Gladys Porter Zoo is a zoological and botanical park located in Brownsville, Texas, United States. The zoo officially opened on September 3, 1971, and currently averages over 424,000 visitors annually. Situated on 31 acres (13 ha), the zoo houses about 400 animal species (including 47 endangered species) and over 250 tropical and neo-tropical species and subspecies. It is the first zoo to have successfully bred the endangered Jentink's duiker (although none are currently in captivity in the US).[3] It is also the birthplace of Harambe, the gorilla.[4]
The zoo is named after Gladys Porter, the daughter of Earl C. Sams, former president of J. C. Penney. Porter, a wildlife enthusiast, helped to plan and stock the zoo, which was entirely funded by the Earl C. Sams Foundation. After its opening, the zoo was given to the city of Brownsville.
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^Ellis, Richard (2004). No Turning Back: The Life and Death of Animal Species. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 262. ISBN 0-06-055804-0.
^Bigfoot Journeys (January 27, 2014). "Announcing the name of a baby lowland gorilla, "Harambe"". Archived from the original on 2021-12-18 – via YouTube.
GladysPorterZoo is a zoological and botanical park located in Brownsville, Texas, United States. The zoo officially opened on September 3, 1971, and...
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breeder, Tom Crutchfield in 1990. Crutchfield donated Godzilla to the GladysPorterZoo in Brownsville, Texas in 1997 and the lizard remained there until...
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: 536 p. As a rare and threatened species, Patrick Burchfield of the GladysPorterZoo in Brownsville, Texas, focused special attention on Taylor's cantil...
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voters are flocking to Trump's GOP". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-11-08. Porter, Charles Jesse (1940). Recreational Interests and Activities of High School...
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the grandson of the Como's original Casey from GladysPorterZoo in Brownsville, Texas. In 1985, Como Zoo's Primate House was rebuilt, housing gorillas,...
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