants in the Zoological Garden
      • On crows and gazelles
      • The crooked antler of the adult deer
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Home \ Garden News \ May-June 2016 \ Improving animal welfare in the Zoological Garden

Improving animal welfare in the Zoological Garden

On 6.6.16  an operation was carried out by the Zoology Department to improve our animal welfare and our visitors' experience. Department members volunteered to help and various laboratories "adopted" a specific cage or an area of the garden. As part of the operation a variety of works was carried out in the animal cages: an additional shelter was built in the porcupines' cage, wooden logs were introduced into cages as enrichment items, the vegetation in the cages was cleaned, various cages in the reptile and rodent yard were cleaned, and more. Additionally, work was carried out to improve the garden's appearance: part of the vegetation throughout the garden was thinned out or removed, camphor weeds (an invasive plant species) were uprooted, several cages were painted and their concrete fronts decorated, etc. 

We would like to all thank those who worked so hard on that very hot day, under the burning sun and in dark cages. Thanks to your efforts, both our animals and our visitors now feel much better in the garden.

Photo: Daphna Lev Photo: Daphna Lev
Photo: Daphna Lev

Photo: Daphna Lev

Photo: Hagit Talmor Photo: Hagit Talmor
Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Ron Michlin Photo: Ron Michlin
Photo: Ron Michlin

Photo: Ron Michlin

Photo: Daphna Lev Photo: Daphna Lev
Photo: Daphna Lev

Photo: Daphna Lev

Photo: Daphna Lev Photo: Daphna Lev
Photo: Daphna Lev

Photo: Daphna Lev

Photo: Hagit Talmor Photo: Hagit Talmor
Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor Photo: Hagit Talmor
Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Ron Michlin Photo: Ron Michlin
Photo: Ron Michlin

Photo: Ron Michlin

Photo: Ron Michlin Photo: Ron Michlin
Photo: Ron Michlin

Photo: Ron Michlin

Photo: Hagit Talmor Photo: Hagit Talmor
Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor Photo: Hagit Talmor
Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor Photo: Hagit Talmor
Photo: Hagit Talmor

