zoological park

Robert Candy, the owner of the facility — called Tri-State Zoological Park, in Cumberland, Md. — has denied the allegations and closed the facility.

Thanks to the same hard-fought regional campaign that first attracted federal interest in the Wichitas, the New York Zoological Park donated 15 bison to help the refuge establish a new herd and prevent the animal’s extinction.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced in 2019 that he wanted ZoOceanarium Group to operate the Jackson Zoological Park, but the City Council had not yet approved a contract.

The work, by evolutionary biologist Peri Bolton at ECU and ecologists Brent Horton at Millersville University and Brent Ryder at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, suggests changes in androgen receptors could have aided the birds’ social sophistication as well as their athleticism.

After being closed for almost three months due to COVID-19, the zoo on the fringes of Athens could be on the road to extinction: With no paying visitors or — unlike other European zoos — enough government aid to cover its very particular needs, the Attica Zoological Park faces huge bills to keep 2,000 animals well-fed and healthy.