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    Animal News

    Dallas Zoo has another suspicious animal death, this time a vulture

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jan 23, 2023 | 9:20 am
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    RIP, Pin the lappet-faced vulture at the Dallas Zoo.

    Courtesy photo

    Another animal has died at the Dallas Zoo, this time a vulture, found dead under what the zoo called "unusual" circumstances in the Wilds of Africa habitat.

    UPDATE 1-23-2023: The Zoo held a press conference on Monday afternoon in which they identified the bird as Pin, a lappet-faced vulture who they say had a wound, which they did not elaborate on. They're offering a $10,000 reward for any information. The bird, which was at least 35 years old, had been at the Dallas Zoo for 33 years.

    It's the latest in a long-running series of animal deaths at the zoo, more than a dozen in the past 10 years.

    The Zoo said the death does not appear to be from natural causes, and they would surely be correct. Animals do not survive or thrive in captivity.

    “Given the recent incidents at the Zoo, we alerted the Dallas Police Department,” their statement said. “We cannot share many details until Dallas PD has had more time to look into this matter.”

    The "recent incidents" the zoo is referring to is the January 13th escape of a clouded leopard, which the zoo blamed on a mysterious tear in the leopard's enclosure, with a suggestion that another cage had a tear, as well.

    Their unspoken implication seems to be that the vulture death is somehow related.

    A statement from the DPD says that "on January 21, Dallas Police responded to the Dallas Zoo following a report of a dead vulture. The preliminary investigation determined the bird was found dead in its enclosure. The cause of death has not been determined at this time, but the death is being investigated as suspicious. A necropsy will be conducted on the bird."

    When asked what made the death suspicious, a DPD spokesperson referred questions to Allyn Media, the high-profile Dallas agency known for managing crises and wealthy people things.

    The leopard's escape made national news, morphing from the initial report that the leopard was missing to far-fetched leaps such as this FOX video claiming "Person purposefully let leopard loose at Dallas zoo: Officials said." (That is not what officials said. The actual quote was: "This wasn't something the cat did, it wasn't something a keeper did in error, and it wasn't a failure of the mesh.”)

    This video is titled "Dallas Zoo Vigilante?" and Townhall ran a factually-incorrect story saying that "Multiple Breaches at the Dallas Zoo Allowed Some Animals to Make a Break For It."

    "Is someone letting animals out at the Dallas Zoo?" asks this sensational piece, which begins, "It sounds crazy, but some think there may be a saboteur at the Dallas Zoo," quoting ex-Ohio-cop and media hound Tim Harrison. They're right, it does sound crazy.

    “ALF, the Animal Liberation Front, will sometimes come in and do these things as you know, terrorists; we call them basically eco-terrorists,” Harrison says, before name-dropping PETA.

    ALF has no affiliation with PETA, is not an organization per se, and has never had a presence in Dallas. Regarding animal activists in Dallas, there is a Facebook page in Dallas left over from the old days of protests against Ringling Circus. There's also a tiny group of about three people who've regularly protested sales of puppies at the Petland in Plano, and the occasional sign-holding protest over fur or foie gras.

    According to a 2019 post on their website, the Dallas Zoo cares for eight vulture species, several of which are breeding pairs.

    That an outside party could be involved in this vulture's death seems surprising considering the fact that the zoo itself just installed additional surveillance cameras and increased their overnight security patrols.

    Death count
    The most recent deaths at the zoo were a trio of giraffes who all died in October 2021.

    The vulture joins this list of animals who've died at the Dallas Zoo:

    • Jesse, a 14-year-old giraffe, died on October 29, 2021, cause unknown.
    • Auggie, a 19-year-old giraffe, died in late October 2021 of liver failure.
    • Marekani, a 3-month-old baby giraffe, sustained a mysterious injury and was euthanized on October 3, 2021.
    • Kirk, a 31-year-old chimpanzee, died in August 2021 due to "surprise" heart disease.
    • Keeya, a 6-year-old Hartmann's mountain zebra, died in March 2021 due to a mysterious unexplained head injury.
    • Subira, a 24-year-old silverback gorilla, died suddenly in March 2020, due to a cough, or maybe cardiovascular disease.
    • Hope, a 23-year-old Western lowland gorilla, died suddenly in November 2019 after being at the zoo for only two years.
    • Ola, an 8-year-old female African painted dog, was killed in July 2019 by two other painted dogs, less than a month after she was transferred to the zoo.
    • Witten, a 1-year-old giraffe, died in June 2019 during a physical exam under anesthesia when he suddenly stopped breathing.
    • Adhama, a baby hippopotamus, mysteriously died in 2018.
    • Kipenzi, a baby giraffe, died in 2015 after running in her enclosure.
    • Kamau, a young cheetah, died of pneumonia in 2014.
    • Johari, a female lion, was killed in front of zoo spectators in 2013 by male lions with whom she shared an enclosure.
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    11 cities around Dallas make list of best places to live in the U.S.

