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Abilene Zoo trades lesser flamingos, opens Caribbean Cove and reports long-serving colobus monkey’s death
Summary
Zoo director Jesse Patebaume said the zoo transferred its lesser flamingos to other institutions under a species survival plan, replaced them with rescued brown pelicans, will open its renovated Caribbean Cove this Friday, and reported the death of Carla, a colobus monkey believed to be about 30 years old.
Jesse Patebaume, director of the Abilene Zoo, told the Parks Board the zoo transferred its lesser flamingos to other AZA institutions under a species-survival plan and replaced them with brown pelicans rescued by the Texas State Aquarium.
"We fortunately had to say goodbye to our lesser flamingos. We're an AZA accredited institution... it was recommended for them to go to Fort Worth…
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