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Taliger at the G. W. Zoo, pictured in 2013. Situated on 16 acres (6.5 ha), the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park began as a shelter for endangered and exotic species of animals, and was home to over fifty species of animals and 200 big cats, such as tigers, lions, pumas, ligers and tigons.
The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is a zoo and botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The zoo covers 130 acres (53 ha) and is home to more than 2,000 animals of more than 500 species. It is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Basilosaurus, one of the first of the giant whales, appeared in the fossil record. 38 Ma Earliest bears. 37 Ma First nimravid ("false saber-toothed cats") carnivores — these species are unrelated to modern-type felines. First alligators and ruminants. 35 Ma Grasses diversify from among the monocot angiosperms; grasslands begin to expand.
The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
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In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to shoot a mountain lion unless you are protecting yourself or your property, authorities said. If you kill a mountain lion, you must immediately call the state department.
Midge the Sea Lion (1985 – November 5, 2010) was a famous sea lion in residence at the Oklahoma City zoo. Midge was born in 1985. She was rescued from the California coast with severe nutritional and respiratory problems. She was given to the zoo by the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center in 1986. She was one of the original animals living at ...
A high kill shelter euthanizes many of the animals they take in; a low kill shelter euthanizes few animals and usually operates programs to increase the number of animals that are released alive. A shelter's live release rate is the measure of how many animals leave a shelter alive compared to the number of animals they have taken in.