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	Baghdad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baghdad (بغداد translit: Baghdād) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate.
		Baghdad's early meteoric growth slowed due to troubles within the Caliphate, including relocations of the capital to Samarra (during 808–819 and 836–892), the loss of the western and easternmost provinces, and periods of political domination by the Iranian Buwayhids (945–1055) and Seljuk Turks (1055–1135).
		In 1534, Baghdad was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baghdad (2568 words)

	Baghdad zoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The zoo was later ravaged during the 2003 U.S. invasion.
		The zoo became a battlefield and the deserted animals were forced to fend for themselves.
		During the absence of zoo officials, the zoo was looted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baghdad_zoo (416 words)

	[ information-please.be \| Baghdad Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The oppidan of Baghdad is repeatedly said to have back sum constitute on the west coffer of the Tigris on 30 July 762 by the Abbasid dynasty, led by caliph al-Mansur; however, the oppidan of Baghdad is discussed in pre-Islamic texts, seating the Talmud.
		Baghdad's premier meteoric growth slowed due to troubles inside the Caliphate, seating relocations of the capital to Samarra (during 808â“819 'n 836â“892), the loss of the western 'n easternmost provinces, 'n periods of political domination by the Iranian Buwayhids (945â“1055) 'n Seljuk Turks (1055â“1135).
		Baghdad is to boot planar to a sum of museums which housed artifacts 'n relics of ancient civilizations; umpteen of these were stolen, 'n the museums looted, throughout the widespread ataxia forthwith after U.S. punchs inserted the city.
	information-please.be /Baghdad.html (2727 words)

	Baghdad Zoo in Tatters after looting
		Baghdad Zoo in Tatters After Looting By LOUIS MEIXLER The Associated Press Monday, May 5, 2003; 4:13 PM BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saedia, the blind bear, sleeps huddled in the fetal position in the corner of a small metal enclosure.
		In the zoo now are Saedia the bear, who is 30 and blind from glaucoma; her male companion Saedi; two tigers; seven lions; three wild boars and the porcupine.
		Some of the lions were brought to the zoo from the palaces of Odai Hussein, a son of the deposed Iraqi leader.
	lists.envirolink.org /pipermail/ar-news/2003-May/000100.html (669 words)

	CNN.com - Baghdad Zoo: A different battle - Apr. 17, 2003
		Iraqi soldiers had turned the city zoo into a battlefield, firing off artillery and anti-aircraft guns at U.S. positions, and the deserted animals were forced to fend for themselves, likely terrified from the sound of gunfire.
		Pigs in the zoo had to be sacrificed -- their meat rationed to feed more exotic carnivores such as the tigers, lions and bears.
		The zoo's monkeys simply were turned loose on the city, a cruel liberation in an unnatural habitat.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/04/16/sprj.nilaw.baghdad.zoo (644 words)

	Baghdad's zoo animals eat emergency aid - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Baghdad's starving zoo animals are getting help from the US-led military coalition and the government of Kuwait, which have sent them a convoy of emergency food, US Central Command announced Sunday.
		The Baghdad public zoo has been completely destroyed after being turned into a battleground during the US capture of the capital last week, and many of its big cats and other animals appear severely malnourished.
		The zoo had also been affected under UN sanctions and was short of proper food, vaccines and medicine even before the US-led war on Iraq started on March 20.
	sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13017412 (219 words)

	Baghdad Zoo, animal rescue from Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In April 2003, Thula Thula launched the internationally acclaimed rescue of the Baghdad Zoo, the biggest Zoo in the Middle East.
		Lawrence was appointed Administrator of the Baghdad Zoo by the American Army.
		The rescue of the animals in Baghdad reflects the special culture of conservation and care for wildlife that is upheld on Thula Thula.
	www.thulathula.com /baghdad.htm (1026 words)

