Lowry Park Zoo is back in good standing with the nation's premier accrediting agency for zoos and aquariums. ...more

March 28, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo staff and board members scoffed in December when the Association of Zoos and Aquariums suspended its endorsement of Tampa's zoo. Today, top zoo staffers are in Oklahoma City asking the very same group to reinstate its endorsement. They will try to convince the group Lowry Park Zoo has toughened its animal transfer procedures and will embrace the group's program that manages members' populations of selected wildlife. ...more

March 27, 2009

A city audit of the Lowry Park Zoo confirms that former CEO Lex Salisbury screwed up, and zoo officials are trying to recoup more than $200,000 in supplies and animals he took from the facility. ...more

March 23, 2009

Regarding "Overhaul Zoo's Board, But Don't Toss It To Wolves": ...more

December 29, 2008

Lex Salisbury's forced resignation as Lowry Park Zoo's president and chief executive hasn't stopped outside scrutiny of the facility or ended his problems within the zoo industry. ...more

December 23, 2008

Beating up on the Lowry Park Zoo board has been easy in recent weeks. ...more

December 23, 2008

Lex Salisbury lost his job running Lowry Park Zoo. Now he has resigned from a leadership position of a nonprofit zoo organization after several members said he and another Lowry Park Zoo staff member threatened the integrity of the group. ...more

December 22, 2008

The wife of embattled zoo CEO Lex Salisbury was hit with animal cruelty charges Thursday, accused of leaving two dogs inside Salisbury's closed SUV while he was speaking with the zoo board about his future. ...more

December 19, 2008

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

December 18, 2008

The wife of embattled zoo director Lex Salisbury was hit with animal cruelty charges today after two dogs were left inside Salisbury's closed car while he was speaking with the zoo board about his future. ...more

December 18, 2008