Photo: Hagit Talmor

Garden News

Autumn 2019
Autumn 2019Enrichment, enrichment, enrichment!New tenants in the Zoological GardenNew young tenants in the Zoological GardenNews from our reptile yardRenovation works continue
Spring 2019
Spring 2019Lots of nestlings and chicks in the Zoological Garden"Research, nature conservation, and education in zoos" course: workshop, enrichment tools and moreZoo design conference - Wroclaw, Poland, 2019Spring cleaning, crickets, and mealworms
Winter 2019
Winter 2019Improving the Garden's exhibitions and appearance - the building momentum continues!The amphibian exhibitions are openOn chicks, nestlings and nesting boxesFlowering throughout the Zoological GardenShort Zoological Garden news itemsThe Children's Birding Group visited our Museum
Autumn 2018
Autumn 2018Renovations and innovations and in the GardenNews from the grassShort and happy news items from the thicket aviarySara Blutinger visited the GardenPatients in the Garden's clinicNew faces in the Garden's staff
Summer 2018
Summer 2018Research, nature conservation, and education in zoos – a glimpse at the course projectsNew research systemsGraduation event - Sagol SchoolZoological Garden NewsflashThe Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel children's birding group: annual summary
spring 2018
spring 2018A new course is created: Research, nature conservation and education in zoosOn coatis and nestingA designated feeding apparatus for the northern bald ibisesA national seminar on reptilesOn eggs, neonates, and chicks: The breeding season is on!Greylag goose chicksAnd finally, a small and cheerful news item
Winter 2018
Winter 2018Winter in the Zoological Garden, and some signs of springNew tenants in the Garden: a white stork and a black storkThe thicket aviary: some new tenants and blossomOur Egyptian vulture cracks eggsParasitic wasps threatened to destroy the crickets' breedingZoological Garden winter 2018 - newsflash
Autumn 2017
Autumn 2017New female ibexes in the GardenA coypu in the GardenLatest news from the thicket aviaryA large and spacious enclosure for water birdsA few words in their memoryFlash-news, Autumn 2017The birding and nature club is hosted in our Gardens
Summer 2017
Summer 2017A center for amphibian research and conservationLight pollution and the spadefoot toadThe sea-eagles are back in our Garden!The thicket aviary – final work and beginning of populatingVolunteers in the GardenZoological Garden newsflash
Spring 2017
Spring 2017The gazelle and the plastic bag – a dramatic story with a happy endPhysical challenges as enrichment for the caracalA research system in the Zoological Garden – wild rat navigationPossible breeding of our Gila monstersNew water plants in the turtle pondDrama on the grass!National training course on the ethics of working with birdsZoological Garden newsflash
Winter 2017
Winter 2017The spadefoot toads are breeding and released back into natureOur amphibians are breedingA new aviary for thicket birdsThe barn owl has gone too far!Happy news about our vulturesTaking care of the vegetation in the Zoological GardenA new and renovated cage for the caracalA few words in their memoryZoological Garden newsflash
Autumn 2016
Autumn 2016Happy and exciting news – the Syrian spadefoot toads are breedingA taphonomic study in the Zoological GardenA colorful romantic story with a sad endingAn extended and mixed-species cage for water birdsAnimal enrichment in the Zoological GardenWonderful nest-building in the monk parakeet research colonyThe rock hyrax groupZoological Garden newsflash
July-August 2016
July-August 2016Fruit bats from a research colony in the Zoological Garden forage in the Botanical GardenPlants from the Botanical Garden in the Zoological Garden's turtle pondA new research system in the Zoological Garden: rock hyraxes and the Leishmania parasiteTransplanting intestinal bacteria into white-eyed gull chicksSchneider's skinks are breedingTwo young hares have arrived at the GardenTwo new jungle cat cubsCommon duckweed from the turtle pond – a delicacy for the Nene geeseHyena recreation time in the JacuzziNewsflash from the Zoological Garden
May-June 2016
May-June 2016An adopted vulture chickImproving animal welfare in the Zoological GardenRinging yellow-legged gullsWhite-eyed gull – the official bird of Eilat in our Garden!
March-April 2016
March-April 2016Blood donation for badger cubsFour new vultures in the Zoological GardenA new research system to study vocal communication in the monk parakeetZoological Garden newsflash
January-February 2016
January-February 2016A new gate between the gardens!Environmental enrichment projectAnimal footprints in the new trailIt's Valentine's Day for the amphibiansRock hyraxes in the Zoological GardenInternational Darwin Day celebrationZoological Garden newsflash
November-December 2015
November-December 2015A new exhibit of Buxton's jirdsA new turtle pondA romantic story with a prickly endUpdates from our wolf pack
September-October 2015
September-October 2015The she-wolf Shosha – a returning resident to the Zoological GardenYoung Sahara sand vipersArtificial claws for a fruit batNew inhabitants in the zoological garden!New species in the bat exhibitionOn owls and ibisesSpotlight on a research project: Multisensory perception in batsTermites in the Zoological GardenBuilding a connecting gate between the Gardens and renovating eastern path
July-August 2015
July-August 2015The ‘collect and save’ mission at Beer MilkaThe Persian fallow deer antlersNewsflash from the zoological garden
May-June 2015
May-June 2015“Enlistment day” for the eastern spadefoot toad breeding coreRelease of newts back to natureRomantic dramas on the grassNews from the reptile yardNewsflash from the Zoological Garden
April 2015
April 2015News from the ClinicNew cormorants in the Zoological GardenOn crows and gazellesThe crooked antler of the adult deerNews from the lawn

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Tel Aviv, 6997801
Phone: 073-3802032
Fax: 03-6405253
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