	Baghdad Zoo Animals to Get Help From U.S. Zoos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Zoo professionals originally thought there might be several hundred animals at El Zawra, the city's main zoo, but now believe the number may be only several dozen.
		The main zoo in Baghdad has undergone extensive renovations, although it is still built in the iron bars and concrete style of the 1950s.
		Marjan, the blind lion found in the Kabul Zoo after the U.S. overthrew the Taliban government in Afghanistan, became a rallying symbol for animals that were victims of the war.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/04/0418_030418_baghdadzoo.html (850 words)

	NC Zoo™ - North Carolina Zoo : Baghdad Zoo Relief
		In the case of Baghdad, we were one of half a dozen agencies that took an interest in the Zoo at a very early stage after U.S. military occupation of the city.
		Most of the damage done to the Zoo was actually perpetrated by Baghdad residents after the fighting, who ransacked any facility where anything removable including buckets, brushes, wire and padlocks, not to speak of the animals themselves, could be taken.
		N.C. Zoo is a member institution of AZA and an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr.
	www.nczoo.org /conservationresearch/international_baghdad.cfm (692 words)

	USATODAY.com - Baghdad Zoo makes comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		BAGHDAD — Qusay al-Matouqi needed an escape from the violence and mayhem that have enveloped his battered city.
		Baghdad Zoo, once among the largest zoos in the Middle East, continues to draw hundreds of visitors looking for a quick escape from everyday stress.
		WildAid officials scoured the city for food for the animals, trained zoo employees and tried to change the perception of zookeepers, considered a demeaning job in Iraq, said WildAid's Stephan Bognar, who was in Iraq for several months after the invasion.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-11-10-baghdad-zoo_x.htm (474 words)

	USATODAY.com - Baghdad's zoo opens its doors, but are Iraqis ready for it? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Baghdad's zoo opened its doors to the public Sunday, but in this lawless, occupied city, it appeared to be a bit early for a pleasant day in the park.
		When zoo workers returned a week later, some animals lay dead in their cages, others had escaped when mortar rounds blasted open the bars, and yet others had been looted.
		He said despite Saddam's renovation, the zoo remains outdated, with concrete cells for the animals and no concept of animal care among the zookeepers.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2003-07-20-baghdad-zoo_x.htm (792 words)

	Zoo Check news - Baghdad zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The public zoo in Baghdad was established in 1971 and once held over 650 animals.
		Located in the centre of Baghdad City, the zoo grounds were a stronghold for Iraqi soldiers and many of the zoo animals apparently became victims of the US bombardment and cross-fire.
		The zoo had been extensively looted and according to reports, hundreds of the surviving animals were stolen, most probably ending up on dinner tables or on the flmarket.
	www.bornfree.org.uk /zoocheck/zcnews31.htm (1023 words)

	South African team off to assist Baghdad Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He had received permission from the US military to close a smaller zoo where animals were living in dreadful conditions and to move them to the main Baghdad Zoo where they are now being cared for.
		IFAW is also collaborating with the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) in putting together a long-term plan for the Baghdad zoo.
		Looters stole most of the zoo equipment and zookeepers were unable to provide any support for the creatures in their care.
	www.panapress.com /freenews.asp?code=eng002511&dte=29/05/2003 (382 words)

	NC Zoo Society: Baghdad Zoo Officials To Visit NC Zoo
		Three Baghdad Zoo officials, considered the most critical people in the restoration of that zoo, will visit the North Carolina Zoo on Wednesday, Jan. 5, and will speak in the Stedman Building multi-purpose room at 11 a.m.
		Sumner was attached to the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade and was the officer in charge of the zoo and national museum in Baghdad.
		She was connected with the zoo before and after the occupation and is currently in the United States on a study tour.
	www.nczoo.com /News/archive/20041230143515676 (226 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Baghdad's zoo animals hit by war
		Baghdad's zoo animals are as hungry as its citizens
		Along with the city's citizens, animals in Baghdad's public and private zoos are suffering from a lack of supplies.
		Even before the current war began, Baghdad's zoo animals were suffering under United Nations sanctions imposed on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in 1990.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2953079.stm (349 words)

