{"id":192070,"date":"2026-03-15T01:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192070\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:38:15","slug":"zoo-miami-visitors-are-told-to-leave-after-second-bomb-threat-in-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192070\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami visitors are told to leave after second bomb threat in 2 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zoo Miami abruptly closed Saturday afternoon after a bomb threat for the second day in a row, according to a social-media post from the zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 100 cars were stuck in traffic on the road leading out of the attraction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The zoo also had a bomb threat on Friday afternoon. The zoo closed after \u201can anonymous phone call reporting a bomb threat,\u201d the facility said at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Drivers line up to exit Zoo Miami after being told to leave on Saturday, March 14, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e2dc974bb1558bfa44e0a4cbc7868f1e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Drivers line up to exit Zoo Miami after being told to leave on Saturday, March 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>(Nora Gamez Torres\/ngameztorres@elnuevoherald.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office sent deputies, including specialized units, to conduct a \u201cthorough sweep of the property,\u201d the agency said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The call came in around 2 p.m. Friday. At 3:30 p.m., the sheriff\u2019s office was asking people to stay out of the area.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Police block access to Zoo Miami after a bomb threat on Saturday, March 14, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c6d847373ea568e7564ba955dc46b263.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police block access to Zoo Miami after a bomb threat on Saturday, March 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>(Pedro Portal\/pportal@miamiherald.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sheriff\u2019s office told the Miami Herald that the Friday call was likely a hoax, but deputies were nevertheless checking the area. The office has yet to respond to the Herald\u2019s requests for information about Saturday\u2019s incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Miami Herald Staff Writers Nora Gamez Torres and David Goodhue contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami abruptly closed Saturday afternoon after a bomb threat for the second day in a row, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4920,123,125,124,25145,11740],"class_list":["post-192070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-bomb-threat","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-the-miami-herald","tag-zoo-miami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192070","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=192070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}