The Buffalo Zoo is proud of our countless conservation efforts that help create a future where wildlife thrives, including a recent project dedicated to saving a newly discovered turtle species: Kinosternon cora, or the cora Mexican mud turtle. We have dedicated resources and brought in cora mud turtles that were confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as they were likely heading for the black market pet trade. We have set the turtles up in a bio secure facility, and Buffalo Zoo staff

Last week our lions Asha and Amirah set out on a new adventure! While we aren't ready to announce their final destination just yet, you may have wondered why and how animals come and go at AZA-accredited zoos like ours. Just like all of the work we do here at the Buffalo Zoo, it's all for the animals. | The Buffalo Zoo