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Confiscated tiger cubs living it up at Gladys Porter Zoo

Kevin Sieff
The Brownsville Herald

BROWNSVILLE — As only infants, they were stars, faces of the state’s booming exotic animal trade. But six months after a failed transaction in front of a McAllen Wal-Mart, six Bengal tiger cubs have settled into their adolescent lives at the Gladys Porter Zoo.
Through the exhibit’s glass pane, the cubs - four [...]

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Zoo staff search for missing bald eagle

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A bald eagle has escaped from a South Texas zoo’s aviary.
It was last seen about two blocks from the zoo Thursday, when it disappeared over a rooftop.
Blind in one eye, with an old injury to its left wing, Gladys Porter Zoo officials said the bird can fly short distances but it can’t [...]

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Sparking young minds at the Gladys Porter Zoo

By Laura Tillman/The Brownsville Herald

The Gladys Porter Zoo hosted a weekend of Lower Valley Appreciation Days this weekend-that continues today with a discounted admission of $4 for Lower Rio Grande Valley residents and $2 for Brownsville residents.
“It’s our way of giving back to the community,” Director Patrick Burchfield said. “We want to make the zoo [...]

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More King Cobras Hatching at the Gladys Porter Zoo

More King Cobras Hatching at the Gladys Porter Zoo
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Once again the Gladys Porter Zoo has had success in reproducing the king cobra, the longest venomous snake in the world.
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