Dallas Zoo

But Is Any of it Painted by Monkeys?

Neighbors Convinced the City Seized a Beloved Flock of Free-Range Oak Cliff Peacocks [Updated]

Update at 1:19 p.m.: No, the peacocks are not being removed. That's the word from city spokesman Frank Librio, whose full explanation follows after the jump. Original post: Last weekend, someone called 911 to report "loose fowl of various kinds running freely in the street in an area very close to ... More >>

Pumpkin Season Means Good Times and Happy Eating for the Animals at the Dallas Zoo

Yesterday I drove past a pumpkin patch that had at least 200 large round squashes still remaining. Their lonely abandonment made me a bit sad. Would they ever serve a purpose in this world? Last year the Dallas Arboretum told me they send some of their leftover pumpkins to local zoos. So, I called t ... More >>

Dispatch from The Cedars Food Park Event on Saturday (Spoiler Alert: They Nailed It)

See also: Photos from the Cedars Food Park Grand Opening Saturday evening a surly red rooster greeted visitors at the entrance of the Dallas Heritage Village with an ungracious crow from its coop. Inside the Old City Park south of downtown, the bright green sloping lawns were speckled with picnic b ... More >>

Get Your Memorial Day Fun with Animals, One Way or Another

Delonte West Went to the Zoo Yesterday, and the World Became a Better Place to Live

Back in December, we spent some time exalting the weirdness of Mavericks guard Delonte West, who had just signed with the team. West is known for his ongoing mental health struggles, and his non-dalliance with LeBron James' mom. But he is also a noted weirdo whose quotes can reach Ichiro-esque level ... More >>

Yes, Virginia, the Spree are Back for the Holidays

Dallas Zoo's Lone Male Silverback Is About to Get Two Lady Visitors From Cincinnati

Via.​Forgive us for seeming a little primate-obsessed today, but the Dallas Zoo is giving us an awful lot of material. Hot on the heels of the news that a Twitter-savvy "rogue" spider monkey got loose this morning and was quickly captured, we heard back from Dr. Lynn Kramer, the deputy directo ... More >>

What Happens to the World's Unused Pumpkins?

Dallas Arboretum​Sunday evening, just hours until Halloween, there were still hundreds of un-sold pumpkins at a local farmers market. It raised the question -- what happens to all the left-behind gourds? Do the extras go to the pie factory? Or are they all just tossed in the dump? Turns out ... More >>

Cool & Hot Tacos Brings the Fire and Ice

Delicious, trashy stand could be heaven, except that it let Alice in.

CityArts Is the Best In Sensory Overload

As Animal Rights Group Condemns Zoos for Elephant Treatment, a Nice Word About Dallas

Kevin Todora​It wasn't so long ago that Lily Tomlin, Bea Arthur, Ruth Buzzi and Emmylou Harris were among those demanding that the city of Dallas move Jenny the Elephant to the elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. But the city resisted, insisting that its then-forthcoming Giants of the Savanna habitat ... More >>

Wave Hello(ish) to the Standing Wave

​Between court hearings and cover stories, we couldn't spare a warm body to attend this morning's Trinity River Corridor Project Committee, the first since December 7. On the agenda: an update on the Standing Wave and Santa Fe Trestle projects, about which a Friend of Unfair Park will occasionally ... More >>

If You've Got "Bravado and Wherewithal" to Run Farmers Market, Let Mary Suhm Know ASAP

Patrick Michels​You have some four hours left to submit your proposal to run the Dallas Farmers Market. Might as well -- there's not a lot of competition. I spoke with Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm last night, and despite the fact the deadline's been extended several times, there may be but a sing ... More >>

The Dallas Zoo Invites You To Meet Its Latest Addition, Wester the Zebra Foal

Photos by Conner HowellWester, center, is waiting to see you at the Dallas Zoo.Now's the time for Dallas residents to go and see the new Grevy's zebra foal in the Wilds of Africa exhibit at the Dallas Zoo. It's a big deal, zoo officials say, because Grevy's are a rare type of zebra, with about 2,500 ... More >>

Well, If You Ever Wanted to Run the Dallas Farmers Market, Here's Your Big Chance

​Two months ago Intern Elliot broke the news that City Manager Mary Suhm was considering putting Dallas Farmers Market (and Fair Park) in the hands of a private operator, a la the city's deal with the Dallas Zoological Society last year. At the time, there was no time line for what that might happ ... More >>

University of Texas at Austin to Help "Underserved" DISD High School Students

​The University of Texas at Austin sends word today that it's partnering with Dallas-based Education is Freedom -- the beneficiary of Mayor Tom's fund-raiser at the Dallas Zoo on June 26 -- on a pilot program intended to "support students who might not otherwise consider the university as an optio ... More >>

At the Dallas Zoo, Leppert Fund Raises for Educational Program. And, Celebrates Birthday.

Patrick MichelsOn his birthday, Mayor Tom Leppert gets to meet Ernie, an American alligator, at the Dallas Zoo​Even if he'd secretly been hoping for a pony on his birthday, Mayor Tom Leppert was all smiles this morning at the Dallas Zoo, where the formalities of a press conference quickly gave ... More >>

Wild Night

Don't Plan on Visiting a Dallas Public Library Tomorrow. Or City Hall. Or a Rec Center.

