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Male gorilla dies at Little Rock Zoo
Associated Press - November 3, 2008 3:54 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - JJ, a male silverback western lowland gorilla at the Little Rock Zoo, has died at the age of 21 of a suspected heart condition.
The zoo says JJ, short for Jungle Jack, died Sunday morning in his exhibit. Earlier this year, an [...]
LR Zoo breaks ground on penguin exhibit
Associated Press - October 7, 2008 1:54 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Little Rock Zoo celebrated the start of construction on its new penguin exhibit not with a groundbreaking ceremony - but with a beach-breaking.
The new exhibit, set to open in 2010, will mimic an African shore line. The exhibit will be [...]
2 newborn vampire bats at LR Zoo
Associated Press - August 19, 2008 1:44 PM ET
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - So that’s why they like hanging out in the dark.
When zookeepers and a veterinarian were giving the vampire bats at the Little Rock Zoo a routine checkup they discovered two babies and a pregnant female.
The zoo said Tuesday that the dozen [...]
Curator starts work with LR zoo’s hoofed stock, birds
BY L. LAMOR WILLIAMS
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The elephants almost seemed to be eavesdropping.
They’d seen Little Rock Zoo’s new curator for hoof stock and birds, Joseph Darcangelo, passing their enclosure. He was explaining renovations of the elephant house, expected to double in size by spring 2009.
As if they knew he was talking about them and their [...]
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