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Another Wacky WILD Zoo-day! $2 Admission and More – It’s wet & wild
KCZOO: The always affordable Kansas City Zoo is doing even more to help families enjoy their summer – offering another WILD Wednesday. It’s a $2 Wet, Wild and Wacky Wednesday on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. $2 Zoo admission for all ages 3 and older (FOTZ Members are free), $2 hot dogs $2 train rides All [...]
29Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
St. Louis Zoo plans new bear, sea lion exhibits
From – ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH – By Diane Toroian Keaggy Click Here to go to the original article to see virtual tour videos. St. Louis’ animal kingdom is about to undergo some major renovations. The St. Louis Zoo plans to build new homes for its bears, sea lions, elephants and red pandas. The digs offer [...]
4Jun2010 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued
CELEBRATE WORLD OCEANS DAY AT MYSTIC AQUARIUM ON JUNE 5
Activities and demonstrations for adults and kids reveal the important role oceans play in our lives MYSTIC, Conn. (May 18, 2010) – With climate change happening around the world, now more than ever it is important to understand the critical role oceans play in our everyday lives. Celebrate our ocean planet and learn simple ways [...]
18May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Sea Lion Pair Begins New Life at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Rescued animals join other marine mammals at the Zoo A pair of one-year-old California sea lions is settling in to their new 50,000-gallon home at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The young male, Buzz, and female, Annabelle, arrived at the Zoo in February from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California. After a standard quarantine period, they [...]
17May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
8Feb2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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, [...]
26Jan2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
22Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
31Aug2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
14Aug2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
8Aug2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued