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Seal to get new Kentucky home
By Carol Bicak – Omaha World-Herald
Toney, the harbor seal who lives at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, will get a new home in Kentucky at the end of this month.
Toney was brought to the Lincoln zoo in 2003 to be a companion to another seal, Pearl. But Pearl died last July, and Toney has developed eye [...]
How Kansas City Zoo protects the animals in winter
By LISA GUTIERREZ – The Kansas City Star
Her name is Lola, but, as the song goes, she’s no showgirl.
She’s a warthog like Timon’s sidekick Pumbaa in “The Lion King” — ugly tusks and all.
She is a little on the prissy side. She doesn’t like broccoli. And she doesn’t like cold weather, either, so don’t ask [...]
Video: Zoo’s sea lions are kissing Tulsa goodbye
The duo will leave for the OKC Zoo for up to two years.
By SARA PLUMMER – Tulsa World
Despite the rain, the show went on at the sea lion enclosure Monday afternoon.
Briney and Dorsey, the zoo’s two sea lions, performed their last demonstration in the current exhibit before being transported to the Oklahoma City Zoo. The [...]
Ore. sea lions making their mark in the art world
LORI TOBIAS
The Associated Press
(AP) — NEWPORT, Ore. – When marine mammalogist Jen DeGroot decided to teach Lea, a sea lion, to make flipper art, she was merely looking for ways to keep the Oregon Coast Aquarium resident from getting bored.
She never imagined Lea would develop her own following. But that’s exactly what happened when fellow [...]
Houston Zoo mourns death of sea lion
Houston Chronicle
Deano, a sea lion shipped to the Houston Zoo in 1983 and frequent performer at marine parks, has died at age 26.
The cause is not known. An autopsy is being performed, the zoo said Thursday.
“Deano was such a charmer. We are missing him so much right now. He was very special to us and [...]
St. Louis Zoo sea lion dies
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS | A sea lion who starred for nearly two decades in the St. Louis Zoo’s Sea Lion Show has died.
Alex, an 18-year-old sea lion, died Friday while undergoing anesthesia. He had been inactive on Thursday, with little appetite, the zoo said. An necropsy will be performed.
Alex was part of the zoo’s [...]
Zoo wants higher fees to cover expansion
By David Burge / El Paso Times
EL PASO — The El Paso Zoo is gearing up to open its multimillion-dollar Africa exhibit next spring, but it may cost you more to see it.
The zoo is proposing an across-the-board fee increase to cover the additional $1.04 million to run the 9-acre expansion. It will increase the [...]
Omaha zoo on hunt for name for sea lion pup
Omaha (KPTM) – Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo has launched a contest to name 1 of its newest residents – a female sea lion pup.
The unnamed sea lion pup was born June 14. It joined one male and four females already on display at the zoo’s Sea Lion Pavilion.
Zoo visitors have until July 19 to submit [...]
Sea lion’s birth is a first at zoo
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
There’s a new baby at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, the first sea lion birth in the 111-year history of the Highland Park facility and one that made keepers as nervous as first-time parents.
Zoey, one of the zoo’s two 14-year-old sea lions, gave birth to the new pup on the [...]
Three in a row for zoo
Three sea lion pups have been born at the zoo within 1 week of each other. Stella Holly and Ariel are proud mums to three healthy pups. Their arrival brings the total number of Californian sea lions in the zoo to14.
Proud Dad, Wesley, is 19 years old and was brought to Belfast in February 2007 [...]
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It's great that these animals have been given an additional opportunity to survive. 
i think the baby elephant should be named ; ABENI This is an african meaning for" miracle girl prayed for ...
I have been in Naples Zoo already and I've seen panthers there!!I really had a good time visiting the place!!And ...
I was very sorry to hear of this. We have been so blessed at our San Diego Zoo, and ...
The gorilla exhibit at the Louisville Zoo is very attractive. This just makes it better.
Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America's Best Zoos 
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