animal welfare

Elderly seal 'Sterling' gets some senior swim therapy

The oldest seal in the Oregon Zoo family at 32, Sterling's care team goes to great lengths — and depths — to keep her feeling healthy and fit...

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She's got game: Sea otter Juno keeps fit by shooting hoops

Trail Blazers' guard Damian Lillard isn't the only local hoops star to make a big splash this season. Oregon Zoo keepers say Juno the sea otter can dunk with the best of them and just might have the highest shooting percentage in town...

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Elephant Samson has fun in the sun with a pool party

Samson, the 20-year-old male of the Asian elephant family, made a splash this week in the pool at Elephant Lands...

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Using natural behaviors to improve animal welfare: A Q&A with Barbara Heidenreich

Barbara Heidenreich, a world-renowned animal-behavior specialist, recently sat down with the zoo to discuss the important role training plays in animal well-being...

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Caring for elephants in cold weather

Like all mammals, Asian elephants heat and cool their bodies through an internal process called thermoregulation...

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Snow days bring the animals a new world to explore

Some species are winter specialists, others are just curious, and choose come out to explore...

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The story of Borneo elephant Chendra

Chendra was separated from her herd and nearly lost her life at a young age. She found a new family 8,000 miles away...

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Routine zoo checkups yield spectacularly spooky x-rays

Every animal at the Oregon Zoo receives routine health exams, and often these checkups include X-rays. Digital radiology has proved a useful diagnostic tool and helped the zoo's animal experts provide excellent health care...

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Rescued sea otter Lincoln celebrates first birthday

Happy squeaks could be heard throughout Steller Cove this week as rescued sea otter Lincoln celebrated his first birthday in style — with a special frozen shrimp cake and a swim in his favorite pool...

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You otter know: Zoo to host otter keeper workshop

If a group of otters is called a bevy, what do you call a group of otter keepers? The Oregon Zoo is about to find out, as it hosts the eighth biennial Otter Keeper Workshop Oct. 15-19...

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