/tags/austin-zoo Austin Zoo en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-07-23/bobcat-mountain-lion-cougar-wild-cats-austin-tx Every so often, someone spots a wild cat in their neighborhood that's almost certainly not a domestic stray. Who is roaming the city? Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-07-23/bobcat-mountain-lion-cougar-wild-cats-austin-tx Katy McAfee /austin/2019-01-31/austin-zoo-faces-scrutiny-after-statesman-report-of-animal-mistreatment Monkeys losing parts of their tails to frostbite. Alligators living for months with no sunlight. Lions and tigers lying in their own waste for weeks.These� Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:55:00 GMT /austin/2019-01-31/austin-zoo-faces-scrutiny-after-statesman-report-of-animal-mistreatment KUT Staff /austin/2017-10-02/two-lions-a-tiger-and-some-monkeys-escaped-harvey-to-find-a-new-home-at-the-austin-zoo It wasn’t just people who found themselves displaced after Hurricane Harvey flooded parts of Texas. Animals escaped the floodwaters, as well � and not� Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:27:22 GMT /austin/2017-10-02/two-lions-a-tiger-and-some-monkeys-escaped-harvey-to-find-a-new-home-at-the-austin-zoo Mose Buchele /austin/2011-08-04/kangaroo-makes-austin-zoo-debut The Austin Zoo has a new addition. His name is Jason, and he’s learning to box.The one-and-a-half-year-old red kangaroo, made his zoo debut this week.� Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:30:50 GMT /austin/2011-08-04/kangaroo-makes-austin-zoo-debut Audrey White, Daniel Reese