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Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari offers close encounters with exotic animals in East Texas
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (1438+ words) Published 5: 25 am Wednesday, May 6, 2026 After driving over a metal grate, guests are greeted by a dazzle of zebras trotting across red dirt, sticking their heads into open car windows in search of food. Excited squeals echo from vehicles spaced along…...
How has Longview's spay, neuter, microchip animal ordinance played out? Year's data shows results
1+ day, 59+ min ago (832+ words) Published 5: 45 am Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Since it went into effect more than a year ago, a city of Longview ordinance requiring pets to be spayed, neutered and micro-chipped has resulted in at least 141 animals becoming compliant or being surrendered to the…...
After 8-year absence, Brookshire's Wildlife Museum in Tyler reopens at new location
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (637+ words) Published 5: 35 am Sunday, November 23, 2025 TYLER " Brookshire's Wildlife Museum reopened earlier in November in Tyler after an eight-year hiatus at a new location and with new interactive features. Parents, children and community members gathered at the free museum, at 6970 Arbor Ridge…...
Biggest dog party in East Texas: Canine lovers gather in Longview for Strutt Your Mutt fundraiser
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (153+ words) Published 5: 38 am Sunday, March 29, 2026 About 1, 000 people and 350 dogs took part in Saturday's annual Strutt Your Mutt fundraiser at the Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center. The annual event is hosted by Longview P. A. W. S (Pets Are Worth Saving), a nonprofit organization…...
Strut Your Mutt shelter fundraiser set Saturday in Longview
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (219+ words) Published 5: 20 am Thursday, March 26, 2026 A popular annual event that raises funds for the Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center is set for Saturday. The Longview P. A. W. S (Pets Are Worth Saving) nonprofit will hold its family-friendly Strut Your Mutt 1-Mile Wag…...
'Really exciting': Tyler's Caldwell Zoo welcomes its first baby lemurs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (812+ words) Published 5: 20 am Tuesday, March 17, 2026 TYLER " The Caldwell Zoo recently welcomed two Red-ruffed lemur babies " the first in the zoo's history. "When I got to see them I was like, "Oh my God! You're so cute!" said Kailee Murphy, mammal keeper…...
As coyotes become more active, city of Longview advises to protect small pets
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (137+ words) Published 5: 30 am Tuesday, February 17, 2026 The good news is that none of the wily coyotes seen around Longview lately are setting booby traps. Uifz bsf, ipxfwfs, mppljoh gps bo pqqpsuvojuz up hsbc vq dbut boe tnbmm epht. Uif djuz pg Mpohwjfx…...
Testimony in Longview dog attack trial details history of animals" aggressive behavior
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (396+ words) Published 5: 45 am Wednesday, February 11, 2026 Kenneth Pierson died in agony on Feb. 1, 2024. Rodriguez is charged with felony "attack by dog causes death" " namely Pierson, who was 46 when he was killed by a pack of dogs while riding his bicycle in Longview....
Packed Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center puts out call for adopters
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (364+ words) Published 5: 45 am Saturday, January 31, 2026 The Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center needs more than just a few good people. It needs people looking for their new best friend to come and take home a dog or a cat who also…...
Longview woman's dog leads her to discover trapped cats dumped along trail
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (374+ words) Published 5: 43 am Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Goose the dog is responsible for saving the lives of four cats dumped along a trail in Longview. Yes, truth is stranger than fiction. Daisy Phillips and her male Golden Retriever were walking along Cargill Long…...