Keith Lovett

Buttonwood Park Zoo Director Keith Lovett has issued a response to the lawsuit filed against the city over possession of its Asian elephants, Ruth and Emily.

The Friends of Ruth and Emily organization has filed an Endangered Species Act lawsuit against the City of New Bedford, seeking to have the two elephants removed from the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

WBSM's Jim Phillips spoke with Keith Lovett, Buttonwood Park Zoo Director, and Paula Montgomery, Director of Community Engagement about new happenings at the 12th oldest zoo in the country. Townsquare Sunday with Jim Phillips can be heard each Sunday at 6am on WBSM 1420 and WBSM...

NEW BEDFORD—The Buttonwood Park Zoo welcomes three North American river otter pups. Born on March 17, 2017 to Dani, the Zoo’s female otter, the pups are getting acclimated to their surroundings and beginning the process of learning to swim...

NEW BEDFORD—The Buttonwood Park Zoo has donated $5,000 as part of a $1 million rescue plan to save the vaquita porpoise, the world's most endangered marine mammal. The vaquita is found off the coast of Mexico and has a very limited range...

The effort to save the nearly-extinct elephant population of Vietnam has been given a big boost from the SouthCoast. Patrons of the Buttonwood Park Zoo have donated enough money that the zoo was recently able to purchase a digital scale for the Elephant Conservation Center in Dak Lak, Vietnam...

A Rhode Island coyote that was spared euthanization after a public outcry could find a new home at New Bedford's zoo. Keith Lovett, the director of Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford tells WBSM News the zoo would take the coyote known as Cliff, but only if several conditions are met, including giving Cliff a physical examination...

The Director of the Buttonwood Park Zoo is discussing the facility's updated master plan. The $22 million plan will be carried out over three, five year phases, and will include more exhibits featuring endangered and exotic species like tigers, snow leopards and red panda's...

The City has updated the master plan for the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford. The fifteen year, $22 million plan calls for a host of changes, including more exhibits featuring endangered and exotic species such as tigers, snow leopards, red pandas, and much more...

The Buttonwood Park Zoo is owned and operated by the City of New Bedford. It features a host of different animals and exhibits, the newest being the cutest little rescued Bobcat kittens, Max and Mayzie, who visited the Phil Paleologos Morning Show...