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Africa & Middle East

Zoo news and information from Africa and the Middle East.

Several hundred delegates to the 2026 WAZA annual conference stand and wave together for a group photograph in front of the arched brick and glass facade of Cologne Zoo.

Africa & Middle East

A Goal for 2030, and Cape Town in 2027

Mr Zoo News

Two Blue Cranes, pale blue-grey birds with long necks, white crowns and dark trailing wing plumes, stand calling at the edge of a harvested field in South Africa.

Africa & Middle East

547 People, Four Days, and 18,888 Cranes

November 7, 2026

Two Endangered Wildlife Trust field staff stand in dry bushveld holding up about ten numbered GPS tracking collars for lions.

Africa & Middle East

Thirty Lions, and the Collars That Follow Them

A sedated adult cheetah lies on dry grass bedding inside a blue metal transport crate while a conservation staff member in khaki uniform steadies it, with a white pickup truck alongside.

Africa & Middle East

Two Male Cheetahs Fill a Gap Pilanesberg Made

Two cheetahs rest in dry woodland behind a screen of yellow and orange leaves, the nearer animal looking toward the camera and the second partly hidden behind it.

Africa & Middle East

Cheetahs Are Back in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley

Six cheetahs have been flown from South Africa into a remote southern corner ...

A vervet monkey sits in the fork of a tree in bright sunlight, one hand raised to its mouth, surrounded by broad green leaves and thin branches.

Africa & Middle East

A Vervet Troop Goes Back to the Wild in Malawi

A whole troop of vervet monkeys went back into a Malawian national park ...

Africa & Middle East

A Snared Lion in Meru, and the Team That Cut Him Free

A young male lion in Kenya’s Meru National Park was found with a ...

A mountain bongo bull stands in dense green forest looking straight at the camera, his deep chestnut coat marked with narrow white stripes, long spiralling horns rising above his head and a pale chevron between his eyes.

Africa & Middle East

Kenya’s Mountain Bongo Plan Leans on Zoo-Bred Herds

Kenya has a new plan to save its rarest large mammal, and the ...

An African grass owl stands at a ground nest inside a tunnel of dense flattened grass at night, a rodent hanging from its beak, with two downy chicks visible in the shadows behind it.

Africa & Middle East

This Owl Will Not Nest in Just Any Grass

An African grass owl will not nest in just any grass. Across eight ...

Two women stand smiling on either side of a large printed map of Namibia pinned to a wall, the map marked with green protected areas and conservancy boundaries; the woman on the left wears a black Cheetah Conservation Fund shirt and the woman on the right a green WWF shirt.

Africa & Middle East

Namibia Counts Its Big Predators

Namibia now has roughly 1,200 cheetahs, somewhere between 130 and 350 African wild ...

An emaciated African penguin sits on a white towel inside a dark ventilated transport crate, its beak held open and a thin pale plastic band running through its mouth and around its neck.

Africa & Middle East

Two African Penguins, One Volunteer, One Week

Two critically endangered African penguins are recovering at the African Penguin and Seabird ...

An adult striped hyena wearing a pale tracking collar walks out from under a large sandstone overhang onto bare sand, with a small striped cub standing a few paces behind her looking toward the camera.

Africa & Middle East

A Striped Hyena Cub Is Born in a Saudi Reserve

In August 2026, field teams watching a den in the NEOM Nature Reserve ...

An Amur tiger cub lowers her head to eat from a pale slab of frozen meat marked BURSA on the grass, with the legs of an adult tiger standing behind her.

Africa & Middle East

Turkey’s Only Amur Tiger Cub Reaches 100 Days

Bursa Zoo marked the hundredth day of an Amur tiger cub called Victoria ...

A mountain gazelle stands with her head lowered to the floor of a corrugated metal shed at night, among scattered timber, feed bowls and debris, with poultry roosting on a frame behind her.

Africa & Middle East

Pregnant Gazelle Found Caged Near Hebron, Now at Safari

A mountain gazelle in the late stages of pregnancy was found locked in ...

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