Dallas Zoo
New giraffe arrives at Dallas Zoo
By JOANNA CATTANACH / The Dallas Morning News
It was a long haul for the Dallas Zoo’s newest arrival.
Jade, a 10-foot, 900 pound female giraffe, rolled up to the gates of the zoo at 11 a.m. today in an expanded horse trailer with plenty of head room.
Jade, who will turn 2 next month, traveled from a [...]
Another Dallas Zoo animal dies
The Dallas Zoo lost another one of its own over the weekend.
Ramses, an 18-year-old male mandrill, died of natural causes on Sunday. Mandrills are a type of monkey closely related to baboons.
His death came three days after the death of 55-year-old Jenny, the world’s oldest gorilla in captivity. A month ago, Hercules, a 43-year-old silverback [...]
Dallas Zoo’s Jenny, world’s oldest captive gorilla, dies
By JOANNA CATTANACH / The Dallas Morning News
She didn’t care for bananas, but she loved to devour the peels. She wouldn’t let anyone boss her around. And she didn’t always show off for zoo visitors, instead lounging under a fig tree.
Jenny, the grande dame of gorillas, died Thursday from an inoperable stomach tumor that made [...]
Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55
By LINDA STEWART BALL
Associated Press Writer
DALLAS (AP) — The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo - her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.
Zoo officials decided to euthanize Jenny on Thursday night because of an inoperable tumor in her stomach. Jenny [...]
Dallas Zoo receives largest private gift in its 120-year history
The Dallas Zoo’s African savanna habitat is a giant step closer to reality thanks to a $5 million gift from the Harold Simmons Foundation. The three-year pledge to the Dallas Zoological Society (DZS) is the largest single private contribution in the Dallas Zoo’s 120-year history.
“We are pleased to support the Dallas Zoo’s [...]
Jenny the elephant to stay in Dallas
© 2008 The Associated Press
Aug. 20, 2008, 7:32PM
DALLAS — Jenny the elephant isn’t going anywhere.
The Dallas Zoo announced Wednesday that the pachyderm who weighs around 10,000 pounds will remain at her home of 22 years following an intense controversy over plans to send the animal to a wildlife park in Mexico.
The decision to [...]