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Date Title
11/12/09 Rare Bonobo Birth at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
11/3/09 2009 Spooktacular Halloween Fundraiser a Big Success!
10/28/09 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Announces 2009/2010 Board of Directors and Officers
10/08/9 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens’ Oldest Male Jaguar Euthanized Due to Failing Health
10/6/09 Good News Comes in Threes for Stingray Bay Fans
9/16/09 Elephant Appreciation Day
9/14/09 Grandparents Day Special Admission Offer
8/17/09 Send Summer Out with a Roar at Jazoo's Birthday and Back to School Bash
8/11/09 One Day. Two Bucks. Tons of Fun. It's $2 Day at the Zoo.
7/28/09 Elephant Paintings Auctioned Internationally for Conservation
7/9/09 Zoo Celebrates Arrival of 28th Baby Giraffe
7/6/09 Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Pays Tribute to Its Animal Keepers
6/15/09 Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Reaches Out to Community's Most Needy Citizens
6/8/09 Zoom at the Zoo Classic Car Show
6/8/09 Rescued Manatee Mom and Calf Back "Home" in Jacksonville Waterways
6/1/09 New Male Mandrill Makes His Debut
5/20/09 Volunteer Awards Banquet
5/14/09 Endangered Species Day
5/13/09 First Saturday Garden Tour - Containers for the Heat
5/7/09 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Announces New Executive Director
5/5/09 Teddy Bear Affair
5/4/09 Three New Lions Now Roaring at the Zoo
4/30/09 The Third Oldest Living Bonobo in the Nation Celebrates Birthday at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
4/23/09 First Saturday Garden Tour "Asia at Last!"
4/13/09 ExZOOberASIAN 2009 - Year of the Dragon
4/8/09 Party for the Planet - Earth Day Celebration
3/24/09 Celebrate Spring at the Zoo's "Spring into Bloom" Festival
3/20/09 First Saturday Garden Tour "Spring is in the Air"
3/5/09 Asian Bamboo Garden and Komodo Dragon Exhibit Grand Opening
2/25/09 Stringray Bay Opens Daily Beginning Feb. 27
2/17/09 First Saturday Garden Tour "Spring Cleaning!"
2/9/09 Manga - New Japanese Cartoon Art Class Available
1/30/09 2009 Began with Roar, Squeak and Yahoo with Birth of Jag Cub!
1/28/09 Sudden Death of Bonobo Saddens Zoo
1/20/09 Hunter Jumper GallopaZOOla Grand Prix & Kids' Carnival
1/16/09 First Saturday Garden Tour "Winter's Hardy Green"
1/15/09 All Aboard! CSX Train Days at the Zoo
1/14/09 Executive Director Accepts Top Position at Henry Doorly Zoo
12/22/08 Three Warthogs are New Residents of the Zoo
12/19/08 Enjoy a "Winter Break" Festival at the Zoo
12/19/08 Fifteen New Alligators at Home at the Zoo
12/12/08 Enjoy Milk and Cookies with Santa
12/9/08 2008-2009 Board Members Announced
11/26/08 A Home for the Holidays Pet Adoption Event
11/21/08 Cold Weather Container Gardening Class
11/19/08 FWC Pet Amnesty Day
11/6/08 Education Dept. New Pre-K Program to Teach Sign Language
10/2/08 Spooktacular 2008
8/25/08 New male bonobo reunited with mother at the Zoo
8/4/08 Cool Summer Promotion
7/31/08 Jacksonville Zoo named one of "America's Best Zoos"
6/23/08 Dennis Pate Elected to AZA Board
6/10/08 Dreamnight at the Zoo
5/28/08 ZOOM at the Zoo
5/22/08 New Stingray Babies Learning to "Fin" for Themselves
5/7/08 Tour the Gardens in June
5/6/08 Teddy Bear Affair
4/24/08 Spring into Bloom
4/18/08 Earth Day - Party for the Planet
4/18/08 Zoo Wins Garden Club of America Award
4/15/08 Bongo Antelope Born
4/2/08 Tour the Gardens in May
3/25/08 Welcome the Angolan Colobus Moneys
3/20/08 Enjoy a Night in TUSKany at the 2008 ExZOOberation Fundraising Gala
3/13/08 Hundreds of Low-Income Families and Families with Newly Adopted Children to Receive Free Zoo Annual Memberships
2/29/08 Grand Opening of Stingray Bay
2/21/08

