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

Safari Wild must repay taxpayer-funded Lowry Park Zoo for any money it paid to the Polk County exotic-animal park and for barns the zoo built on the property, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio said Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

Taxpayer-backed Lowry Park Zoo has built two barns at zoo President Lex Salisbury's private exotic-animal attraction in Polk County. ...more

September 10, 2008

TAMPA - Taxpayer-backed Lowry Park Zoo has built two barns at zoo President Lex Salisbury's private exotic-animal attraction in Polk County. ...more

September 9, 2008

The Lowry Park Zoo's board has called for an independent financial audit of dealings with Safari Wild to determine whether any zoo money was used for the private exotic animal park co-owned by zoo President Lex Salisbury. ...more

August 29, 2008

The Lowry Park Zoo's board has called for an independent financial audit of dealings with Safari Wild to determine whether any zoo money was used for the private exotic animal park co-owned by zoo President Lex Salisbury. ...more

August 28, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury has helped transform what 20 years ago was the country's worst zoo into what Child Magazine rates as the nation's best for its size. ...more

August 28, 2008

From the beginning, Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury insisted that his Safari Wild exotic animal park in Lakeland would be a separate, private venture. ...more

August 23, 2008

From the beginning, Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury insisted that his Safari Wild exotic animal park in Lakeland would be a separate, private venture. But a series of e-mails obtained by The Tampa Tribune show that the zoo's paid administrative staffers have worked to promote and garner political favor for Salisbury's private animal park. ...more

August 22, 2008