Recently, in August, the Fort Worth Zoo celebrated the hatching of
its 600th Texas horned lizard.
The zoo’s Texas horned lizard breeding program launched in 2000, prior to the opening of the zoo's Texas Wild! area. The program has been active and successful since 2011.
The Texas horned lizard used to abundantly populate Texas. Today, the horned lizard is considered a threatened species. The Fort Worth Zoo is working to change that.
The Fort Worth Zoo was the first zoo in the country to successfully breed Texas horned lizards for reintroduction.
The zoo has shared its methods with many partners, resulting in the expansion of the program in zoos and in releases of offspring into the wild.
Thus, perhaps in the near future, Texas horned lizards again will be thriving, just like TCU’s Horned Frogs!
The zoo’s Texas horned lizard breeding program launched in 2000, prior to the opening of the zoo's Texas Wild! area. The program has been active and successful since 2011.
The Texas horned lizard used to abundantly populate Texas. Today, the horned lizard is considered a threatened species. The Fort Worth Zoo is working to change that.
The Fort Worth Zoo was the first zoo in the country to successfully breed Texas horned lizards for reintroduction.
The zoo has shared its methods with many partners, resulting in the expansion of the program in zoos and in releases of offspring into the wild.
Thus, perhaps in the near future, Texas horned lizards again will be thriving, just like TCU’s Horned Frogs!
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