Tampa's Zoo Advocates

A chronology of articles published by local as well as national news organizations that document the need to advocate for excellence at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.

• USDA  Inspection Report February 16th, 2011:
  Nine Serious Animal/Human Welfare Violations: Read
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Volunteer Arrested For Molesting Boy in Restroom :Read
• Judge: Polk County Violated Own Land Code In Approving Safari Wild:  Administrative Law Judge urged "the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission quash the Polk County Development Order" that allowed the project to proceed and "deny permission to Safari Wild to develop the Safari Wild Project: Published by the Tampa Tribune Newspaper: Read
• Thomas French's "Zoo Story" Rattles the Cages of Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa: Published by the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper: Read
• Lowry Park Zoo's Veterinarian, Manatee Expert Resigns: The Story Behind the Story: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Fate of Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild Now in Judges Hands: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.

• Chimpanzee in the Kitchen: Lowry Park Zoo Utilizes Eli the Chimpanzee and Other Animals for Offsite Fundraiser:
  Lowry Park Zoo Chimpanzee Eli poses with Curt and Joann Harbsmeier in their Kitchen during offsite fundraiser.
  Conservation or Exploitation? You Decide:  Published in the Ledger.com
• Former Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild: Farm or Tourist Attraction: Judge Won't Decide for Weeks:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
• Donate $10,000 and Cuddle With Penguin in Your Lap: Ierna's Heating & Cooling and their Bryant distributor donate $10,000 to Lowry Park Zoo.  Owners get to cuddle with African Black Footed Penguin in their laps. View Picture
  
• Hearing On State's Challenge to Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild Begins:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Manatees on the Move: Lowry Park Zoo Transfers Four Manatees to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Details.
• Lowry Park Zoo Animal Loan/Sales: December 2008: Second Sumatran Tiger Dies at Akron Ohio Zoo Due to Illness. Details. 
• Keeping Track of Lowry Park Zoo Animals: Lowry Park Zoo Transfers Four Ring-Tailed Lemurs to North Carolina Zoo: Read
• Animals On The Move Again: Lowry Park Zoo Sells One of Their Albino Alligators to the South Carolina Aquarium for $10,000:
  
• Fate of Former Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild Could Be Decided After Hearings Next Week: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
  
• Spotlight on Clueless Board at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: The Prosecutor's Office Faulted the Zoo Board for Relying on Public Money and Tolerating a "Lethal" Lack of Accountability: Editorial Published by the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• The Pattern of Animal Welfare Concern at Lowry Park Zoo Traces Back to 1958:  "Snow Show a Fiasco", Animals Shot to Death: Originally Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper in 2003: Read.
• FDLE Investigation Concludes: Former Lowry Park Zoo Director Lex Salisbury Did Nothing Illegal:  Illegal or Unethical-You Decide:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Koala Dies While On Loan To Lowry Park Zoo: Animal Deaths While On Loan, a Continuing Pattern of Concern: Published by ABC Action News :Read
• The Humane Society of the United States Position Regarding Zoo's Includes: "External Pressures Routinely Take Precedence Over Humaneness" & "Some of the Most Reputable Ones in the United States, Contain Forgotten and Outdated Exhibits. These Sad and Inadequate Displays Are Often Obscured by the Multimillion-Dollar Exhibits That Tend to Focus Only on the More Glamorous Species and Habitats": Read
• Ex-Lowry Park Zoo Director Lex Salisbury Opens Giraffe Ranch Attraction in Pasco County:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury Opens Giraffe Park in Dade City:  Giraffes, Zebras, Dexter Cattle, Haflinger horses "oh my": The Association Between Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park Zoo, Safari Adventures and the Exotic Animal Trade Continues: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.

