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[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #WorldOkapiDay!

Here is the first published image of an Okapi from a 1901 watercolor by ZSL fellow Sir Harry Johnston. Quite good #SciArt considering he hadn't yet seen a live one and only had a skin, skull, and verbal descriptions to work with! It was given the scientific name Okapia johnstoni in his honor. ("Okapi" was derived from its Indigenous name "o'api" from the local Lese tribe.)

See the plate in context with the original text here: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888385#page/52/

🚨The Okapi is currently listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

[cissa-thalassina]

HELL YES GET THEM LEECHES

[julianhuxley]

Two penguins “inspect” an architectural maquette of the new Penguin Pond, London Zoo.

Photograph by John Havinden, 1934 (RIBA)

[purpleweredragon]

The scimitar horned oryx, (Oryx dammah), also called the Sahara oryx, was once widespread across North Africa, but in the 1980’s the population began to plummet - largely due to the antelopes being hunted for their horns and meat. In 2000, the species was declared Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN Red List.

Today its fate has been reversed – the first species from our Extinct in the Wild global initiative to be downlisted.

[desert-fever]

just found this blog and the vibes are beyond shiny

haven't seen much of Kobra, what's he up to?

Bonus:

He does bite all kinds dust on that thing tho

[animal-photo-a-day]

Gorilla, being pensive

[found-in-nomadland]

London Zoo

[thedeathdeelers]

[zootoo]

Jae Jae, Sumatran Tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae), Tiger Territory, London Zoo, Regents Park, London by f1jherbert

[wolfephoto]

Tiger at London zoo by John Wolfe Via Flickr: Regents Park ZSL

[asherasgayagenda]

omg zombieland saga? I've never watched it myself but I do know that a meme of one of the characters (a trans girl I believe) saying stfu terf was held up in the uk parliament and honestly it's so fucking funny like this woman was so offended saying she was threatened by this 😭

I CANT BELIEVE THAT IMAGE ISNT EDITED!?!???? WHAT IS THIS LMAOOOAOA

[arthistoryanimalia]

Dutch zoological illustrator Joseph Smit was born #OTD (18 July 1836 – 4 November 1929).

Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) by Joseph Smit for B. Simpson, Plate XLI in Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the ZSL, 1869.

Via Biodiversity Heritage Library

[cissa-thalassina]

ZSL is doing penguin ID band bracelets for World Penguin Day weekends and this is SUCH a good idea WHY haven't I thought of this before

[julianhuxley]

A Lion Cub at the London Zoo.

Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).

[a-green-misstep]

Environmental / Conservation / Ecology / Zoo Job sites

WIP if you have any more to add please leave a comment and ill add them!

International

WWF (https://wwf.panda.org/jobs_wwf/)

European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) (https://www.eaza.net/vacancies/)

Global Vision International (GVI) (https://www.gvi.ie/jobs-board/)

The Nature Conservancy (https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/careers/)

Conservation International (https://phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh04/ats/careers/v2/jobSearch?org=CONSERVATION&cws=39)

Conservation Jobs (https://www.conservation-careers.com/conservation-jobs/)

Conservation Job Board (Mostly US)(https://www.conservationjobboard.com/)

Environment Jobs (https://www.environmentjobs.com/)

United Kingdom

Country Side Jobs (https://www.countryside-jobs.com/jobs)

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (https://www.rspb.org.uk/careers/vacancies-listing)

Environment Jobs (https://environmentjob.co.uk/jobs)

Green Jobs (https://www.greenjobs.co.uk/)

British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) (https://www.bto.org/about-bto/job-opportunities)

National Trust (https://www.nationaltrustjobs.org.uk/)

The Wildlife Trust (National site) (https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/jobs)

BIAZA (British Irish Association of Zoos and Aquarium) (https://biaza.org.uk/jobs)

Royal Forestry Society (RFS) (https://rfs.org.uk/jobs)

Woodland Trust (https://jobs.woodlandtrust.org.uk/)

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) (https://vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/vacancy-search-results.aspx)

London Zoo (ZSL) (https://careers.zsl.org/vacancies/vacancy-search-results.aspx?view=grid)

Chester Zoo (https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/chesterzoo/Home/Job)

Butterfly Conservation (https://butterflyconservation.livevacancies.co.uk/#/)

South Down National Parks (https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/national-park-authority/our-people/jobs/)

Bat Conservation Trust (https://www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jobs-careers)

British Antarctic Survey (https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/)

Peak Districts National Parks (https://careers.peakdistrict.gov.uk/PeakDistrict/Home)

United States

Montana Conservation Corps (https://www.mtcorps.org/joinmcc/open-positions/current-open-positions.html)

Environmental Jobs (https://environmentaljobs.com/)

Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project (https://www.mauiforestbirds.org/employment/)

Research Corporation of the University of Hawai'i (https://hr.rcuh.com/psp/hcmprd_exapp/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant)

Department of Land and Natural Resources (Hawai'i) (https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/jobs/)

American Conservation Experience (https://www.usaconservation.org/apply-here/)

Conservation Career Compass (https://conservationcompass.org/)

Oceania

Micronesia Conservation Trust (https://www.ourmicronesia.org/)

Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (https://pcsuhawaii.org/job-listings/)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A tiger image taken by a camera trap in Nepal.

Image courtesy of DNPWC/NTNC/Panthera/WWF/ZSL