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30-05-2025
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Orangutan escapes exhibit after a ‘malfunction' at Denver Zoo
DENVER (KDVR) — An orangutan was able to escape from its exhibit after a 'malfunction' at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Wednesday. The Denver Zoo confirmed with FOX31 that on Wednesday, around 3:45 p.m., employees were doing a check when they discovered that an orangutan wasn't in its exhibit. Jake Kubié with the Denver Zoo said there was a 'malfunction in the primary enclosure area,' and an orangutan left the enclosure. Toucan relocated from SeaQuest to Denver Zoo euthanized after medical battles However, the great ape wasn't completely on the loose. Kubié said the orangutan went into another area for specialists and didn't come in contact with any employees or visitors. The zoo has Sumatran orangutans, a species that is usually between three and six feet tall and weighs between 66 and 250 pounds, depending on their gender. Here's what they look like: The Denver Zoo is an 80-acre campus in the City Park neighborhood. The zoo said there are over 2,500 animals at the zoo, including penguins, camels, hippopotamus and lions. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
$650,000 Homes in Colorado, Georgia and Florida
Denver | $646,000 This two-bedroom, two-bathroom house was extensively renovated by the current sellers, who sourced a mix of new and vintage fixtures in an effort to honor the home's original character. Within a 10-minute walk are a park, a Brazilian bakery and a public elementary school. A supermarket, a drugstore and a hardware store are five minutes away by car. City Park, home to the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, is a 10-minute drive. Denver International Airport is half an hour away. Rocky Mountain National Park, a popular destination for hikers, is 90 minutes away, as is the ski town of Breckenridge. Size: 1,009 square feet Price per square foot: $640 Indoors: A paved path links the sidewalk to this home's covered front porch, which, like the rest of the home, has rounded corners typical of the Streamline Moderne style. The door opens directly to the living room, with herringbone patterned floors and windows set into a corner. There's a chrome ceiling light fixture and two arched passageways. One leads to a hallway and both bedrooms, the other to a sunny dining room with a street-facing window. The dining room is open to the kitchen, where the appliances — new, but in a retro style — are mint green. The backsplash is made of glossy tiles in shades of gray and pink. The primary suite, at one end of the back hallway, has a door with a glass knob opening to a bedroom big enough for a queen-size bed. The attached bathroom has a white porcelain pedestal sink and a combined tub and shower lined with green and black tile. The other bedroom could hold a double bed, and next door is a bathroom with a deep soaking tub and vintage vanity lights. Outdoor space: A paved patio behind the house holds a free-standing wood-burning stove with a bright orange enamel finish. The fenced backyard has a square lawn surrounded by gravel, and the driveway at the front of the house has two parking spots. Taxes: $2,844 (estimated) Contact: Kevin O'Brien, Brokers Guild Homes, 970-420-3448, and Skyler Hackett, Hackett Homes, 915-666-9614 Atlanta | $650,000 This one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit occupying a tower at the top of the former Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill, in Atlanta's Cabbagetown neighborhood. Residential development of the building began in the mid-1990s, and this unit occupies a space that once held industrial water tanks. A city park with basketball courts and open green space is within a 10-minute walk, the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park is less than a mile away, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum is about two miles away. Also nearby is The Municipal Market, an indoor farmers' market and dining hall. By car, the center of downtown Atlanta is about 10 minutes away, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a 15-minute drive. Size: 1,541 square feet Price per square foot: $422 Indoors: This unit's front door opens to a foyer with polished concrete floors that continue straight ahead into a galley-style kitchen with Miele appliances, including a wall oven and a separate gas cooktop. The custom-made cabinets are maple, and the countertop is travertine. Through an arched doorway is the main living area, where the walls are brick and the ceiling is 71 feet above the floor, with large arched windows near the top and lower windows with skyline views below. The floors here are also polished concrete, and the space is open, with sitting and dining areas on opposite