Susan Williams lives among cattle ranches and a growing number of new homes. ...more

March 17, 2009

Meet Lex Brown, patas monkey trapper. Brown closely followed the saga of the 15 patas monkeys that escaped nearby Safari Wild in April and became his wily neighbors. ...more

December 19, 2008

February 1987: Charles "Lex" Salisbury is named supervisor of the Lowry Park Zoo. He is promoted to curator of animals a few months later. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. The charismatic and often charming zoo chief gets credit for turning a meager collection of animals into one of the nation's finest zoos. ...more

December 19, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

A trapper has captured the last of 15 patas monkeys whose escape from Safari Wild eight months ago set in motion the events that led to the resignation today of Lex Salisbury, president of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008

Lex Salisbury's time at Lowry Park Zoo, February 1987 to date. ...more

December 18, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury and his business partner face more than $46,000 in fines from water managers for unauthorized development of a planned exotic animal park in Polk County. ...more

December 3, 2008

Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park Zoo's chief executive officer, and his business partner ignored environmental regulations in developing an animal park they hope to open in a protected area of Polk County, state water managers said. ...more

November 26, 2008

TAMPA Water managers say Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury and his business partner ignored environmental regulations in developing a planned exotic-animal park in a protected area of Polk County. Safari Wild didn't get the proper permits before constructing buildings, putting up fences and dredging land on the property, the Southwest Florida Water Management District has determined. ...more

November 25, 2008