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Zoo weathers the storm - Sep 10, 2008 2TheAdvocate,By JARED JANES If not for the presence of its exotic animals, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo could be mistaken for any other storm-damaged area in south Louisiana. Hurricane briefs for Sept. 23, 2008 - Sep 22, 2008 2TheAdvocate,BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo will reopen from 9:30 am to 5 pm Wednesday, having cleaned up from Hurricane Gustav. “Our staff has worked around the clock to open BR Area for Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2008 - Aug 28, 2008 2TheAdvocate,SAFARI NIGHT: 6:30 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Bring your sleeping bag and learn all about the zoo at night. A safari guide will lead you on walking tours Week Ahead for August 31, 2008 - Aug 30, 2008 2TheAdvocate,BREC’S BATON ROUGE ZOO: 9:30 am to 5 pm, 3601 Thomas Road. Brec’s Baton Rouge Zoo will be open Labor Day. Visit the animal kingdom in your own back yard! Fall fairs and festivals - Sep 11, 2008 2TheAdvocate,...(985) 878-2360 or http://www.oldfarmersday.com BOO AT THE ZOO: 9:30 am-5 pm (gates close at 4 pm), BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo, 3601 Thomas Road. Vote for Zooillogix - Sep 12, 2008 ScienceBlogsCurrently Featured: Baton Rouge Zoo generously donated by a ScienceBlogs reader / fellow shot glass collector. A noble hobby. On the road - Aug 29, 2008 Houma Courier,6 at BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo, 3601 Thomas Road. For information, call 225-775-3877. This car, bike and truck show is complete with a monster truck crush and Vet professor: Mike the Tiger has special evacuation plan -- 11:40 am - Aug 29, 2008 LSU The Reveille,Sam Winslow, assistant director of BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo, called Mike's on-campus holding area "better than adequate." Captive animals are entirely Hurricane briefs for September 13, 2008 - Sep 12, 2008 2TheAdvocate,BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo announces that Penny Day, scheduled for Sept. 20 will be postponed until further notice. The zoo remains closed. BR Zoo deals with outage, damage - Sep 10, 2008 2TheAdvocate,The Baton Rouge Zoo has been without power for more than a week. News 2's Rob Krieger takes a look at what is keeping the zoo from opening its gates. BR area for Aug. 8-14, 2008 - Aug 7, 2008 2TheAdvocate,SAFARI NIGHT: 6:30 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Bring your sleeping bag and learn all about the zoo at night. A safari guide will lead you on walking tours Power comes back on at the zoo after an outage - Jul 29, 2008 WBXH,BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Zoo is back up and running after a power outage this past weekend. The blackout is being blamed on a short in the BR Area for Aug 1-Aug 7, 2008 - Jul 31, 2008 2TheAdvocate,SAFARI NIGHT: 6:30 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Families are invited to a one-of-a-kind sleepover at the zoo with the animals. Learn about those that are Youth Calendar for July 21, 2008 - Jul 20, 2008 2TheAdvocate,TWILIGHT SAFARI: Take a twilight tram ride through BREC’s Greater Baton Rouge Zoo, 6 pm to 7:30 pm Wednesday. The guided ride through the zoo also includes BR Area Events for July 25 - July 31, 2008 - Jul 24, 2008 2TheAdvocate,TWILIGHT SAFARI: 6-7:30 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Take a twilight tram ride through the zoo in the cool of the evening. Enjoy a guided ride and an evening Power outage closes zoo; animals fine - Jul 27, 2008 2TheAdvocate,The Baton Rouge Zoo will remain closed today as workers continue to try to restore electrical power to the complex, spokeswoman Mary Woods said. BR area for July 18-July 24, 2008 - Jul 17, 2008 2TheAdvocate,Must be 18 to be admitted. http://www.redstickcomedy.com TWILIGHT SAFARI: 6-7:30 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Take a twilight tram ride through the zoo in Don't Stick Your Fingers in the Cage - Jul 31, 2008 ScienceBlogsCurrently Featured: Baton Rouge Zoo generously donated by a ScienceBlogs reader / fellow shot glass collector. A noble hobby. Don't Stick Your Fingers in the Cage - Jul 29, 2008 ScienceBlogsCurrently Featured: Baton Rouge Zoo generously donated by a ScienceBlogs reader / fellow shot glass collector. A noble hobby. The pentailed treeshrew has Zoo reopens after power outage fixed - Jul 29, 2008 2TheAdvocate,The Baton Rouge Zoo reopened Tuesday after workers discovered Monday that a short in some of the main power lines underground caused a three-day power BR Area Events for April 25 - May 1, 2008 - 25 Apr 2008 2TheAdvocate,PARTY FOR THE PLANET: 9:30 am-5 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. The zoo world’s version of Earth Day. Animal and Earth-friendly activities for the whole family. Check it Out for March 28, 2008 - Mar 27, 2008 2TheAdvocate,Zippity Zoo Daze has been canceled, according to Mary Woods, director of marketing and development at BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. She said the event will be MU gymnast balances work and play - Apr 21, 