Article: Hungry, hungry HIPPO.

Article: Zoo's baby hippo dies from wounds: Officials aren't sure ...
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  July 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Ricketts Jul. 13--GULF BREEZE -- Niles, The Zoo of Northwest Florida's Christmas ... necropsy was performed Monday on Niles. Zoo officials waited until the results ... death. In the weeks following Niles' birth, The Zoo held a contest to name the young ...

Article: Q & A: Director reflects on zoo's troubled past and ...
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  July 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... three years since The Zoo was turned into a nonprofit ... snowballed and led to The Zoo losing its accreditation ... American Association of Zoos and Aquariums last year. Events at The Zoo have not been all bad ... the birth of baby hippo Niles, The Zoo's staff mourned ...

Article: Police find gator inside apartment in Union City Man's 'pet' ...
Oakland Tribune;  March 16, 2008 ;     415 words ... ... Police then contacted the Oakland Zoo, who told the officers on scene ... transported it to the Oakland Zoo, Galindo said. Windom told police ... a few years ago from a man in Niles. The gator is being held at the zoo, which said it was slightly undernourished ...

Article: Dead young hippo was actually female.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  July 14, 2007 ;     593 words ... ... resulted in another surprise for Zoo officials. Niles, the 11/2-year-old ... was actually a female. The Zoo's staff had made the call that Niles was a male in the days after ... of animal husbandry at The Zoo, said Niles' mother, Cleo, made the ...

Article: Hippo kills Zoo's capybara.
Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL);  August 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... hippo's father. The Zoo staff does not know whether ... Dr. Gus Mueller, The Zoo's veterinarian. "But ... became fast friends with Niles, who was killed July ... seventh animal to die at The Zoo since January, which ... These deaths happen in zoos. Unfortunate accidents ...

Article: Get 'Down Home' in Niles
Morton Grove Champion (IL);  June 5, 2008 ;     613 words ... ... m. Friday, June 6 at Oak Park, Lee & Ottawa, Niles. Laurie Strzelecki, Niles Park District's recreation program supervisor, reported that there will be a petting zoo, pony rides and a tractor-driven ride while the ...

Article: Niles W. star lives for basketball
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 27, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Niles West's Heather Donlon is a ... point guard is a big reason Niles West is off to a 9-2 start ... have to make sacrifices." At Niles West, she joins returners Linda ... a heck of a year. It was a zoo. With all the different rules ...