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This brought thousands of tourists from around the Midwest. In 1910, several locals admitted to stealing chimpanzee skeletons from the nearby Muncie Zoo's monkey house. In 1915 the skeletons were sold to a local museum which burned down in 1919. [9] What is now Mounds State Park was the location of an amusement park that operated from 1897 ...
The "Monkey Ship" was originally home to rhesus macaques, and eventually housed capuchin monkeys, lemurs, and juvenile American alligators in the pool surrounding the ship. The exhibit was closed in 1991 as the animals were moved to naturalistic habitats, and the ship and pool were eventually restored as a bumper boat attraction for children.
France Park is a municipal park in Logansport, Indiana.It is operated by Cass County, and offers camping, hiking, swimming, disc golf, and fishing. [1]The abandoned quarry on the property is a common destination for SCUBA divers and offers many submerged structures to explore, such as a school bus, a plane, and several boats.
That prospect is another headache for an industry already dealing with a complex, multi-phase monkey supply chain crisis that has caused the price of macaques raised for lab use to soar, from ...
In January 2023, the USDA said temperatures were out of the 45 to 85 degree Fahrenheit (7.2 to 29.5 degree Celsius) required range at some of the compound's monkey cages. The inspection found moldy food in one bin, sharp edges on a gate that could cut an animal and sludge, food waste, used medical supplies, mechanical equipment, and general ...
The Potawatomi Zoo is a 23-acre (9.3 ha) zoological park located in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The zoo is nestled in Potawatomi Park between the St. Joseph River and the Grand Trunk railroad in the east side neighborhood of River Park. Founded in 1921, it is one of Indiana's oldest zoos.
A farm in northwest Indiana carved out an elaborate corn maze in honor of the point guard who plays for the state's WNBA team, the Indiana Fever. On Sept. 9, ...
De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) at the zoo. The zoo's historic Primate House first opened in 1927, featuring apes and monkeys from different locations and habitats in a series of small, identical barred cages typical of most early zoo exhibits. It became famous for its apes, including a gorilla named Bushman, until the Great Ape ...