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Zoo to Host Asian New Year Celebration
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Jan 27BRIDGEPORT: Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, the state's only zoo, invites families to celebrate Asian New Year on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from Noon to 3:00 p.m. The Year of the Dragon festivities will feature activities for the entire family including ... »
Beardsley director says zoo didn’t give baboon to Animal Planet show
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Jan 05If you watched the second season premiere of the Animal Planet series “Finding Bigfoot” Sunday and saw what looked like Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo director Gregg Dancho giving a terrified baboon to the show’s sasquatch seekers to use as bait, rest eas... »
Come to the Zoo and Party with the Animals This Winter!
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Dec 29By CARYN KAUFMAN BRIDGEPORT: - Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, the state's only Zoo, is pleased to release their calendar for late December through February 2012. The Zoo offers fun events for the entire family all year round, most of which are... »
Tiger Returns to Connecticut to Celebrate 'Happy Zoo Year!'
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Dec 19By CARYN KAUFMAN Zoo welcomes new - and old - animals; Offers half priced holiday savings BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - December 16, 2011 - In an attempt to beat the holiday traffic, Viktor, an Amur (Siberian) tiger, has arrived at Connecticut's... »
New birth at Beardsley Zoo
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Dec 03Rare Peccary Birth and Other New Animals The Beardsley Zoo was proud a few weeks ago to announce the birth of an endangered Chacoan peccary piglet, the first to be born in the northeast. She will remain off-exhibit until spring,... »