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BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo has announced the name of its first jaguar cub born in over 20 years: Lacumba III. A public contest ...

A hit with families, the Baton Rouge Zoo is home to a variety of animals both big and small. Everything from alligators and rhinoceroses to parrots and hissing cockroaches call this zoo home.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There is another Lacumba in town! BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo announced on Friday, January 17 that its historic jaguar cub, the first born at the zoo in more than 20 years ...

BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo held its annual Zoo Lights from Nov. 29 through Dec. 30. People were able to walk through special light exhibits throughout the zoo. Occasionally, animals could be seen in their ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo is hosting a naming contest following the birth of a jaguar cub and a new Mardi Gras-themed event. The “Name that Jag” contest is being ...

Emily has also been at the zoo for a long time, arriving a year earlier from the Baton Rouge Zoo. "There's a level of communication between the two that we're never going to hear, because they do ...

A zoo in Louisiana is very excited about its newest resident. BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo has welcomed a new baby reticulated giraffe to their herd. On Thursday, December 26, a male calf was born to 6 ...