• Mired in Violations, Investigations and Controversy, Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park "Safari Adventures" Remains on Hold But He Transforms the Family's 50 Acre B.A. Ranch Into Giraffe Ranch, Farm Tours:  The Whole Story.
• Lowry Park Zoo Given One Year to Make Improvements:  Following an Inspection by the Association of Zoo's and Aquariums (AZA) Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is Given Grace Period to Rectify Deficiencies or Once Again Face Loss of Accreditation: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Falls Short of Five-Year Accreditation: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Craig A. Pugh Named New Lowry Park Zoo CEO:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Hearing May Halt Former Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park, Safari Wild in it's Tracks: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Looking to Expand Alcohol Permit: Approval Would Allow  Alcohol Sales Within 1,000 Feet of Several Churches:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Seeks OK To Sell More Booze, Including the Parking Lot:  The #1 Family Friendly Zoo in America Seeks to Increase it's Bottom Line: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newpaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Chimp "Regifts" by Throwing Orange at Little Girl: "Presents for Primates" Gone Bad: Full Story and Video Presented by 10Connects.com.
• Dr. Larry Killmar, Lowry Park Zoo's Director of Animal Collections and Former CEO Lex Salisbury Remain Professional Members of the Zoological Association of America:  Read
• State Deals Former Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Project a Major Blow, Orders Official Review:  Continuing Investigation by Steve Andrews, News Channel 8 and the Tampa Tribune:  Read
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo,  A Continuing Legal Retrospective: Clerk of the Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, Florida: The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in the State of Florida, in and for Hillsborough County Civil Division:  Hortense and Quitman Lott versus Lowry Park Zoological Society: Read
• State Agency Will Decide the Fate of Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park: Continuing Investigation by Steve Andrews, News Channel 8 and the Tampa Tribune: Read
• BBQ Vendor has Beef With Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Zoo Anonymous in Search of a New Chief:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Plan Tightens Nonprofit Rules: The Scandal Involving Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury Prompts Tampa's Mayor Pam Iorio to Tighten the Reins on Taxpayer Money:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.

• Former Lowry Park Zoo Chief Still Says He Did No Wrong:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
• FDLE Probe Into Ex-Zoo Boss Will "Die On the Vine" His Attorney Says:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo and Former President Lex Salisbury Negotiate a Financial Settlement: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Zoo Settlement Ends Ties To Ex-Chief: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Debuts Baby Rhino and Already Plans to Transfer for Breeding Purposes: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• As AZA Review Looms, Lowry Park Zoo Seeks New Chief:  Lowry Park Zoo is about to embark on a comprehensive reaccreditation process without a permanent leader in place: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• How Safe Is Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo:  Chlorine Confirmed as Source of Problems at Lowry Park Zoo's Fountains:  Lowry Park Zoo is Making Changes:  Published in the Tampa  Tribune Newspaper.
• Polk County Commissioners: Public Hearing for Lex Salisbury's Safari Adventures Not Possible: Continuing Investigation by News Channel 8 and the Tampa Tribune.
•  Former Lowry Park Zoo Boss May Be Fined:  Lex Salisbury Dug Unauthorized 2.6 Acre Watering Hole on His Personal Ranch:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Animal Park Neighbor's Upset By Lack of Information:  Continuing Investigation of Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park by Steve Andrews and News Channel 8.
• Former Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury Is Seeking Federal Public Tax Dollars to Guarantee a $2.4 Million Dollar Loan Through a United State Department of Agriculture Loan Program:  News Channel 8 Video Report.
• Safari Adventures' Hurricane Plan Concern Neighbors:  Published by News Channel 8 and the Tampa Tribune.
• Lowry Park Zoo Official to Critics: Be Quiet or Be Sued:  The Culture of Intimidation Continues: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park Fined For Work Without Permit: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild Fined By The Southwest Florida Water Management District for Work Completed Without Permit:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• City of Tampa Spends $45,000 of Taxpayer Money to Settle Lawsuit Filed Against Lowry Park Zoo: Published by the City of Tampa.
• Zoo Seeks $200,000 from Lex Salisbury; Tampa City Audit Results Submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Seeks Return of $200,000+ from Former CEO Lex Salisbury:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Ex-Lowry Park Zoo Chief in Federal Cross Hairs:  Lex Salisbury is attempting to sell exotic animals once again but has never possessed the license to do so:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Board of Directors Approves New Policies; Chairman Bob  Merritt Resigns:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Criticized for buying Elephants:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Lowry Park Zoo Advocates Warned of Mismanagement:  Published in Creative Loafing.
• Lowry Park Zoo Audit Dictates Course of Director: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Overhaul Zoo Board But Don't Toss it to Wolves:  Editorial Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal's (PETA) Requests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Investigate Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park Zoo and Safari Wild Animal Dealings: PETA's Press Release
• Lowry Park Zoo Director of Animal Collections Larry Killmar and Former CEO Lex Salisbury Forced to Resign from the Zoological Association of America (ZAA)
  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Zoo Chief Gone; Problems Aren't:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Yes, This Place Really is a Zoo:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Lowry Park Zoo Looks to Restore it's Reputation: What's Next? Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Lex's Menagerie of Malfeasance: Editorial Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  
• Embattled Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury Announces His Resignation:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Board of Directors Issues Public Statement Regarding the Resignation of CEO Lex Salisbury: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
  
