Lion Park Safari in FL is AZA certified.
At the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Bird House was built in 1904, the Lion House, 1912; the Reptile House (now a food court), 1923 and the Primate House,...
This made me chuckle (we have an abundance of raccoons, opossum and squirrels in Chicago. I live near the Chicago river where there's a fox)....
I forgot about the videos we have towards the exit of Regenstein African Journey which document wildlife conservation being done by Africans in...
Keo, a chimp at Lincoln Park Zoo, was born in 1958. He' still kickin'!
I think the only use of culture at my home zoo, Lincoln Park, is at Regenstein African Journey which opened in 2003. It's intended to be an...
The Philadelphia Zoo, National Zoo, Maryland Zoo and the North Carolina Zoo are closed due to the snow. That's all I found so far. Any other zoos?
According to their websites, the National Zoo in Washington DC and the North Carolina Zoo in Ashboro are closed. The NCZ has been closed since...
The Mid-Atlantic region in the US is getting pounded! The Washington DC area is projected to get 20" (50 centimeters?). They got over a foot of...
Yes, LPZ has consistently reported 3 million visitors a year for the past 7 years. You can see this at their website.
I don't think the population is overwhelmingly pro-zoo? In my volunteer work, I dealt with many negative comments from visitors and misperceptions...
Yeah, I saw. They will make an issue out of it for sure. They did when Affie at Brookfield died. But, the director spoke out against the...
Sounds like she got excellent care at Nashville and had an excellent quality of life her last 13 years. Now, Nashville Zoo will have to endure an...
I didn't see this article mentioned here so I am adding this to the mix. It was published last month about the opening of the new polar bear...
According to the DZ press release dated April 13, 2009, Lee from LPZ joined 24 yo Barle, 4 yo Talini, 12 yo Neil and 12 yo Buzz. It's 3.2....
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All! I concur, it's been a great decade for zoos. I'm happy to be a part of wildlife conservation and...
Our polar bear gets fish popsicles in the summer! Whole fish frozen in a block of ice! Fun to watch! That's in addition to her toys, bones and...
Thank you. A friend of mine once wondered if the zoo animals looking at us thought we were the ones in cages. I often think about that when I...
I think people forget (but not at this message board!:))that endothermy is an evolutionary adaptation that allowed mammals to be successful, more...
We call it the Afghanistan leopard. We use to call our pumas mountain lions, Andean bears spectacled bears and Amur tigers Siberian tigers. Maybe...
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