Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Indianapolis Zoo" in English language version.
The canal will then turn south and feed into a basin near the Old Washington Street Bridge, which will be renovated during the project. The bridge will be transformed into a pedestrian crossing to the Indianapolis Zoo.
Designers also built a walkway atop the original roadbed of the National Road, which runs through the site to the river, where covered wagons carrying settlers once forded the water. The project also includes a $2.5 million conversion of the old Washington Street Bridge into a 950-foot-long plaza. It leads to the Indianapolis Zoo on the other side of the river.
The nearest early-day approach to a real zoo came in 1906 when the Indianapolis Park Department moved exhibits of animals from several other parks into one fairly sizable exhibit at Riverside Park. A bear, several monkeys and birds had been shown at Garfield Park. Brookside had an assortment of birds, such as cockatoos, parrots and macaws. Riverside itself had a pair of sea lions in a concrete basin. Within a year, the Riverside menagerie contained several horses, elk, deer, bears, wolves, raccoons, a flock of sheep, squirrels, ducks, rabbits, pheasants, a badger and a sea gull. In 1916, with the United States drawing near to participation in World War I, the Riverside zoo was abolished.
Believed all animals will be housed at Riverside by end of summer.
Her passing as bear steaks marks the end of the zoo at Riverside Park. War time economy lead the park board to sell Old Molly after she had been the park attraction for years and years. (...) One by one zoo attractions have been sold or have died until now not a single animal except horses is owned by the park board. Elk, deer, coyotes, pheasants, birds, monkeys and even a few snakes have been in the varied collection at Riverside and other parks, but now all are gone. War-time conservation has prevailed.
Since taking over in January as president and chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Zoo, Bonner has plenty of ideas on how to take the zoo into the next century.
Whatever her name, you can call her Number One: She is the first African elephant conceived via artificial insemination.
Michael Crowther, who was named president and CEO of the Indianapolis Zoological Society on Thursday, helped make the New Jersey State Aquarium one of the top four tourist attractions in the Philadelphia region.
Indianapolis Zoo officials hope the reopening of the dolphin pavilion this week after a $10 million renovation will not only add some luster to the exhibit but also a little sparkle to the zoo's regional and national reputation. (...) An in-water program will be offered in a limited way this year, mostly in the fall.
Fashion followers are always assured an eyeful at Zoobilation, the Indianapolis Zoo's annual black-tie fundraiser presented by Indianapolis Power & Light Co. The first Zoobilation was held in 1986 when a few hundred people gathered at mall magnate Herb Simon's house. (...) Zoobilation is held outdoors on the grounds of the Indianapolis Zoo each June, forcing guests to find creative ways to look festive while staying comfortable. (...) This year, about 4,500 turned up for the colorful June 11 event, which brought in more than $1 million (a record) for the zoo's endeavors.
The event dates back to 1967, making the Indianapolis Zoo the first zoo in the nation to hold a holiday lights event, according to the zoo officials.
In March of 2019, the Indianapolis Zoo lost the two young females during an outbreak of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus, or EEHV, Hemorrhagic Disease – a disease that was previously thought to affect mainly Asian elephants. (...) So in February of 2020, veterinarians, scientists, elephant managers and keepers from all over gathered in the Indianapolis Zoo auditorium for the African Elephant EEHV Workshop. The purpose of the conference was to hear what others had been learning from EEHV in Asian elephants, in hopes of being able to use that knowledge for combating the disease in the African species.
Azy, Rocky, Knobi and Katy followed Shumaker to Indiana from Iowa in 2010.
The 34-year-old was the oldest polar bear known to be living in captivity or the wild. (...) Tahtsa, born November 20, 1974, had been declining for years with age-related health problems. (...) Tahtsa had a sister, Becky, who died at age 30 in 2007 at the Denver Zoo. That's also where Tahtsa was born. She lived most of her life in Louisville, Ky., from March 1976 until October 10, 2006, when she came to Indianapolis on loan.
A dozen people got in about a half-hour protest between downpours Saturday, calling on the Indianapolis Zoo to abandon its plans to acquire four more false killer whales. (...) The zoo points to the pregnancies as evidence of the success of its breeding program; the protestors point to the death of the dolphin calf, as well as the two adult animals that have died, as evidence of the zoo's inability to ensure the animals' safety.
Mackie, 28, was listed in fair condition Monday at Wishard Memorial Hospital, upgraded from critical. (...) Mackie was cleaning the animal's area Sunday afternoon when she noticed the adult female elephant, Cita, raising her head in a threatening gesture toward another in the herd as they gathered around the pond. (...) The animal slammed Mackie several times with her trunk – a giant appendage powered by more than 40,000 muscles. Mackie lost consciousness briefly before awakening and calling other keepers for help.
An Indianapolis Zoo trainer is recovering from surgery after being injured by a head thrust from a female African elephant. Zoo officials said the elephant, Ivory, was reacting to a call from her 2,000-pound calf. Officials said Ivory backed off on command after the attack that injured the trainer's lower left leg. 'She was suffering from separation anxiety during training,' said Judy Gagen, a zoo spokeswoman.
In what officials are calling the first attack of its kinds at the city's zoo, the dogs destroyed all the birds in the Australian exhibit early Sunday morning, including two black swans, three magpie geese, and three emus. (...) Police arrived and used shotguns to kill four – three male Labrador-chow mixes and a female terrier mix – after efforts to corral them failed. An adult male pitbull was captured with a wire noose, and a sixth dog had not yet been captured late Sunday. (...) The zoo has a solid perimeter fence, cameras and security staff on duty around the clock, with police patrolling outside, so just how the dogs got in remains a mystery.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate the deaths of several animals after a fire at the Indianapolis Zoo. At least three turtles, two birds, an armadillo, and a snake died Saturday, and many more animals remain under observation, according to the animal rights group.
An armadillo at the Indianapolis Zoo likely rooted some of its bedding too close to a heat lamp, setting off a fire earlier this month that killed it and several other animals. (...) The Critter Corner building was inspected in October, and no problems were found, according to the zoo. A further post-fire inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which regulates animal care, showed no violations.
Fifteen bonnethead sharks in the Indianapolis Zoo's popular Oceans exhibit died Monday when a routine maintenance procedure went wrong. (...) The accident occurred after workers cut power to the tank's sophisticated life-support devices to repair a hole in the filtration system. When workers turned the power back on about 1 p.m., they did not reopen a valve regulating ozone, and the machine pumped too much into the tank. (...) Grayson said the zoo is evaluating its training, repair procedures and life-support system design to ensure the same kind of mistake does not happen again.
A groundbreaking ceremony has been set for May 4 for the $11.4 million rerouting of Washington Street, including a new bridge over the White River. The road is being relocated to make way for the new Indianapolis Zoo, which will be the largest feature in White River State Park.
