Thursday, August 13, 2009

Gulf Shores' 'Little Zoo That Could' unveils plans for new park - al.com

Gulf Shores' 'Little Zoo That Could' unveils plans for new park - al.com: "GULF SHORES — 'The Little Zoo That Could' should be in new, larger digs by early 2011, but the menagerie will retain the small-park charm that made it the star of a 2006 Animal Planet television series, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo officials said Wednesday.

Zoo officials unveiled a billboard on Ala. 59 announcing the planned opening and introduced a pair of rare Bengal cubs that will make the zoo the only one in the country to boast a tiger in each of the species' four color variations. They also showed off a hurricane-resistant building intended to prevent any reruns of the events that thrust the nonprofit park into the limelight."