Zoo Offers $2 Off Admission for Contributions to Dignity U Wear’s Undie Sunday, Undie Monday Clothing Drive This Weekend!
2/16/08 Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Leading the Charge in Northeast Florida to Save the Frogs!
2/8/08 It's a Boy! Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Announces Giraffe Birth
2/6/08 Herbs for Gardening and Fun at the Zoo
2/1/08 Global Financial Leader Partners with Zoo to Offer New Education Program
1/23/08 $35,000 Annual Grand Prix Horse Show & Kids' Carnival to Benefit Zoo
1/15/08 All Aboard! CSX Train Days at the Zoo
1/14/08 Learn the Five Points of Tree Care at the Zoo
1/2/08 Former Jacksonville Zoo Chimps Feel Right at Home in Their New Home
12/19/07 Winter Break at Zoo
12/18/08 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' Tickets Now Sold Online
12/12/07 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' Employee Wins Top National Award
12/5/07 Orchids 101 at the Zoo
11/28/07 The Jacksonville Zoo Opens Doors to ACC Championship Fans
11/26/07 Fourteen Bushmasters hatched at Zoo
11/19/07 New Curator of Herpetology
11/13/07 A Home for the Holidays - Pet Adoption Event
11/9/07 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Announces Winn-Dixie Zoo Days
11/8/07 Bonsai 101 at the Zoo
11/8/07

Community Leader Ann Baker Named Board Chair of Zoo

11/2/07 One of the Smallest Living Monkeys Born at Zoo
10/24/07 A Good Move for Jacksonville Zoo's Chimps
10/8/07

Gardens at the Zoo: The Master Plan for Botanical Gardens at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
9/5/07 Grand Opening of Unique Trout River Gardens
8/22/07 Jacksonville Jaguars Kick Off 2007 Season Pep Rally at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
8/16/07 ZOObilee
8/14/07 Family Fun Workshops
8/2/07 Nature Photography for a Digital World
7/13/07 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Thwarts Tapir Escape
7/11/07 Jacksonville Zoo Presents Infant Squirrel Monkey
7/7/07 Jacksonville Zoo Wins Statewide Award
7/6/07 Teddy Bear Affair at the Jacksonville Zoo
7/5/07 Water Gardens for the Home Landscape
6/27/07 Baby Pudu Introduced
6/22/07 Jaguars Have a New Perch
6/20/07 Lion Dies of Cancer
6/13/07 Zoom at the Zoo
6/07/07 A Native Plant Safari
5/21/07 Conserving Water in the Garden
5/18/07 Endangered Species Day
5/3/07 See the Zoo After Dark at Summer Day Camps
4/20/07 "Ape-ril"  A Celebration of Apes
3/29/07 Splash Ground Re-Opening
3/08/07 Jacksonville Zoo Extends Weekend Hours
3/07/07 Jacksonville Zoo Debuts Infant Mandrill
2/27/07 Flamingos and Swans
2/27/07 The Camels are Coming!
2/10/07 Whooping Cranes Now on Exhibit
2/01/07 ExZOOberation
1/18/07 Learn How to Grow and Cook with Herbs
1/16/07 Black History Month
1/15/07 $35,000 Grand Prix of Jacksonville
1/01/07 CSX Train Days
12/21/06 Take a "Winter Break"
12/19/06 Koalas' Departure
11/29/06 Pet Adoption Event
11/08/06 21-Year Old Gorilla Dies at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
11/03/06 Endangered Whooping Cranes Now at Home
11/03/06 Volunteers Needed for Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network's Training
11/01/06

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Receives Gift from Food Lion
10/23/06 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Set New Records in Attendance
10/19/06 Jacksonville's Biggest Halloween Festival at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
10/05/06

Arrival of TwoNew Elephants Brings to Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Brings Sustainable Future

09/20/06 Rhino Conservation Fundraiser
09/13/06

Nemours' Teddy Bear Affair at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
09/06/06 Dogs to Detect Eastern Indigo Snakes at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
09/01/06 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Announces Giraffe Birth
08/30/06

Jacksonville Jaguars Kick off 2006 season with Pep Rally at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
08/02/06 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Announces its Fall Education Calendar
05/23/06 Baby Wood Storks Banded at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
05/19/06

Publix Super Markets Charities "Going Bananas" at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
05/17/06 Cause of Death Determined in Jacksonville Zoo's Youngest Giraffe
05/03/06 Zoobilee
04/26/06 Jacksonville Zoo Giraffe Dies Suddenly
04/14/06 Endangered Wood Storks
02/28/06 New Jaguars Released
02/07/06 Florida Panthers Released
02/01/06 Zoo Staff Honored by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
01/05/06 Elephant Sculptures Arrival
01/01/06 Annual Jacksonville Winter Horse Series
12/01/05 Jazoo's WinterJam
10/25/05 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens to Break Ground on Kids' Zone
09/18/05 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens wins coveted AZA exhibit award