Saint Louis Zoo
St. Louis Zoo’s baby tigers from Siberia are Khuntami’s legacy
By Jeffrey Bonner
11/02/2008
Whenever I can, I’ve been sneaking up to Big Cat Country to see our five new Siberian tiger cubs and their mom. I’ve been president at the Zoo for more than 16 years, and I don’t get enthralled easily. But I just can’t help myself.
Here at the Zoo we call it “Tiger TV.” [...]
Wachovia gives $2.5M for zoo renovation
St. Louis Business Journal
Wachovia’s philanthropic arm plans to give the Saint Louis Zoo $2.5 million to overhaul the south entrance with a pedestrian bridge and improve aesthetics with animal sculptures.
The Wachovia Foundation’s gift, along with a $5 million appropriation in 2006 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Treasury, Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development and Related [...]
Zoo will overhaul south entrance
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
10/06/2008
The St. Louis Zoo will announce this afternoon a major overhaul of its south entrance, which is expected to include improvements to make crossing Wells Drive safer as well as other upgrades.
Officials have released few details in advance of the 4 p.m. announcement. According to a press release, a chief executive of “a [...]
St. Louis Children’s Hospital First Aid Station Opens at the Saint Louis Zoo
ST. LOUIS —Visitors at the world-renowned Saint Louis Zoo will now receive medical support provided by nationally-ranked St. Louis Children’s Hospital. About 20 hospital paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) will staff the Zoo’s first official first aid station to provide medical help for visitors, Zoo employees and volunteers needing treatment for minor injuries.
“This partnership [...]
Ottertoberfest
Saturday and Sunday
September 27-28, October 4-5, 11-12, 2008
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Admission is FREE
In honor of the fun-loving North American River Otters, the Zoo will host Ottertoberfest, a fall event featuring traditional German biergartens, live music, kids’ activities, art and craft demonstrations and more. At the biergartens, visitors can purchase beer, root beer, bratwurst, potato [...]
SAINT LOUIS ZOO IS SEEING STRIPES WITH IMPORTANT BIRTH
A male Grevy’s zebra foal born at the Saint Louis Zoo on August 21 is now kicking up his heels with his mother and herd at Red Rocks. “Kalama” (ka-LAH-ma), named after a community in northern Kenya, weighed 105 pounds at birth after a 13 month gestation. This is the first offspring for the mother, [...]
25Sep2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedSt. Louis Zoo Friends scammed
By Patrick M. O’Connell
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
A Pennsylvania travel agent is accused of stealing more than $179,000 from the St. Louis Zoo Friends Association.
The president of World Travel Vignettes, based in Abington Township, Pa., allegedly took money that members of Zoo Friends paid to her company for an African safari and spent it on business debts, [...]
TEPTEP, ARE YOU IN THERE?
TEPTEP, ARE YOU IN THERE?
A miniature pink nose, a small furry face and little pointy ears have
been drawing a lot of attention to the Matschie’s tree kangaroo habitat in
the Emerson Children’s Zoo at the Saint Louis Zoo. Baby “Teptep,”
named after a village in Papua New Guinea, has begun peeking out of his
mother’s pouch to say [...]
Saint Louis Zoo - Somali Wild Ass New Born
I was wondering through the Saint Louis Zoo Friday and spotted a new born in the Somali Wild Ass exhibit. I haven’t heard yet if it is a boy or girl. The baby was kind of shy staying close to mom and in the corner. This is the second baby Somali Wild Ass born in [...]
8Jun2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued