In 1975, Dexter cattle were placed on the world's rare and endangered list. There were fewer than 250 of the small animals, whose ancestry can be traced back to Ireland in the 1700s. The numbers have ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — The Beardsley Zoo is making room for new animals “mooving” in. Two Dexter cows, mother Bridie and daughter Moo Moo Rose, are coming from a Connecticut farm to stay at the ...

Dexter Cattle are known as an old heritage breed that came to the United States around 1900 to 1914. At the American Dexter Cattle Association Annual Expo, we learned more about these cows. "They are ...

The Jessen family’s farm is different from its western Weld County neighbors. The rarest animals on their farm are not the marsupials – a red kangaroo and a wallaby – they keep in a pen in their yard, ...

BRIDGEPORT — An 18-year-old Dexter cow that was a beloved part of the Beardsley Zoo was euthanized due to an acute illness. Lucy was a longtime resident of Beardsley’s farmyard, and, according to a ...