    Amber Heckler
    May 23, 2025 | 1:51 pm
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    Flower Mound is the 14th best place to live in the country, and 4th in Texas.

    Nearly a dozen Dallas suburbs, including perennial favorite Flower Mound, have landed among the best places to live in 2025, according to U.S. News & World Report.

    The annual list of Best Places to Live in the U.S. is designed to help readers make the most informed decisions when choosing where to settle down, using data from sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, the Federal Reserve and the Bureau for Economic Analysis, as well as state and local sources.

    For the 2025-2026 rankings, U.S. News expanded its coverage from 150 to 250 U.S. cities, and updated its methodology to examine each city based on five livability indexes: Quality of life, value, desirability, job market, and net migration.

    The top three best places to live are located in Johns Creek, Georgia (No. 1), Carmel, Indiana (No. 2), and the Houston-area suburb of Pearland, Texas (No. 3).

    Flower Mound ranked No. 14 nationwide, and it landed in the coveted No. 4 spot in U.S. News' separate rankings of the best places to live in Texas for 2025-2026.

    Aspects of Flower Mound that put it at the top of the list include its high median household income ($163,766), median home values ($476,609), and its bustling population of more than 77,000 residents.

    The city's population is a healthy mix of young individuals and families, with 26 percent of residents being under 20 years old and 28 percent of the population being between the ages of 20-44. Nearly a third of Flower Mound's population is between 45-64 years old, while only 13 percent of residents are over 65, the report says.

    Flower Mound is a listmaker's favorite, landing the top spot of Livability.com's list of the best places to live in 2025 as well as a 2024 list that named it one of the most livable small cities in the country.

    Flower MoundFlower Mound has many parks for families to enjoy.Flower Mound Parks and Recreation/Facebook

    "Finding a community to be part of can play a major role in making a place feel like home," U.S. News said. "If you’re a parent with young children, you may want to live in a neighborhood with other people in that phase of life. If you’re a professional moving to a hot job market for your field, you may want to live in an apartment close to the office or within walking distance of friends and colleagues."

    However, if people are looking for a public transportation-friendly city, they may need to look elsewhere. Almost all commuters in Flower Mound drive to their workplaces, making access to a vehicle absolutely necessary for living in the suburb. Flower Mound's 26.7-minute average commute time is also 4.7 minutes higher than the national average, U.S. News said.

    The suburb's housing costs are admittedly more expensive than the national average home value ($370,489), but that shouldn't deter newcomers that are looking for a place to settle down.

    "Flower Mound offers a better value than similarly sized cities when you compare housing costs to median household income," the report said.

    Other Dallas-area suburbs
    Mansfield ranked as the 27th best place to live in the U.S., and No. 9 in Texas. The city boasts a median household income of $117,680, and median home values at $364,136.

    Residents in Mansfield also predominantly rely on vehicles for their daily commutes, spending an average time of nearly 28 minutes driving to work, U.S. News determined.

    More than half (56.1 percent) of all Mansfield residents are married, and 51 percent of the population are between the ages of 25 and 64-years-old.

    Here's how other Dallas-area cities faired among the top 150:

    • No. 30 – Frisco
    • No. 37 – McKinney
    • No. 64 – North Richland Hills
    • No. 82 – Carrollton
    • No. 83 – Rowlett
    • No. 102 – Wylie
    • No. 105 – Grand Prairie
    • No. 149 – Irving
    • No. 150 – Plano

    Dallas drops out of the top 100
    Though Dallas clawed its way back among the top 100 best places to live in U.S. News' 2024-2025 report, the city plummeted toward the bottom of the list for 2025-2026, coming in at No. 439. In addition, it ranked No. 65 in the statewide comparison, showing that the city has been eclipsed by its appealing suburban neighbors.

    The top 10 best places to live in the U.S. are:

    • No. 1 – Johns Creek, Georgia
    • No. 2 – Carmel, Indiana
    • No. 3 – Pearland, Texas
    • No. 4 – Fishers, INdiana
    • No. 5 – Cary, North Carolina
    • No. 6 – League City, Texas
    • No. 7 – Apex, North Carolina
    • No. 8 – Leander, Texas
    • No. 9 – Rochester Hills, Michigan
    • No. 10 – Troy, Michigan
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