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The Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is a non-profit pot bellied pig sanctuary located in Pinal County, Arizona, at Marana, about 30 miles from Tucson. Its mission is to relieve the suffering of abandoned, abused, unwanted, or neglected pigs. [1] It contains almost 600 pigs on 80 acres (0.32 km 2; 0.13 sq mi). [2]
In 2014, a female African elephant calf was born in August, the first ever born in the state of Arizona. In 2015, the zoo hosted Bear TAG conference, the Wildlife Carousel opened, and a Baird's tapir was born. Zoo management changed from City of Tucson to Reid Park Zoological Society in 2018, and the new Animal Health Center opened.
RedRover is an animal welfare nonprofit that focuses on bringing animals from crisis to care and strengthening the human-animal bond. It was founded (as 'United Animal Nations') in Sacramento, California in 1987. [1] [2] It is not affiliated with United Animal Nations (International) based in Switzerland. [3]
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson; Bearizona Wildlife Park, Williams; Douglas Wildlife Zoo, Douglas Grand Canyon Deer Farm, Williams Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary, Prescott
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Gene C. Reid Park is a 131-acre urban park in central Tucson, Arizona that includes a 9,500-seat baseball stadium, an outdoor performance center, two man-made ponds, public pools, and a 24-acre zoo along with playgrounds, gardens and picnic areas. [1]
In 2019, Best Friends Animal Society and Southern Utah University began a partnership that included a new certificate program at SUU that included coursework on how to set up and run a no-kill animal shelter. [15] In 2020, NASCAR driver Alex Bowman added a Best Friends Animal Society paint scheme to his stock car to raise support for animal rescue.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre (40 ha) zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952.Located just west of Tucson, Arizona, it features two miles (3.2 km) of walking paths traversing 21 acres (8.5 ha) of desert landscape.