Hell’s Gate National Park is located roughly two hours from Nairobi. The fact that you won’t actually see Simba (which means lion in Swahili) is the park’s secret advantage: the lack of ...

Phase to phase. Pottebaum, who came to the Abilene Zoo in 2019 from the Austin Zoo where he was deputy director, got his start at SeaWorld, spending over 15 years with that company.

Phase to phase. Pottebaum, who came to the Abilene Zoo in 2019 from the Austin Zoo where he was deputy director, got his start at SeaWorld, spending over 15 years with that company.

If you’re the only one with your arm in the air, that’s nearly the reaction Zoo Director Jesse Pottebaum got when he posed the same question before the Abilene City Council August 10. That lack of ...