  
• Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury's Wife Charged With Animal Cruelty by Hillsborough County Animal Control Officials: St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
• Monkey Saga That Spurred Zoo Controversy Has Ended:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
• Where are Lowry Park Zoo's White Tiger Cubs?  Another Example of the Compromise of Animal Welfare by Lex Salisbury and Zoo Executives:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Stunned Activities at Zoo Didn't Raise Flag:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• What's Best For Lowry Park Zoo is at Stake in this Fight:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• City Audit: Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury Created a Culture of Intimidation: Published in Creative Loafing.
• Zoo Leader Takes Issue With Audit: St. Petersburg Times Newspaper
  
  
• Zoo CEO Disputes City Audit: Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  
• Restore Credibility at Zoo With New Leadership:  Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Zoo Needs New Leader, New Image: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  
• Despite Overwhelming Evidence Presented by the City of Tampa and Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury Continues to Claim Innocence:  Reported in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Expanding Investigation of Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury's Violation of Animal Welfare and Public Trust;  Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Calls for an Investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement:  Continuing Coverage Published in the:
  
  Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
• Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Calls for the Firing of Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury; Read the Complete 61 Page City Audit of Lowry Park Zoo:  Published by the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Issues Official Statement Regarding Lowry Park Zoo Audit:  Published on the Tampa City Government Web Site.
• Law Enforcement May Investigate Lex Salisbury's Zoo Transactions:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
• Tampa City Audit Reports Lowry Park CEO Lex Salisbury Took Animals and Equipment for Personal Business Ventures:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Fired Employee Sues Lowry Park Zoo:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper 
  
• Former Lowry Park Zoo Employee Tells of Links to Lex Salisbury's Private Ranch and Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Lex Salisbury's Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild Faces Lien From Electric Company: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
• Fired Employee Sues Lowry Park Zoo:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Animal Trades Gets Lowry Park Zoo, it's Leaders Booted from Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA):  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
• AZA Suspension includes CEO Lex Salisbury and Director of Animal Collections Larry Killmar:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park's Accreditation in Danger: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
• Zoo Loses Agency's Approval:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  
• Water Managers: Zoo President Ignored Environmental Regulations: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
• Safari Wild Failed to Get Proper Permits, Water Agency Says: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Despite Looks, a Community's Nature Center Not Tied To Lowry Park Zoo:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
• "Those Escaped Patas Monkeys From Safari Wild Are Making News Again": Published in Creative Loafing
• Lex Salisbury's Escaped Monkeys Make Mischief on Ranch:  Six Months Following Their Escape One Third of Safari Wild's Patas Monkeys Remain on the Loose:  Published in the Tampa Tribune News Paper.
• "City of Tampa TV Showed Rhinos' Delivery to Private Zoo": Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
  View the above mentioned episode of the "Mayor's Hour" Published by the City of Tampa
  
  
• Lowry Park Zoo Board Chairman Quits:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
• Zoo Chairman Who Helped Set Up Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Resigns: Fassil Gabremariam resigns as Chairman of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
• Lowry Park Zoo Board Chairman Quits: The Zoo's Executive Board Adds Government Officials in Attempt to Create More Transparency:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.

• Zoo Chairman Who Helped Set Up Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Resigns: Fassil Gabremariam resigns as Chairman of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.  Published in the  Tampa Tribune Newspaper. 

• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Boss Has Accrediting Agency Inspect Operations: 
  Published by News Channel 8 and the Tampa Tribune

• Lowry Park Zoo Chief's Nature Reflects Deisions:  Continuing Pattern of Concern:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Lowry Park Zoo Generous To Its Presidents Project: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo CEO Takes a Leave of Absence:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Lowry Park Zoo's CEO/President Lex Salisbury Agrees to Take a Leave of Absence:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Tampa City Council Member Calls For Lex Salisbury's Resignation:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  
  
• Lex Salisbury's Deal to Obtain Offspring From His Animal Trades With Lowry Park Zoo:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Official: Zoo Boss Could Keep Animals' Offspring:  Continuing Investigation of Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park Zoo and the Exotic Animal Trade:  Reported in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Records Show 200 + Animal Transactions Between Lowry Park Zoo and Lex Salisbury:  Reported in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Lowry Park Zoo and Lex Salisbury Conducted 224 Animal Transactions:  Continuing Coverage in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  
• Lowry Park Zoo Concerns Prompt Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio to Tighten Reins on City's Nonprofits:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• 200 +Animal Transactions Between Lowry Park Zoo, Lex Salisbury and His Exotic Animal Park Safari Wild: Published by the Tampa Tribune and News Channel 8

• Lowry Park Zoo CEO and Safari Wild:  The Rumors Come True:  Published in Creative Loafing

• Lowry Park Zoo's Transfer of Buffalo to Safari Wild Raises Additional Concerns:  Continuing Conflict of Ethics and Interest:  Even amid the investigation of the association between Lex Salisbury, Lowry Park Zoo and Safari Wild, the "exotic animal trade" continues:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Incoming Lowry Park Zoo Chief Says Animal Transfers Probably Flawed:  Incoming Executive Board Chairman Speaks with the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Needs New Leader:  Editorial Detailing the Need For Lex Salisbury to be Replaced: The Editorial Boards of both the Tampa Tribune and St.Petersburg Times are in agreement, Lex Salisbury needs to be replaced:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  

• *"Wild" Deal Raises Questions About Lowry Park Zoo's Mission:  Tampa Bay Community response to Lex Salisbury's ties to Lowry Park Zoo, Safari Wild and the exotic animal trade:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  
• Lowry Park Zoo Chief Seeks Review of Animal Deals:  Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury calls upon the AZA to review his animal deals between Lowry Park Zoo, Safari Wild as well as his personal ranch.
  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Lowry Park Zoo Chief Lex Salisbury Says All Deals Aboveboard - Facts Indicate Otherwise:  Zoo Directors Across the Country Voice Concern:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Lowry Park Zoo's Animals Prove Tough To Track:  The controversy expands as the St.Petersburg Times newspaper exposes a documented trail of zoo animals that have been transferred to Lex Salisbury's personal ranch in Dade City Florida, some of which survived and others that cannot be accounted for:  Full Story

• Stop The Monkeying Around At Lowry Park Zoo:  Editorial Published by the St.Petersburg Times Regarding This Embarrassing "Mess" That Needs to be Cleaned Up:  Details
  
  
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Continues to Conduct Business With Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  
  
• The St.Petersburg Times Newspaper Exposes the Intimate Working Relationship Between Lowry Park Zoo, the ZAA and the Exotic Animal Trade:  Read the Full Story

• Former Lowry Park Zoo Employee Settles His Federal "Denial of Overtime Compensation" Lawsuit:  Published on the Federal District Court Filings and Dockets Website
  
  

• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Opens Up It's Inner Circle:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  
  
• City of Tampa Gains Spot on the Lowry Park Zoo Executive Board of Directors:  Zoo Animals Belong to the Citizens of Tampa:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  

• Lowry Park Zoo Officials Agree To Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's Demands: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• City of Tampa to Get Full and Regular Accounting of Lowry Park Zoo Animals:  Mayor Pam Iorio Announces Concessions Agreed to by Lowry Park Zoo Officials:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  

• Lowry Park Zoo Attorney Files Public Records Request with City:  Zoo Officials Want to Know "Who" is Speaking Up:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper
  

• Whose Rhino is This?:  "Tampa's" Lowry Park Zoo Needs New and Ethical Leadership:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Crisis in Leadership Threatens Support for Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo:  The Time for Change has Arrived, That Time is Now:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  

• Lowry Park Zoo Official's Dispute Tampa's Oversight, Animal Ownership:  Read the Full Story published in the Tampa Tribune
  

• Lowry Park Zoo's White Rhino Deal With Safari Wild Concerns Tampa's Mayor Pam Iorio:  A New Investigative Report by News Channel 8.   Lex Salisbury's ties to the $2 Billion Dollar Exotic Animal Trade continue to be exposed: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  

• Lowry Park Zoo Official's Continue to Refuse Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's Requests:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
  
• City of Tampa Officials Report Lowry Park Zoo Hasn't Been Supplying Animal Inventory as Required:  Continuing Investigation by News Channel 8: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Rhinogate Distresses Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio:  A continuing investigation by News Channle 8's Steve Andrews:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
  
  
• Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Says Lowry Park Zoo Didn't Keep the City Informed:  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper.

