Tampa's Zoo Advocates Will Continue To Document The Transfer/Sale Of The Magnificent Animals Entrusted To The Care Of Our Community's Tax Payer Supported Zoo.
Lowry Park Zoo Manatees on the Move: Lowry Park Zoo Transfers Four Manatees to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Details.
Lowry Park Zoo Animal Loan/Sales: December 2008: Second Sumatran Tiger Dies at Akron Ohio Zoo Due to Illness. Details.
Keeping Track of Lowry Park Zoo Animals: Lowry Park Zoo Transfers Four Ring-Tailed Lemurs to North Carolina Zoo: Read
Animals On The Move Again: Lowry Park Zoo Sells One of Their Albino Alligators to the South Carolina Aquarium for $10,000:
When Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo announced the opening of a new water flume ride called "Gator Falls" the zoo unveiled a small
animal habitat containing two white alligators.
Upon their arrival to the zoo the alligators were a
5 to 6 year old male weighing 70 to 80 pounds and a 3 to 4 year old
female weighing 50 to 60 pounds. These alligators lack melanin, or
pigment, making them white with cloudy eyes that appear pink. They
cannot tolerate sun, so the zoo has installed canopies in their exhibit
area.
John Than, assistant curator for herpetology and aquatics, said the
tricky part will be keeping them warm but out of the sun. Than said
the alligators came from an alligator farm and are two of fewer than 45
in zoos.
Animal Welfare Notes:
Previous
news reports indicated that these white alligators were originally
taken from the wild in Louisiana and sold to a gator farm in Florida.
Lowry Park Zoo officials claim that these animals wouldn't survive in
the wild because when small they would have become prey for other
gators or large birds such as herons.
Scientists call this process "Natural Selection".
The better choice, "Exploitation in an Amusement Park" or "Natural Selection:? You Decide
Lowry Park Zoo Sells One of Their Albino Alligators to the South Carolina Aquarium for $10,000: Full Story.
Tampa's
Zoo Advocates is continuing to attempt to determine the location of the
bison that were displaced by the zoo's amusement park ride. These
bison had originally been relocated to former Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex
Salisbury's exotic animal park "Safari Wild. Upon Lex Salisbury's
resignation Lowry Park Zoo official's did not publicly disclose the animals ultimate fate.
Tracking Lowry Park Zoo's Animals: Lowry Park Zoo Transfers 5 Meerkats to the Assinboiine Park Zoo in Canada: Read
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