sides of the room. Wood beams crisscross the space high about the floor. The bedroom is off a hallway extending from the foyer, with the same exposed brick walls and high ceilings as the living room and space for a king-size bed. The en suite bathroom has more travertine and a combined soaking tub and shower. Through the bathroom is a walk-in closet. Outdoor space: The building has an in-ground pool for use by residents, along with a roof deck. The complex is gated, and this unit comes with one assigned parking spot. Taxes: $5,778 (estimated), plus a $657 monthly homeowners association fee Contact: Chase Mizell, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty, 770-289-2780 St. Petersburg, Fla. | $649,000 This two-bedroom, one-bathroom house is a few blocks from Crescent Lake Park, which has walking trails and a playground. A tavern, several cafes, and a handful of restaurants are within walking distance, and the shops and nightlife of downtown St. Petersburg are about a mile away. The St. Pete Pier, which extends into Tampa Bay and is home to a local history museum, is five minutes away by car. St. Pete Beach, on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, is roughly a 20-minutes drive. Tampa and Clearwater are is within a 30-minute drive, and Orlando and Fort Myers each take about two hours by car. Size: 1,232 square feet Price per square foot: $527 Indoors: A paved path runs from the sidewalk to the main entryway, where the mailbox is lime-green and the front door is painted blue. Inside is a foyer, with engineered wood floors that continue into a dining room with a street-facing window and an atomic-style ceiling light fixture. On the other side of a wide doorway is the living room, where a wood-burning stove sits in one corner. French doors with their original hardware open from the foyer to a home office. Behind the living room is the kitchen, updated with blue cabinets and quartz countertops. The appliances are stainless steel, and the backsplash is made of white tile. A mudroom at the back of the house has backyard-facing windows and access to a laundry room. Off a hallway that begins in the living room are both bedrooms, each with a ceiling fan, a closet and big enough to hold a queen-size bed and a desk. Off the hall is an updated bathroom, where the combined tub and shower is lined with white subway tile. Outdoor space: The grassy backyard has mature landscaping, and the property includes a gravel patio and two detached structures. One is an air-conditioned studio that could be a gym or an office, and the other is a one-car garage. The driveway has room for two more parked cars. Taxes: $1,524 (estimated) Contact: Annie Rocks and Kevin Rocks, Rocks Realty, 727-777-3264
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Rare horse finds new home in Aurora
AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — For $1,375, Hannah Huckabay bought the odd-looking horse from what is referred to as a 'kill pen.' 'They will purchase horses primarily at auctions, or they will find cheap horses on Craigslist or wherever. They get a cheap horse, and they will ship them for meat to Mexico or Canada,' said Huckabay. The seller who sold the unusual horse to Huckabay thought it was a mule. That, he is not. The horse that Huckabay named Shrek is in fact a Przewalski's horse, named after a Russian explorer of the same name. 'A Przewalski's horse is one of the original wild horses. They have two extra chromosomes, and so they are literally, I mean, one of the few wild horses left in the world. And they are on the critically endangered list,' said Huckabay. Ice climbing championship comes to Colorado Huckabay owns and operates the Murphy Creek Ranch. This is where seven family horses and 12 rescue horses call home — now including Shrek, who may resemble a mule, but is a very rare breed indeed. 'I called the Denver Zoo, and the person I spoke to there acted like, 'There is no way you have one of those.' She said it's not possible, and she hung up (the phone). She actually did,' said Huckabay. It wasn't until one of Huckabay's daughters put a video of Shrek on TikTok that others took notice. 'Then, all of a sudden, we were getting tons of calls from Colorado wildlife (Colorado Parks and Wildlife), the zoo called us and wanted to know where did he (Shrek) come from. How did you get him?' said Huckabay. Native Americans used horses far earlier than historians had believed The Przewalski's horse is said to be on a course to extinction. Today, it can only be found in Mongolia, China, and now, Aurora, Colorado. 'We're just going to let him live his life out and enjoy his life and hang out with a couple of our horses so that he's got his herd, and just let him live his life out,' said Huckabay. He may not be a mule, and he certainly isn't a big green creature with horns, but he is a lucky horse. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
