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Philadelphia Zoo celebrates new children’s book, ‘A Family for Zoya’

. America's first zoo has a long and proud history as a conservancy and will soon celebrate a newly written children's book that tells the true story of a young Amur Tiger cub. Titled “A Family For ...
KEYT

Philadelphia Zoo welcomes 9 more critically endangered Galápagos tortoises born to first-time parents

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The Philadelphia Zoo celebrated a slow and steady success in conservation: the hatching of nine new critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises. The ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

16 endangered tortoise hatchlings born to 100 year old parents at Philly Zoo

Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly ...
WHYY

Tortoise hatchlings born of century-old parents come out of their shells at Philadelphia Zoo

The 16 were born in a series of hatches this year to Mommy and Abrazzo. The parents are both estimated to be about 100 years old. Staff members pose for photographs several of the 16 critically ...