{"id":192588,"date":"2026-03-15T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192588\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:06:09","slug":"zoo-miami-reopens-after-two-consecutive-days-of-bomb-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192588\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami reopens after two consecutive days of bomb threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zoo Miami reopened Sunday after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article315055518.html\">closing early on Friday and Saturday<\/a> following bomb threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn coordination with local law enforcement, additional protocols have been implemented out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the safety of our guests, staff and animals,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zoomiami.org\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23132429201&amp;gbraid=0AAAABBwmhLj1OF7xGQiRcr9a-Ph1ukoCN&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwsdnNBhC4ARIsAA_3hei2QQ5y8QUQiNPCGcAcNXeo2ubXes8Uk3X9eUPWjwnIr7OXc6hLBYAaAl2PEALw_wcB\">the Zoo Miami website said<\/a> Sunday morning. \u201cGuests may notice increased security presence, including K-9 units on site for screening and surveillance,\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zoo Miami will reopen tomorrow with enhanced security measures in coordination with local law enforcement. Guests may notice increased security presence, including K-9 units. The safety of our guests, staff, and animals remains our top priority. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vv7zjofYYi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Vv7zjofYYi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zoo Miami (@zoomiami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoomiami\/status\/2033005844963508472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 15, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Neither threat Friday or Saturday did any damage beyond creating a traffic clog leaving the parking lots and taking up the time of Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office personnel investigating each threat.<\/p>\n<p>                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_100SignageZooMiamiDS.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"1043\" title=\"MIA_100SignageZooMiamiDS.JPG\" alt=\"Zoo Miami closed Friday, March 13, 2026, after someone called in a bomb threat, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office.\"\/>                                                                                    Zoo Miami closed Friday, March 13, 2026, after someone called in a bomb threat, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office.                                                                                            DAVID SANTIAGO                                                                            dsantiago@miamiherald.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773594369_578_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David J. Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David J. Neal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami reopened Sunday after closing early on Friday and Saturday following bomb threats. \u201cIn coordination with local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4920,3973,123,125,124,52110,11740],"class_list":["post-192588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-bomb-threat","tag-closed","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-open","tag-zoo-miami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192588","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=192588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}