{"id":190552,"date":"2026-03-13T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190552\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:10:08","slug":"zoo-miami-closes-after-deputies-confirm-swatting-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190552\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami closes after deputies confirm \u2018swatting call\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RCBEQ64FP7ZUBJWL2DISM3ILUY.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/>Google Street View <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Zoo Miami is currently closed after deputies confirmed that a \u201cswatting call\u201d was made Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/03\/13\/zoo-miami-cierra-tras-confirmarse-llamada-falsa-de-emergencia-swatting-dicen-autoridades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/03\/13\/zoo-miami-cierra-tras-confirmarse-llamada-falsa-de-emergencia-swatting-dicen-autoridades\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Zoo officials reported on social media that an anonymous phone call was made, reporting a bomb threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, although the call appears to have been a hoax, deputies are still sweeping the area out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear when the zoo will reopen. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In an abundance of caution, Zoo Miami is currently closed to the public following an anonymous phone call reporting a bomb threat.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate the public\u2019s patience and cooperation. Additional updates will be provided as more information becomes available. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8fa1oLqkcs\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8fa1oLqkcs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zoo Miami (@zoomiami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoomiami\/status\/2032518261623972063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandGoogle Street View MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Zoo Miami is currently closed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-190552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}