The Buttonwood Park Zoo has received a major contribution towards its efforts to transform an existing structure in the zoo into a more educational space.
NEW BEDFORD — The Buttonwood Park Zoo’s former Aquatics building will be named Rainforests, Rivers and Reefs sponsored by Stoico/FIRSTFED when it opens its doors this July.
The announcement of the $400,000 gift and naming was made today by Keith Lovett, the Zoo’s Director...
The effort to save the nearly-extinct elephant population of Vietnam has been given a big boost from the SouthCoast.
Patrons of the Buttonwood Park Zoo have donated enough money that the zoo was recently able to purchase a digital scale for the Elephant Conservation Center in Dak Lak, Vietnam...
NEW BEDFORD - The Buttonwood Park Zoo has once again appeared on a list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants.
The list, compiled by In Defense of Animals, places the New Bedford zoo in their "Hall of Shame," making this the seventh consecutive year the zoo has appeared on the list...