Lex Salisbury, president and CEO of Lowry Park Zoo, defended his tenure with the zoo against a critical city audit and said he will answer questions at a special zoo board meeting Thursday. ...more

December 15, 2008

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo has been notified that its membership in a national group that accredits zoos and aquariums has been suspended. ...more

December 5, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo leaders agreed today that the zoo's animals belong to Tampa and that a full accounting of the animals will be made to the city on a regular basis. ...more

September 19, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio said she wants to find out more about a now-defunct plan to hand over a baby rhinoceros from Lowry Park Zoo to a private exotic-animal park owned by the zoo's chief executive officer. ...more

September 16, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio said she is concerned about a deal that would have handed over a baby rhinoceros from Lowry Park Zoo to a private theme park owned by the zoo's chief executive officer. ...more

September 15, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury said he regrets the controversy that ensued after offering land at his private Polk County exotic-animal park for boarding zoo animals. ...more

September 12, 2008

TAMPA - Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury said he regrets the controversy that ensued after offering land at his private Polk County exotic-animal park for boarding zoo animals. ...more

September 11, 2008

The Children's Museum has just reopened after two weeks of heavy-duty labor. Much of what was accomplished will not be visible to our families coming in to play. But it was necessary work to keep improving what we offer to the children in Highlands County. I would like to thank several people that put forth an extra effort to help the museum accomplish the very long list of needed jobs. ...more

September 5, 2008

Trappers have quietly nabbed a third of the patas monkeys that escaped in April from the Safari Wild nature preserve in Polk County, and authorities say they are confident the capture of the rest is imminent. ...more

June 16, 2008

As residents of Moore Road in Lakeland, and neighbors to the Safari Wild facility, we felt compelled to respond to Lex Salisbury's article, "Safari Wild Will Benefit Community, Environment" (Other Views, June 4.) ...more

June 12, 2008