Gladys Porter Zoo
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
More King Cobras Hatching at the Gladys Porter Zoo
More King Cobras Hatching at the Gladys Porter Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo
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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