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A hand-raised American kestrel (Falco sparverius) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

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A hand-raised American kestrel (Falco sparverius) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

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Veterinarian bottle feeding two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs, (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa), at the Nashville Zoo.

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Veterinarian bottle feeding two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs, Neofelis nebulosa, at the Nashville Zoo.

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Veterinarian bottle feeding two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs, (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa), at the Nashville Zoo.

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Two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

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Two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

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Two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

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A hand-raised American kestrel (Falco sparverius) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

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A hand-raised, yellow-naped Amazon parrot (Amazona auropalliata parvipes) named Coco at the Cincinnati Zoo. Coco can sing the first line in “Take me out to the ballgame”. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A hand-raised koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) at Dreamworld in Queensland, Australia.

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Kindu, a Schmidt’s red-tailed guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti). Kindu was hand raised at the Houston Zoo. During bottle feedings, Kindu was given a surrogate stuffed animal that he still loves.

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The endangered grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) may not be seen in captivity much longer. There are now too few in captivity to keep their population sustained and too few in the wild to bring more in. With limited space and funding, zoos must make hard choices every year in deciding which species to breed and which to let go, or ‘phase out’.

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A moose’s head is silhouetted against the landscape.

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