	US troops kill four escaped lions of Baghdad zoo
		Three lionesses and a lion in the Baghdad zoo escaped from their enclosures at the weekend and were shot dead by US troops.
		The zoo was home to seven lions and two tigers, as well as hundreds of other animals, nearly all of which were stolen or let loose by looters in the aftermath of the US invasion of the Iraqi capital.
		Oliver said Baghdad residents had also returned two hybrid dogs to the zoo, but otherwise the compound was a sad, desolate place.
	www.rediff.com /us/2003/apr/21iraq5.htm (532 words)

	Baghdad Zoo - Vegan Represent
		BAGHDAD -- They used to live in a palace with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's son, Odai, but Tuesday, the two cheetahs peered out helplessly from small, fly-infested cages.
		After the war in Iraq the zoo animals were left without food and water and looters stole most of the equipment.
		"The zoo's in the middle of a badly bombed area and the infrastructure's shot.
	www.veganrepresent.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1075 (399 words)

	Help Animals at the Baghdad Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One zoo is very small - in an amusement park, and it has some camels and some dogs and possibly a bear.
		The North Carolina Zoo and the North Carolina Zoo Society, which raised and distributed funds for the Kabul Zoo in Afghanistan, is once again accepting funds from those wishing to help the exotic animals in Baghdad.
		The NC Zoo and AZA is working with wildlife conservation organizations and zoos both here in the U.S. and in Europe to determine how contributions will best be used.
	www.oregonzoo.com /Newsroom/help_baghdad_zoo_animals.htm (181 words)

	NC Zoo Society: Baghdad Zoo Relief
		Kabul Zoo Update In November 2001, the North Carolina Zoo and AZA began a fundraising drive for the Kabul Zoo.
		Meanwhile, zoo experts have also been helping the Kabul staff develop their animal record system and a full-time education officer, former school teacher Mohammed Fazil, has been hired by the Kabul Zoo to begin developing programs for school children.
		The American Zoo and Aquarium Association was founded in 1924 and currently represents 212 accredited zoos and aquariums in North America.
	www.nczoo.com /News/archive/20030417000000?printFriendly=1 (625 words)

	TITLEOFRESSELEASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Originally, the Baghdad Zoo had more than 400 animals of all varieties, including exotic birds, but looting during the Iraqi war reduced the population to 50 animals - all of which were in poor health, according to Sarah Scarth, IFAW’s Director of Worldwide Emergency Relief.
		"The reopening of the Baghdad Zoo was greeted with a lot of enthusiasm," said IFAW President Fred O’Regan.
		The zoo is an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr., Secretary; Michael F. Easley, Governor.
	www.enr.state.nc.us /newsrels/20030819_zoobaghdad.html (338 words)

	RELEASE 031117-01 / Civil affairs troops help treat ailing bear at Baghdad Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sadir, a 32-year-old female brown bear at the zoo, has already benefited greatly from the presence of U.S. Army veterinarians when she was anesthetized to surgically remove a cancerous tumor on her abdomen.
		After anesthesia was administered, McLoughlin and one of the zoo’s Iraqi staff members shaved the fur from the area surrounding the tumor.
		The future of the Baghdad Zoo is looking bright, said Lozada, and despite being older than many of the soldiers in Baghdad, Sadir is on her way to a full recovery.
	news.soc.mil /releases/03NOV/031117-01.htm (654 words)

	NC Zoo™ - North Carolina Zoo : Iraqi Veternarian Training at N.C. Zoo
		In January 2005, Murrani and two Baghdad Zoo associates came to the N.C. Zoo to speak to keepers and staff about her experiences as a vet in Iraq.
		The biggest difference in zoo staff members here and at the Baghdad Zoo, she said, was in their daily approach to the job.
		Before leaving Baghdad, Murrani worked closely with a group called Military Mascots whose purpose is to help find homes for the many stray dogs that soldiers find on the streets and bring to the Baghdad Zoo.
	www.nczoo.org /press/murrani.cfm (1127 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Baghdad Zoo Recovering From War, Looting
		But the main damage was caused later, when looters came through the zoo and stole "all the animals that wouldn't eat them," said Stephan Bognar, an international liaison officer for WildAid, a non-profit group based in San Francisco.
		A 3rd Infantry Division soldier examines Uday Hussein's cheetahs at the Baghdad Zoo.
		A note warns looters that the Baghdad Zoo is under coalition protection.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/May2003/n05122003_200305125.html (653 words)