2008 Columbia Missourian,By JOSH WOLFF COLUMBIA — Junior Adrianne Perry and the Missouri gymnastics team spent the morning of April 11 at the Baton Rouge Zoo in Louisiana. Lauren Stephenson's Diary Entry - April 15, 2008 - Apr 15, 2008 CSTV.com,Friday morning involved a trip to the Baton Rouge zoo. The weather was great, the animals were out, and the best part was, by far, Becky in the giraffe mask Three for the no-show - Feb 12, 2008 Greater Baton Rouge Business Report,He also serves on committees that oversee golf and the Baton Rouge Zoo, and Glasper has attended less than a third of those sessions since he was appointed BR Area Events for Nov. 16 - Nov. 22, 2007 - Nov 15, 2007 2TheAdvocate,BEAR AWARENESS DAY: 9:30 am-5 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo, 3601 Thomas Road. Pay tribute to bears — black, brown or spectacles. An Exhilarating Adventure in the West in Pursuit of Justice ... - Nov 6, 2007 Primenewswire (press release),Since retiring from teaching, she worked for a year at Head Start, in a grocery store and 5 years at the Baton Rouge Zoo. Over the years, in addition to Less boo; lots of fun at zoo - Oct 20, 2007 2TheAdvocate,...filed in by the dozens Saturday for a day of Halloween-themed trick-or-treating and visits with their favorite animals at BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Russian Boars in Arkansas - Aug 14, 2007 Wall Street JournalThen, in 1971, Southern got its first jaguar, purchased as a baby from the Baton Rouge Zoo for $450. Ms. Williams says she viewed Lacumba's arrival as a BREC chooses new company for service - Jul 26, 2007 2TheAdvocate,Also Thursday, the commission awarded a $2.8 million contract to D. Honore Construction Co. to build several enhancements at the Baton Rouge Zoo. Check It Out for July 27, 2007 - Jul 26, 2007 2TheAdvocate,BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo will holds its annual Zoo Run 5K on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the zoo. Call (225) 775-3877 for more information. POP QUIZ: Phil Frost - Jul 25, 2007 2TheAdvocate,Zoo animals aren’t pets obviously, but if you were to sneak one out in your briefcase one night, which animal at the Baton Rouge Zoo would you like to take BR Events for Nov. 10 - Nov. 16, 2006 Nov 9, 2006 Arts and crafts, holiday gift ideas, art booth, music. (225) 644-8496. ENRICHMENT DAY AT THE ZOO: 10 am-4 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. ... - 2TheAdvocate, BR Events for Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2006 Oct 26, 2006 ...(225) 791-1094. BOO AT THE ZOO: 9:30 am-5 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo, Thomas Road. ... BOO AT THE ZOO: 9:30 am-5 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo, Thomas Road. ... - 2TheAdvocate, Smiley Anders for October 30 Oct 29, 2006 Mary P. Schoen of Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo says folks lamenting the closing of the plastic pink flamingo plant, which I mentioned recently, can take ... - 2TheAdvocate, BR area families to be honored Nov 2, 2006 ...on the alumni board of the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, a member of the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge and Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo board of ... - 2TheAdvocate, BR Events for Nov. 3 - Nov. 9. 2006 Nov 2, 2006 Variety of photo packages available. (225) 578-9900. ADULT LEARNING SERIES – GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE: 9:30-11 am, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. (225) 775-3877. ... - 2TheAdvocate, Paula Manship dies 31 Mar 2006 ...including cats, dogs and ducks. She endowed the Otter Pond Project at the Greater Baton Rouge Zoo. "This exhibit will be unlike ... 2TheAdvocate, Spring brings food and fun at festivals throughout state 31 Mar 2006 Students over 21 with a valid student ID can taste for $15 per student. (225) 765-2437. ZIPPITY ZOO DAZE: 9:30 am-6 pm, BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo near Baker. ... 2TheAdvocate, Letter: Patrons trashing the Baton Rouge Zoo Mar 22, 2006 My family and I recently went to the Baton Rouge Zoo for the first time since moving to Louisiana in June 2005. While we greatly ... 2TheAdvocate, Letter: After-hours ‘visitors’ scatter trash at zoo Mar 29, 2006 I and a 5-year-old and 28 other zoo-goers recently stayed at the Baton Rouge Zoo. An event that is held for Girl Scouts and Boy ... 2TheAdvocate, BREC bids higher; storms cited Mar 28, 2006 In other action Tuesday, the commission approved a slight increase in the Baton Rouge Zoo admission fees that will take effect next month. ... 2TheAdvocate, Enthusiasm for the exotic plant Mar 4, 2006 Tucked obscurely behind an unassuming cottage, just a stone’s throw from the Baton Rouge Zoo, lies a unique and beautiful treasure: A three-acre oasis ... 2TheAdvocate, Smiley Anders for March 17 Mar 16, 2006 Ann thanks the person who found her purse at the Baton Rouge Zoo last week and turned it in. “Once again my faith in mankind has been restored,� she says. ... 2TheAdvocate, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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