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Eugene's forgotten zoos plagued by tragedy from the beginning

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By Chris Pietsch Verified
| The Register-Guard Verified
Bear with me, I am not monkeying around. Believe it or not, Eugene once had not one, but two zoos. That’s right, just after the turn of the century the city was a veritable Zoo-palooza. Sadly, Eugene’s decades long adventure in zoo ownership proved to be a saga of good intentions meeting unintended and tragic consequences. A bear cub as a city mascot As the story goes, the first zoo came to be in 1906 when the Eugene Fire Department gifted a bear cub to the city as a mascot.
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See photos as crews fight central Oregon wildfires

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By Chris Pietsch Verified
| Statesman Journal Verified
Chris Pietsch Updated July 22, 2026, 8:10 p.m. PT Firefighters battle the Crosswhite Fire near Fossil, one of several wildfires burning in central Oregon July 22. Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard Firefighters battle the Crosswhite Fire near Fossil, one of several wildfires burning in central Oregon July 22. Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard Firefighter Lester Centeno mops up the edge of the Camel Hump Fire, one of several wildfires burning in central Oregon July 22.
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See photos as crews fight wildfires near Sisters

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By Chris Pietsch Verified
| The Register-Guard Verified
Chris Pietsch July 22, 2026Updated July 23, 2026, 10:38 a.m. PT Firefighters battle the Crosswhite Fire near Fossil, one of several wildfires burning in central Oregon July 22. Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard Firefighters battle the Crosswhite Fire near Fossil, one of several wildfires burning in central Oregon July 22. Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard Firefighter Lester Centeno mops up the edge of the Camel Hump Fire, one of several wildfires burning in central Oregon July 22.
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