	Rebuilding the Baghdad Zoo - Freedom Magazine in Los Angeles
		For Anthony’s mission was to save the inhabitants of the war-ravaged Baghdad Zoo and his story, told to LA Freedom Contributing Editor Linda Simmons Hight, is an inspiring one.
		LA Zoo and allied groups responded in support of his efforts to raise one million dollars for a new habitat in the Iraqi capital.
		To contribute to the restoration of the Baghdad Zoo, the LA Zoo and the American Zoological Association ask that you send your donations to “Aid to Baghdad Zoo,” c/o North Carolina Zoological Society, 4403 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205.
	www.freedominla.org /issue07i2/page08.htm (1324 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - Animal welfare a low priority in Baghdad's zoos
		The entrance gate at Baghdad’s only working zoo is painted with cheery pictures of elephants, lions and tigers grazing on a vast savannah, but the schoolchildren rushing inside see none.
		The nameless zoo, which sits in a sorry, dusty corner of the Rasafa amusement park, is not Baghdad’s main zoo.
		The government zoo is being renovated and is due to reopen later this month.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=282382003 (1012 words)

	LIONS RELEASED FROM BAGHDAD ZOO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Conservationists are rescuing nine lions in war-ravaged Baghdad from certain death by giving them the chance to spend the rest of their lives in the African bush.
		The committee helps to run the zoo and is raising funds to pay staff, feed the animals and repair infrastructure.
		The zoo staff has been isolated for 20 to 30 years from modern zoo husbandry concepts.
	www.sanwild.org /NOTICEBOARD/news2005/LIONSRELEASEDFROMBAGHDADZO.HTML (807 words)

	Planet Ark : Zookeeper fundraising in LA for Baghdad Zoo
		LOS ANGELES - The interim administrator of the Baghdad Zoo appealed this week to zoo and animal welfare groups to help raise $1 million for the once-splendid facility, which was badly damaged and had many of its animals stolen during the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
		Lawrence Anthony, trustee of the Thula Thula Private Game Reserve in Zululand and interim head of the Baghdad Zoo, said the animals were no longer in danger of starving to death or being eaten by desperate Iraqis, but the facility's long-term survival was in jeopardy.
		The Baghdad Zoo, the region's largest zoo that last year boasted attendance of 1.5 million, was a major battlefield during the war.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20974 (677 words)

	'Drunk' U.S. Soldier Shoots Rare Tiger in Baghdad Zoo
		Baghdad — A U.S. soldier shot and killed an endangered tiger at the Baghdad zoo after it bit another soldier who had drunkenly reached through the bars of its cage to feed it, a security guard said Saturday.
		BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -- A U.S. soldier shot dead a rare Bengal tiger at Baghdad zoo after the animal injured another soldier who was trying to feed it through the cage bars, the zoo's manager said on Saturday.
		The tiger was one of two in the zoo, once the largest in the Middle East but today a decrepit collection of dirty cages and sad-looking animals.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/986331/posts (1618 words)

	'Drunk' US Soldier Shoots Rare Tiger In Baghdad Zoo
		The zoo reopened July 20, three months after Baghdad was captured by the Americans.
		When zoo workers returned after U.S. forces occupied Baghdad, some animals lay dead in their cages.
		Since then, the surviving animals have been nursed back to health, and more animals have been brought in from a small private zoo across town and from the private zoos found in the palaces of Saddam Hussein's family.
	www.rense.com /general41/iger.htm (401 words)

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