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San Diego Zoo's new fishing cat now on display in Tiger Trail
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Visitors at the San Diego Zoo have a new animal to find as the zoo welcomed an 8-year-old fishing cat from the Denver Zoo. Miso-Chi can be seen in his habitat in Tiger Trail hiding in a log or watching from above. The San Diego Zoo wildlife care staff says he quickly acclimated to his new habitat and has been exploring, likes to hide and loves the water. San Diego Zoo announces names for sloth bear cubs Fishing cats live in wetland habitats and are one of the best swimmers. The zoo says they have webbing between their toes to help them swim and walk in muddy wetlands without sinking. Fishing cats mainly eat fish but are also know to eat other prey found in the water, like crabs, crayfish, and frogs. The zoo says the cats wade in shallow water and use their paws to scoop up fish, or they can be seen diving into deeper waters to catch a meal with their teeth. The fishing cat came to the San Diego Zoo part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) Program. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reports fishing cats are vulnerable. As Southeast Asiawetlands continue to disappear as the human population grows, several factors impact their habitats like chemical fertilizers, over-fishing, pollution and drainage issues. Baby koala born at San Diego Zoo: Here's what makes this joey so special The wildlife alliance recommends purchasing products that support the better use of the land to help fishing cats and other wildlife that live in wetland habitats. Reducing pollution and practicing eco-friendly fishing and agriculture can ensure fishing cats always have a home in the wetlands. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
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Family of seven, several pets out of Denver home after dryer fire reignites, spreads to home
DENVER (KDVR) — A family of seven and several of their pets are out of their home after a dryer fire accidentally reignited, spreading to their home. On Monday afternoon at a home near Jewell Avenue and Fairfax Street in the Virginia Village neighborhood, a family said their clothes dryer caught on fire. 'My middle sister she yelled upstairs that she was kind of smelling smoke somewhere and I kind of thought she was just kidding. Then she said, 'No, something is definitely smoking down here,' and so we went downstairs and noticed that the duct on the back of the dryer was kind of on fire and was starting to catch flame,' said victim Alexis Cox. Denver Zoo celebrating Superb Owl Sunday The family was able to get the fire out themselves, noticing the dryer's instructions manual was inside the tubing. 'We doused it with water and after it cooled off, we were like, let's get it outside,' said Dawn Smith, Cox's mother. 'I put it in the sand thinking that that's safe, sand doesn't catch fire typically. Then, around one-ish, they knocked on our door and said your house is on fire, people that were walking by.' The Denver Fire Department then quickly responded and put out the fire before it spread further into the home. The family said the debris from the dryer fire reignited during the windy conditions. 'I remember seeing one of the firemen use his entire body to bust down the gate over there. The department was great. But it was definitely just a very terrifying experience for us. Wasn't on our bingo card for 2025,' the family said. The family evacuated safely with their two young children and two large dogs. Their cat was stuck in the basement at the time of the fire but was ultimately found safe. 'As a grandmother, I feel all responsible just because I brought it out here. We're fine so I keep replaying that, we're fine. It's just so mentally, for the kids, they don't understand,' said Smith. 'We're so grateful and thankful for everything. The people walking by, the people that offered to help, they brought the dogs water, the firemen were great.' MSU Denver Aerobatics Team wins fifth national title in 8-year period The family is currently staying in a hotel, while they find temporary housing and wait for repairs on their home. They set up a GoFundMe to help with expenses. 'I'm extremely grateful, especially being a first responder myself and seeing some of the tragedies that come into the emergency department on a daily basis from accidents and fires and things like that. It really could have been a lot worse. Just knowing that all of us are safe, I think is what kind of kept me at bay right now from completely losing it,' said Cox. The family is reminding the public to check for obstructions in dryers and regularly clean them. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