Sam MertenThis go-round, Dallas City Hall has thoughtfully provided a list of city-run buildings that'll be open and closed tomorrow, the second furlough day per City Manager Mary Suhm's cost-cutting efforts. So, let's see: City Hall's closed; so too the Oak Cliff Municipal Center, so there goes my ... More >>

Angela Hunt: "We Need to Be Making our City Hall More Transparent ... Not Less."

Zazzle​Angela Hunt's been on a bit of a tear today, having posted to her Web site three items: one concerning the proposed rules changes for council meetings; one about the city's turning over the keys to the Dallas Zoo to the Dallas Zoological Society; and one concerning the city budget. Since th ... More >>

Got Something to Say About the City's Budget? Then Let City Council Hear From You.

Mary Suhm and Tom Leppert, from yesterday's Dallas Zoo briefing​By no later than tomorrow, we should get our first look at City Manager Mary Suhm's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year -- specifically, what stays and what goes to clear out the $190 million shortfall. (Suhm had told Unfair Pa ... More >>

What Do Lily Tomlin, Bea Arthur, Emmylou Harris and Ruth Buzzi Have in Common?

Emmylou HarrisThe Dallas Tea Party isn't the only TV-ready event happening in town today. Far from it -- especially if you were a big, big fan of the Laugh-In and are a big, big fan of ... wait for it, wait for it, wait for it ... Jenny the Elephant. At noon today at the Dallas Zoo, Concerned Citize ... More >>

As Long As You're Asking, Laugh-In's Ruth Buzzi Is Also Concerned About Jenny

Patrick Michels We already mentioned that Jenny the Elephant's got a few new friends trying to spring her from the Dallas Zoo, including the great Emmylou Harris, the irascible Kinky Friedman and Laugh-In star Ruth Buzzi. Buzzi, who lives just west of Fort Worth, joined Concerned Citizens for Jenny ... More >>

Council to Review the Survey That Reveals Dallas Citizens Want More "Public Involvement in Decision Making"

A couple of weeks back we mentioned the findings of The City of Dallas Citizen Survey, recently posted to the city of Dallas's Web site. The city council will finally get around to hashing over the findings at its Wednesday council briefing session, where the council will also get a look at the Dall ... More >>

Suhm's Looking for Quarters in Dallas's Couch

City Manager Mary SuhmIn recent days, sources inside Dallas City Hall have told Unfair Park they've been warned to expect the worst as City Manager Mary Suhm wrestles with the next fiscal year's budget. Which comes as no surprise: At this moment, months before Suhm and the council finalize the 2009- ... More >>

Simple Green

Organic is everywhere these days--and we don't mean in restaurants. If you attend Organic Day at Northaven Gardens tomorrow (Feb.21,) you can find it in your own backyard. Literally. At the garden center, Patti Moreno, aka. the Garden Girl, sustainable living expert and host of Garden Girl TV, wil ... More >>

Appealing to Dallas' Wallet, Lily Tomlin Keeps Trying to Move Jenny the Elephant

And Then There's Maude

Meet the new year, same as the old year -- at least when it comes to a certain resident of the Dallas Zoo. I so totally meant to make it out to the zoo this morning for the 11 a.m. Concerned Citizens for Jenny press conference (no kidding, 11 a.m.), but a two-houses-down wedding-slash-New Year's Eve ... More >>

If You're Considering Protesting the Mayor's House, Hunt Says, "Don't."

This isn't Jenny the Elephant news -- not really. Well, it kinda is. Because, see, on Monday, Rudy Bush wrote on The Dallas Morning News' City Hall blog that "a group that wants to see Jenny moved" from the Dallas Zoo to Tennessee is "staging a gathering (which they insist is not a protest) in front ... More >>

Unpack the Trunks, As Jenny the Elephant to Stay in Dallas After All

Paul Dyer Explains the Reasons for Keeping Jenny at the Dallas Zoo

Who's Having a Worse Day: American Airlines or the Dallas Zoo?

Lily Tomlin Sends Mayor Tom a Letter About ... Wait For It ... Jenny

"Right Now, It's Africam Absolutely." Or Not, As the Stampede Is Clearly On.

"Fair Park's Universe of Attractions!" And: "A World Within a World!"

Elephant Talk: The World's Foremost Authority on the Subject Weighs In

Pack a Trunk

Despite efforts by animal welfare activists, the zoo decides to ship a problem elephant out of the country

New Zoo Review: Or, Mary Suhm Wrestles With An Underfunded Budget

The Fastest Way from Fort Worth to Dallas. Just Not the Safest.

Kidding Around

Summer break fun is everywhere

The Cowboys Smell a Rat

Monkey Business

Buzz picks a few nits with the year that was

Country Time

Behind the scenes at Fossil Rim

Take Off

Visit the wild Frontiers

Mark Cuban Going Broke

Plus: Jabari Sought Own Death; Who Saw This Coming?

Pick This Pocket

It's a Dr. Mac attack

Frozen Food

Baby chicks are sent to a freezer along with one zoo worker's job

Chick Fillet

Life in the food chain includes a stop at Dallas' children's zoo

Night & Day

April 9 - 15, 1998