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The Woodland Park Zoo has welcomed three llamas and six porcupines following an animal welfare investigation at a safari park ...
SEATTLE — A 20-year-old sloth bear at the Woodland Park Zoo has died, zoo officials announced on Friday. Tasha, a female sloth bear, was euthanized after veterinarians found she had cancer ...
A zookeeper at Woodland Park Zoo had a serious injury to their hand after they were bit by an orangutan through a mesh barrier. The incident happened during a routine training session. The staff ...
An animal keeper at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was bitten by an orangutan and had to be treated at a local hospital over the weekend. While the injury was not life-threatening, according to ...
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) - The Woodland Park City Council called a special session on Monday, where they ultimately voted to repeal the city's sales tax rate that helped fund their school ...
SEATTLE, WA / ACCESSWIRE / November 21, 2024 / Woodland Park Zoo is pleased to announce a $7.15 million grant from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP) to advance and expand the zoo's ...
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Woodland Park Zoo announced Friday that its sole 14-year-old gray wolf, Shila, has passed away. The Woodland Park Zoo said animal keepers found Shila dead this morning ...
Woodland Park Zoo is grieving the loss of Nayla, its only female jaguar. Staff says the cat was humanely euthanized because of severe mobility issues, linked to her old age. Jaguars live to about ...
SEATTLE — Woodland Park Zoo's only hippopotamus is moving to a new home later this month, the zoo said in a release Thursday. The zoo's only hippo, Lupe, will be moving to her new home where she ...
SEATTLE — Woodland Park Zoo will move its baby gorilla to a different facility with a new family after he had difficulties bonding with his mother, the zoo announced. Born on June 28 ...
SEATTLE — The countdown has begun for the birth of a baby gorilla at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. In May, the zoo released ultrasound images of pregnant 22-year-old gorilla Akenji. This week the ...
SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo released ultrasound images of a soon-to-be-born gorilla for the first time. The images are crucial for tracking the baby gorilla's development as its expected to ...