“The scariest thing I’ve ever done", is how one SWAT team member described this wild situation at the Buffalo Zoo. A 400-pound gorilla escaped his cage and bit a zookeeper in the process at the Buffalo Zoo 10 years ago this month.
If you're a lifelong resident of Western New York, you know that 716 Day is a day to celebrate everything Buffalo. As you know 716 is the are code that comprises most of Western New York the so on July 16th, we celebrate all that IS Buffalo and Western New York as if it was a national holiday.
Luna is one of the Buffalo Zoo's biggest attractions in Western New York....and after the Detroit Zoo announced last week that their polar bear had TWINS, everyone has been wondering when Luna's time will come. The female polar bear at the zoo has been with the intention that she will eventually mate within the Zoo's Species Survival Plan...
I've been proud to be a part of the Save The Rhinos event for the last couple years, but this year they're changing formats a bit and they're taking it to the streets.
With everything that we've been through over the last couple months, the best thing we could hear these days is, "we are going back to normal..." even if it is simply operating hours.