Zookeepers help raise animals

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press In this September photo, Gladys Porter Zoo zookeeper Cindy Stones holds a male Dama gazelle that was born at the zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Stones and other keepers must feed the baby every two hours.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Cindy Stones is the foster parent to hundreds of animals at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

Whether she has bottle-fed them, cared for them when they were sick or just watched them grow up, Stones has had a hand in raising almost every animal born at the zoo.

“I get r...

Published: 10/23/2008