• Lowry Park Zoo Needs New Leadership: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper: Read the Full Story Here  

• Hillsborough County Asks to See Lowry Park Zoo-Safari Wild Audit: County Officials Demand the Zoo Provide the Results of Their "Independent" Audit:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.  

• Do the Sloths Have a 401(k) Plan?:  Columnist Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Tribune Lends New Perspective to the Continued Conflict of Interest Between Lowry Park Zoo and Safari Wild:  Details  
  

• Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury Regrets Offering His Land: Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio Criticizes the Zoo's Executive Board of Directors and Demands More Oversight by the County:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.  

• Lowry Park Zoo Officials Deny Conflict in Relationship with Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park: The Investigation Continues:  Published in the St.Petersbury Times Newspaper
  
  
• Tampa Mayor to Safari Wild: Lowry Park Zoo Must Be Repaid:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper   

• Zoo Buildings on Private Land Concern County Official's and Board Members of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.  A continuing investigation into the financial and working relationship between Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild exotic animal park and Tampa's tax payer funded Lowry Park Zoo.  Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper    
  
  
•  Continuing Conflict of Interest:  Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Pays for the Construction of Two Significant Animal Buildings at Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper 

•  Polk County Government Officials Issue Second Stop Work Order, Halting Development of Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park:   Published in Polk County's  "The Ledger"
  
  
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Calls for an Independent Audit To Review Ties to Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper
  
  
• *'Safari Wild's Snakes May Be Running the Show':  Continued Journalistic Coverage of the Relationship Between Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Lex Salisbury and Safari Wild: Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper         

• Are Fugitive Monkeys Lurking Near Her House?:  Another Possible Sighting of  the Primates that Escaped from Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park: Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper   

• Red Tape Entangles Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park: State and County Officials Continue to Express Numerous Environmental and Safety Concerns. Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper

• Three months after a group of 15 Patas monkeys escaped from Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park in Polk County, one-third of the fugitive primates remain at large and state officials say it is anyone's guess as to when they will be captured.  Full Story Published in the St.Petersburg Times Newspaper

• Another 3 of Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild's Patas Monkey's Caught by Trappers, 7 Remain Free: Published in Polk County's Newspaper  "The Ledger".
  
  
• Trappers Catch Another 3 of Lex Salisbury's (CEO and President of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo) Safari Wild Monkeys: Published in the
  
  June 16th, 2008: Tampa Tribune June 17th, 2008: Tampa Tribune
  
  June 17th, 2008: St.Petersburg Times
  
  
• Agritourism Doesn't Justify Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park:  Published in the Tampa Tribune Newspaper.
  
  
• Lex Salisbury's (CEO and President of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo)  Wild Safari Case Offers Window Into Polk County's Planning Morass:  Published in Polk County's Newspaper  "The Ledger".
  
  
• State of Florida Wants Further Study of Lex Salisbury's (CEO and President of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo) Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park:  Published in Polk County's Newspaper "The Ledger".
  
  
• State, Neighbors Aren't Wild About Lex Salisbury's (CEO and President of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo) Exotic Animal Park:  Department of Community Affairs Issues a "Stop Work Order" for Safari Wild:  Published in the Tampa Tribune
  
  
• Continuing Conflict of Interest: 2 Patas Monkeys Recaptured at Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Moved to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.  Published in the Orlando Sentinel
  
  
• $1,823,342 of Tax Payer's Money Approved by Local Government to Fund Lowry Park Zoo's New Log Flume Ride, Safari Lodge and Animal Exhibits.  Published by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Hillsborough County Florida.
  
  

• More Monkey Business: The Existence of Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Exotic Animal Park Was a Surprise to Many Neighboring Residents as Well as Some Polk County Officials:  Published in Polk County's Newspaper: "The Ledger"
  
  
•  Lex Salisbury's Safari Wild Jailbreak Monkeys Still Free in Polk County's Green Swamp: Reported by the St.Petersburg Times
  
  
• Lex Salisbury's Safari Park Plan Raises Concern About Possible Conflict With Lowry Park Zoo.  Reported by the Tampa Tribune.
  
