Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Dozer the Walrus Leaving Washington State Zoo
Dozer the Walrus Leaving Washington State Zoo
Dozer the Walrus Leaving Washington State Zoo
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 3,100-pound (1400-kilogram) walrus named Dozer who enthralled visitors the last seven months at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Washington state is leaving at the end of this month. Officials at the zoo in Tacoma say Dozer mated with three female walrus and is being sent to another zoo for the same duties as part of the Walrus Conservation Consortium's plan to aid t
Shark Bites Diver at Tacoma Zoo
Shark Bites Diver at Tacoma Zoo
Shark Bites Diver at Tacoma Zoo
TACOMA (AP) — Officials say a 4-foot-long sandbar shark bit the finger of a diver who was doing maintenance at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. The News Tribune reports the trained volunteer diver was taken to a Tacoma hospital. Of...