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Abilene Zoo celebrates new bison calf & secretary bird chick

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Abilene Zoo is celebrating a couple of new faces in the animal kingdom this Mother’s Day.

The Abilene Zoo announced the birth of a bison, named Bonnie, short for Bluebonnet Louanne, chosen by the Benham family.

The zoo celebrated a milestone with the birth of a secretary bird chick, the first of 2025 among AZA-accredited institutions in the U.S. and likely the first in the nation.

“This milestone is part of an ongoing conservation success story. Abilene Zoo is currently the only U.S. facility actively breeding secretary birds, and our breeding pair, Pam and Jagger, have now bred three years in a row,” the zoo shared online.

The Abilene Zoo is the only zoo in the U.S. with an ambassador secretary bird, which helps educate visitors about this species. Additionally, the zoo collaborates with BirdLife South Africa on conservation efforts and research.

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