  
• 15 Primates Escape from Safari Wild, a New Exotic Animal Park
  Co-Owned by Lex Salisbury, President and CEO of
  Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. 
  Reported by the Tampa Tribune and MSNBC.
  
  
• Former Employee Files a Civil Lawsuit Against Tampa's
  Lowry Park Zoo: 
  Animal Keeper Reported the Unsafe Handling of Animals
  and was Terminated. 
  Reported in the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
  
• Former Tampa Bay Devil Ray's Elijah Dukes Serves Community Service
  Hours at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo for Drug Conviction.
  Reported in the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
  
• Teacher Arrested After 2 Person Field Trip to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
  Reported in the St. Petersburg Times Newspaper.
  
  
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo ranks last when compared to it's peers. 
  Evaluated by Charity Navigator. 
  
  
• Zoo Security:\"A Pattern of Concern" Another Zoo Break-In,
  Another Loss of Animal Life.
  
  
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, the Exotic Animal Trade,
  the Zoological Association of America,  the
  Lex Salisbury Connection.
  
  
• Tragedy Revisited:   Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo Tiger Escape/Death
  Compared with San Francisco Zoo's Recent Tiger/Human Tragedy.
  
  
• "Zoo Story":  Life, Death.  The Paradox of Freedom. A Nine Part Series:
  Presented in the St.Petersburg  Times by Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas French. 
  
  
  
• "In Loving Memory"  Our groups heartfelt and public tribute to Enshalla and Herman. 
  
  
• "She's Good With Animals", published in the St.Petersburg Times.  Ex-zookeeper
  Carie Peterson shares her tireless dedication towards finding loving homes for orphaned
  creatures and her heartfelt memories of Enshalla.
  
  
• The Myth of AZA Accreditation
  
  
• Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, a Legal Retrospective: Clerk of the Circuit Court, Hillsborough
  County, Florida
  
  
• Handicapped Man and His Family File a Federal Lawsuit Accusing Tampa's
  Lowry Park Zoo of Failing to Comply With the Americans With Disabilities Act
  
  
  
• Internal Zoo Memo Disparages "Advocates Seeking Excellence at Tampa's
  Lowry Park Zoo and Misrepresents the Zoo's Recent USDA Inspection and
  AZA Accreditation
  
  
• Hillsborough County Commission Debates Zoo's Business Plan
  
  
• Endangered species: Special Report: How safe is Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo?
  
  
• Lowry Park Ordered to Provide Zoo keepers More Training
  
  
• Elegy for the King and Queen- In Loving Memory of and Tribute to
  Herman and Enshalla
  
  
• Loose Tiger Killed at Zoo
  
  
• A Preventable Tragedy
  
  
• Wildlife Commission Investigates Tiger's Shooting 
  
  
• Tiger's Killing Raises Questions
  
  
• Tiger Shot Dead at Zoo: Did She Have To Die?
  
  
• Tiger Keeper's Last Job: Bat Man
  
  
• PETA Calls On FEDS To Revoke Lowry Park Zoo's License
  Following Fatal Shooting of Escaped Tiger
  
  
• Fight Kills Lowry Park Chimp
  
  
• Zoo Veteran Died of Heart Failure After Altercation
  
  
• Bringing Up Babies, Bringing in Dollars
  
  
• 11 Wild Elephants Stranded by Controversy 
  
  
• San Diego and Lowry Zoos Forced To Give Up Federal Permits
  Authorizing Wild Elephant Import
  
  

• United States District Court in Washington, D.C., Denied a Request
  by Animal Rights Organizations to Stop the Importation of Live
  African Elephant Into the United States
  
  

• Wallabies Die After Trip in Ryder Truck
  
  

• 2 Famingos, Swan Killed by Dogs at Lowry Park Zoo
  
  

• Great Ape Escapes
  
  

• Lowry Park Zoo Elephant Killed Her Keeper by Pinning
  Her to the Ground and Kicking Her in the Chest
  
  

• An Elephant at the Lowry Park Zoo Killed Her Keeper
  
  

• When She Tries to Push Trainer Into Moat Surrounding Exhibit