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No mayhem here Looking to shop tomorrow, but can't handle the malls? Dispatch Kelley Dyer of Sidney spent a recent lunch break shopping for chocolates at Marie's Candies in West Liberty. Dispatch Store manager Stacey Butcher models a Wizard of Oz purse...
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Three lion cubs born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will make their public debut Tuesday, months earlier than expected. Columbus Zoo officials originally anticipated that the cubs, born on Sept. 22, wouldn't be displayed until sometime in the spring....
Tags: lion cubs, Patty Peters, zoo officials, Columbus Zoo, Columbus, Fort Worth Zoo, White tiger, Lions, Scavengers, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Human Interest
In his early years, Dale Schmidt dreamed of becoming the next Jacques Cousteau. But instead of becoming a famous undersea explorer, he's now Jack Hanna's straight man. Yesterday, Schmidt was named executive director of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Pointing...
Tags: Dale Schmidt, Tayler Schmidt, Jeff Swanagan, Columbus Zoo, executive director, Connie Woodburn, Clearwater, Colo, Schmidt, Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Jack Hanna, Human Interest
Three African lion cubs were born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium yesterday, the first in 24 years at the zoo. Mom and dad are Asali and Tomo, who mated about 110 days ago. Volunteers had been keeping an eye on Asali so they could alert zookeepers to...
Tags: Columbus Zoo, lion cubs, Columbus
Jeff was a visionary, educator and wildlife advocate whose mantra was ‘touch the heart to teach the mind,’” Columbus Zoo and Aquarium officials said in a statement Monday morning. “The zoo community mourns the loss of their friend, colleague and leader...
Tags: Jeff Swanagan, Jeffery Swanagan, Georgia Aquarium, Columbus Zoo, executive director
Colo is born at the Columbus Zoo, the first gorilla born in captivity. Parents are Baron Macombo, known as Mac, and Millie Christina, known as Millie. ⢠Early 1957: The Columbus Citizen runs a "Name the Gorilla" contest with a $200 prize donated by...
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Z oombezi Bay's debut last summer drew 408,711 visitors, and, judging by the variety of license plates in the parking lot, many were out-of-state vacationers. The water park's opening boosted attendance at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to more than 1.9...
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Barring overnight difficulties, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will give the public a peek at its baby Asian elephant, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting today. That's exactly a week after the 290-pound calf dropped into the world while mother Phoebe was...
Tags: Columbus Zoo, asian elephant, baby asian
Dispatch Phoebe with her previous baby, Bodhi, born in 2004. A new baby elephant has been born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The baby boy was born at 2:35 p.m. today to the Asian elephant Phoebe and is just the second live elephant birth at the zoo.
Tags: Ohio, asian elephant, Aquarium, Columbus Zoo
Imagine it lasting 22 months and ending with the delivery of a 300-pound baby. That's the reality for Phoebe, the Asian elephant who's about to deliver her second calf at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. But although the gestation period is long and the...
Tags: Columbus Zoo, Phoebe