Dateline December 12, 2025 - Today, we have a special edition of Rossifari Zoo News featuring Chelsey James, author of The Reality of AI Animal Content, an article featured on the Sedgwick County Zoo homepage that really spoke to me. We talk about the effect of AI animal content on zoos, on conservation, and on the public at large. We also discuss whether AI can ever be used constructively in the conservation field given the current environmental impact it has. 

Click here for the article: https://scz.org/blog/the-reality-of-ai-animal-content

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Today, the Safari heads to Cleveland to sit down with Dr. Diana Koester, a good friend and even better scientist, to discuss tree kangaroo science and conservation and cuteness. This is one of those people I just can't wait to share with you, so stop reading this and just get to listening! 

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https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo 

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@treekangaroosafe on socials 

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Dateline: December 5, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!  
 
We start off discussing my Thanksgiving part 2, merch, and some fun statistics from the last year.

Then it's time for Zoo News stories from the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Detroit Zoo, the National Zoo, Dingle Aquarium, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Seneca Park Zoo, the Trevor Lovejoy Zoo, the Audubon Zoo and aquarium, Lion Country Safari, and then two very controversial stories from international facilities. 

Conservation News stories include multiple stories out of CITES as well as bad news for Spix macaws and elephant seals, but also some good news for Philippine crocodiles! 

Other News features a drunk raccoon and sharks playing.

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Today, the Safari sits down for an interview with Dr. Laurie Marker to talk all things cheetah conservation. In her second appearance on the podcast, Dr. Marker goes into detail on how she developed some of the most impressive conservation strategies I've seen, how her role as a conservation celebrity conflicts with her own view of herself as a hard-working bush woman, how we can all help cheetahs, and so much more! 

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cheetah.org 

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Dateline: November 28, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!  
 
We start off discussing my Thanksgiving, merch, and a programming note.

We have a headline story featuring some incredible collaboration between AZA partners to save some beluga whales. 

Then it's time for Zoo News stories from Turtleback Zoo, Zoo Knoxville, Cape May County Zoo, Chester Zoo, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Seneca Park Zoo, Salisbury Zoo, ZooAmerica, the San Diego Zoo, Indianapolis Zoo, the latest from the Natural Bridge Zoo disaster, and more! 

Conservation News stories include sea turtle shrinkage, a new species, bad news for snowy owls, and the effects of social media on parrots.

Other News features an old story I just learned and also a pink grasshopper. 

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Today, the Safari heads back to Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo to hang out with one of the teachers at the school there, Dr. Kerry Dore. This ethnoprimatologist and anthropologist is in charge of the independent research many students perform at the zoo, and our conversation ranges from her early career path to the work she does with the students at the zoo to all kinds of philosophical discussions in the zoo world. I really, really loved this episode, especially the second half of it.  

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@trevorzoo on socials 

https://www.millbrook.org/trevor-lovejoy-zoo-home

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Dateline: November 21, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!  
 
We start off with an update about my life including a fun story of how small the zoo world can be.  

Then it's time for Zoo News stories from The Philadelphia Zoo, ABQ BioPark, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Miller Park Zoo, Cameron Park Zoo, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Akron Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, the Detroit Zoo, the Tulsa Zoo, Marineland, the Indianapolis Zoo, and more! 

Conservation News stories include oyster restoration, dolphins with Alzheimer's like symptoms, a baby black rhino, and a discussion about One Health that involves rats, bats, and frogs! 

Other News has a few stories including a viral one about wolves, another viral one about raccoons, and also a big shark and how to scare seagulls.

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Today, the Safari heads to Hershey, PA, not for chocolate (ok, there was some chocolate) but for a visit to ZooAmerica, an AZA-accredited facility located right at Hershey Park.  We sit down with three staff members at the zoo to talk about wolves, otters, bears, conservation efforts, how being a part of the Hershey organization makes a difference, their relationship with Ocean Connections, and so much more! 

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@zooamerica 

zooamerica.com 

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Dateline: November 14, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!  
 
We start off with an update about my life, including getting real about a challenging aspect of doing this and being a touring musician. 

We then have a headline story from the Smithsonian's National Zoo. 

Then it's time for Zoo News stories from Georgia Aquarium, ZooAtlanta, Memphis Zoo, Monarto Safari Park, Gladys Porter Zoo, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Dartmoor Zoo, Phoenix Zoo, the Virginia Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Como Park Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, Pueblo Zoo, the Dallas Zoo, San Antonio Zoo, Chester Zoo, and more! 

Conservation News stories include two new species and good news for pangolins! 

Other News has a serval story. it's actually about a few servals, so I guess it's a several serval story. 

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Today, the Safari heads to Lincoln Children's Zoo for the Tree Kangaroo Workshop! We talk to multiple people from the workshop, and I give my experiences there as well. The Tree Kangaroo Workshop is THE best example of the incredible lengths people in this field go to for their animals, and I'm so excited to share it with y'all! 

EPISODE LINKS: 

@treekangarooconservationprogram 

@treekangaroosafe 

@rwpzoo 

@minnesotazoo 

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