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These Are the Best Zoos in the United States — How Many Have You Visited?

For most of us, visiting the zoo as a child brings up happy memories of adventures, melting ice cream, and childhood friends.

A zoo on the Scioto Peninsula? Look back at the plan that would have changed Columbus' core

The contentious issue pitted zoo officials wanting a satellite zoo on the Scioto Peninsula against anti-tax opposition groups ...
People

Columbus Zoo Welcomes Second Baby Asian Elephant This Year, Marking a Historic First

The baby, a boy, weighed in at 222 pounds and has not yet been named Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest ...
Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Zoo renewal of 0.75-mill, 10-year levy passes easily, unofficial results show

Franklin County voters appear to have forgiven a 2021 scandal involving past leaders of the Columbus Zoon & Aquarium, supporting by a wide margin a 0.75-mill, 10-year property tax levy to fund its ...
SFGate

Columbus Zoo welcomes 2nd Asian elephant calf this year

POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed its second baby elephant in a single calendar year for the first time in its nearly 100-year history, a milestone that the Ohio ...
NBC4 Columbus

Second elephant calf born at Columbus Zoo

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The second baby elephant born this year at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was welcomed Tuesday night. The calf, born to 38-year-old Asian elephant Phoebe, weighs 222 pounds. The ...
NBC4 Columbus

What ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote means for Columbus Zoo’s Issue 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Franklin County residents voting in this November’s election will be weighing Issue 2, a renewal of a tax levy that has supported animal care and day-to-day operations at the ...