The Little Rock Zoo has euthanized its oldest female cheetah, Zazi, who was ill with kidney disease. A press release from Zoo director Susan Altrui said zoo staff determined her quality of life had significantly declined.
The Little Rock Zoo will build new exhibition areas for its Angolan colobus monkeys, a new species at the zoo, and serval cats, which have been held in an enclosure that dates to the 1950s.
The Little Rock Zoo says two African penguin hatchlings soon will be on public view. They are the eighth and ninth penguins born since opening of the Laura P. Nichols Penguin Pointe exhibit in 2011.
The Little Rock Zoo's 16-year-old female jaguar, known as Agave, has died after complications from cancer. She and a brother, known as Cactus Jack, have been at the zoo since 2001.
The Little Rock Zoo has added a 10-year-old eastern black rhino to its collection, in a transfer from Zoo Atlanta, in hopes of breeding. She joins a male rhino in the African exhibit next week.
The Little Rock Zoo announced today the death of Sidney, a 22-year-old female lion. The lion was euthanized after a corneal graft on her eye deteriorated.
The Little Rock Zoo reports that Kivu, a 24-year-old western lowland gorilla that arrived in June from a Santa Barbara zoo, is getting accustomed to his new larger surroundings and the previously all-female local gorilla population.
The Little Rock Zoo announces a couple of new arrivals — yellow-backed duikers, or small antelopes native to forests in several African countries. There's a two-year-old female from the Dallas Zoo and a one-year male from the Cincinnati Zoo.
The Little Rock Zoo has announced the largest donation in its 90-year history: A trust worth almost $3 million established by Jayne Jackson, an animal and zoo lover who died in December.