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Gorillas escape zoo habitat, visitors scramble

KANSAS CITY, MO (CNN/KSHB) – Visitors at the Kansas City zoo got more excitement than they bargained for Sunday when two gorillas escaped inside a building. The area was put on lockdown and families were forced to go to a safe spot [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

City zoo ropes in students to keep a watch on visitors

CHENNAI: Kaanum pongal usually attracts lakhs of visitors to the city's lone zoological park in Vandalur, 32 km south of Chennai, creating a logistical nightmare for animal keepers and unsettling the beasts in their cages all day long [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Nehru zoo sees record visitors rush of 24,000

The Nehru Zoological park saw a record footfall on Sunday with 24,000 visitors thronging the zoo. Zoo officials revealed that it was the highest footfall in the 60-year history of the zoo. “On an average, about 5,000 people visit ev [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Visitors flocked to Detroit Zoo in 2010

Detroit Zoo attendance exceeded 1 million for the fifth consecutive year with 1,146,241 visitors in 2010. The zoo also broke its single-day attendance record last year, hosting 18,264 guests on Aug. 7. "The Detroit Zoo continues to [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Visitors swarm to Memphis Zoo's Teton Trek northwest-themed ...

Mild autumn temperatures typically help keep attendance numbers at the Memphis Zoo constant after summer's prime zoo season has past.But this year, with the opening of the new Teton Trek exhibit, October attendance numbers leaped by more th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Pandas go on show for zoo visitors

People wanting to see Wang Wang and Funi in their $8 million enclosure were warned of a need to book tickets in advance but there are still some available on the zoo's website.The pandas were officially welcomed to Adelaide on Sunday and th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Visitors to Dallas Zoo share suggestions for improvements

As the Dallas Zoo prepares to switch from public to private hands this fall, its patrons have a clear agenda of what they want to see: better exhibits, longer hours – and a lion." No lions, that was my biggest disappointment tod [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Singapore Zoo assures visitors that white tiger exhibit is s...

A day after a cleaner was mauled to death at the Singapore Zoo's white tiger enclosure, officials assured the public that the exhibit is "very safe". It held a news conference on Friday to clear any doubts even as it opened its la [...]