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1970 - Computerized animal inventory system was established, making the Tulsa Zoo the second zoo in the nation to initiate such a program. 1971 - Tulsa Zoo Development, Inc. (TZDI) was chartered. 1972 - "Wildlife on Wheels" became the zoo's educational activity. A zoo admission fee was instituted. 1974 - A pair of white rhinoceros arrive at the ...
The Zoo Tourist: Visiting America's Zoos and Aquariums. Red and Black Publishers. ISBN 9781610011440. OCLC 1400972328. Nyhuis, Allen W. (2008). America's Best Zoos: A Travel Guide for Fans & Families. Branford, CT: Intrepid Traveler. ISBN 9781887140768. OCLC 179814034. Uddin, Lisa (2015). Zoo Renewal: White Flight and the Animal Ghetto ...
An animal that’s at risk of extinction will have a new home at The Fresno Chaffee Zoo. The Tulsa Zoo announced Tuesday that it was transferring Dara, a Malayan tiger, to Fresno’s zoo as part ...
Lowe increased the zoo's menagerie from 29 animals in 2017 to 212 in 2020, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) records show; the zoo then had bears, lemurs and monkeys in addition to exotic cats. [16] In 2019, Lowe announced plans to close the park and move the animals to a new location near Thackerville, Oklahoma. [9]
As Binky approached sexual maturity, zoo officials negotiated for the purchase of a female polar bear named Mimi from the Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. [9] [10] As the transfer was being finalized, however, Mimi died from a viral disease in Tulsa. [10] In February 1979, young polar bear twins (Nuka, a female, and Siku, a male) joined Binky in his ...
100 years ago—on May 31 and June 1, 1921—the Tulsa m*****e occurred on "Black Wall Street," the wealthiest Black community in the United States at the time. Black businesses that ...
Jennifer D'Agostino, chief animal program officer, is pictured April 18 near the giraffe habitat at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden.
In 1996, when she was 22, Ruby was shipped to the Tulsa Zoo to mate with a male elephant named Allan (who still lives in Tulsa) and lived in Tulsa for about a year. When she became pregnant in 1997, she was returned to Phoenix. Another female Asian elephant, Indu, was loaned from the Houston Zoo to be Ruby's birthing companion.