Bronx Zoo the wild. In December 2012, five Chinese yellow-headed box turtles, a critically endangered species, were born. In December 2015, the zoo rescued a juvenile Indian cobra which had stowed away on a cargo ship destined for New Jersey. The snake was found in poor condition being dehydrated, cold, and exposed to oil residue. The animal was brought to the zoo for recovery. It's unclear how the snake got onto the ship since it set out from Singapore, which is outside of the species' natural range. On July 29, 1985, two female Amur tigers killed 24-year-old animal keeper Robin Silverman after
Breeding programs at Zoo Basel on June 22, 2010 zoo officials consider a calm hatching time and ideal weather as reasons for this record. Zoo Basel hatched the first flamingo, a Chilean flamingo in a European zoo in 1958 and a year later the first greater flamingo in captivity. While at first Zoo Basel had all six flamingo species, it decided to focus on the greater flamingo in the 1980s. The Zoo Basel holds international studbook for the Indian rhinoceros since 1972 and coordinates since 1990 the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP), which ensures that the captive Indian rhinoceros population stays as genetically healthy as