Genial, sharp-witted, community and media accessible, Gregg Dancho has invested nearly 50 years of his life at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo transforming a troubled relic into
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Watch: Beardsley Bart, The Eternal-Optimist Prairie Dog, Promises Early Spring
News release from Beardsley Bart: No need for Phil from distant lands, Connecticut’s own seer understands. Beardsley Bart, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s Prognosticating Prairie Dog shared
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Watch: Zoo Opens Andean Bear Habitat
From Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the crowd gathered for the official opening of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo new Andean Bear Habitat
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Beardsley Bart Predicts Early Spring
You gotta hand it to Beardsley Bart, the eternal optimist of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. A cold snap coming, but he predicts it’s just a few
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Celebrate The Zoo’s 100 Birthday On Saturday
News release from the zoo: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is 100 years old, and is holding a Birthday Bash for its Centennial Celebration on Saturday, June
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Zoo Celebrates 100 Years In 2022
Before there was a zoo a golf course occupied the terrain of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. Circa 1920, then-journalist Ed Sullivan who’d become the celebrated variety
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Cool Blue Bridgeport Means Free Zoo Admission Saturdays For City Residents
News release from Mayor’s Office: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is joined by City officials to invite Bridgeport residents to “Cool Blue Bridgeport,” a virtual and on-grounds
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Bart Farts An Early Spring At Zoo
Where would we be without eternal optimist Beardsley Bart? Celebrating the zoo’s 100th anniversary year, the prairie dog sage jolted us this morning with an
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