{"id":291036,"date":"2014-02-07T15:04:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T21:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=291036"},"modified":"2014-02-09T08:02:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T14:02:20","slug":"oldest-mountain-lion-in-accredited-zoos-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=291036","title":{"rendered":"Officials: Oldest Mountain Lion in Accredited Zoos Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=291098\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-291098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/02\/sierra-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"sierra\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-291098\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; One of the grand old ladies of Caldwell Zoo has died.  In a news release, zoo officials say Sierra, their adult female mountain lion, died February 5.  She was born in the wild in Texas in 1992 and raised by her mother.  She was relocated to Florida, where she was an integral part of a genetic restoration program for Florida panthers, according to the release.  She produced two litters of cubs in the wild, and the surviving cubs from those litters have produced cubs of their own.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>When it was felt that she had met her intended quota of offspring, she was captured and taken to White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee, Florida, where officials say she quickly acclimated to her new life.  In 2003, Sierra arrived at the Caldwell Zoo.  At the time of her death, at age 22, Sierra was the oldest mountain lion in any zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), according to the news release.  Caldwell Zoo officials say, &#8220;Her longevity is a testament to the excellent care she received by the animal care staff and she will be missed by all who came in contact with her.&#8221; The zoo&#8217;s young mountain lions, Monte and Palus are still on exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; One of the grand old ladies of Caldwell Zoo has died. In a news release, zoo officials say Sierra, their adult female mountain lion, died February 5. She was born in the wild in Texas in 1992 and raised by her mother. She was relocated to Florida, where she was an integral part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=291036\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Officials: Oldest Mountain Lion in Accredited Zoos Passes Away<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 06:33:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291099,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291036\/revisions\/291099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}