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Akron Zoo goes wild with $21 million expansion

Ava Dunn, Reporter • March 8, 2026

The Akron Zoo will expand its Pride of Africa exhibit by 16 acres in order to make room for new animals including giraffes, ostriches and wildebeests. Though the final plans for the expansion have...

Zoos’ dirty little secret

Jennifer O’Connor • February 24, 2014

People around the world were justifiably outraged when a healthy young giraffe was killed because he didn’t fit into a Danish zoo’s breeding plan. A second giraffe execution was in the works before...