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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A company didnt adequately mark the path of a buried natural gas pipeline that exploded after it was hit by a drill, killing a worker.......
•The Fort Worth Zoo is currently working with 42 endangered species through the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Plans.
Mammals
59 species. Founded in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock and a few rabbits, the Zoo now is home to 435 native and exotic species; has been named as a top zoo in the nation by Family Life magazine, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today and one of the top zoos in the South by Southern Living Reader's Choice Awards; and has been placed in the top 10 zoos in the United States.The only Zoo in the nation to house representatives of all four Great Ape species - gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and chimpanzees
•Only Texas zoo and one of nine zoos in the nation to house bonobos (pygmy chimps)
•One of nine locations in the world to display two of the five rhino species in captivity: black, white and one-horned Asian rhinos
•International leader in Asian elephant conservation
Birds
129 species
•Recipient of 1989 AVY award from the American Federation of Agriculture for the successful management of roseate spoonbills and hatching more of this species than any other zoo
•Recipient of 1989 AVY award for establishing a black-necked swan population in captivity through breeding and managing the swans to third generation
•The only zoo to hatch and consistently breed lesser flamingos since 2001
•One of eight zoos in the nation to house the endangered Harpy eagle
•One of five zoos in the nation to display the African crowned eagle
•One of two zoos in the nation to breed saddle-billed storks
Herpetarium
177 species
•One of the largest collections of reptiles in the United States
•Recipient of the coveted Bean Award in 1988 for arboreal boid propagation
•Spearheads international conservation effort to save the Jamaican iguana, the most endangered lizard in the world; recipient of the prestigious International Conservation Award in 2000 for the Jamaican iguana conservation program
•Boasts a unique, large reptile complex exhibiting endangered Komodo dragons and gharial crocodiles
•Has reproduced more than 180 taxa (species or sub-species) of reptiles/amphibians since 1971 - more than 30 represent first captive breedings in North America
