Jack Hanna is retiring. He once made several Evansville animals famous
Jack Hanna is retiring. He once made several Evansville animals famous Sydney Dawson barely made it out of New York before the snowstorm hit. The group she was traveling with was ultimately bound for Evansville, where she worked as an animal curator for Mesker Park Zoo. But they knew they’d have to find a hotel and wait for the storm to recede. At least one passenger was beyond excited: a snow leopard named Dorge. “We took Dorge out, and he had the best time,” Dawson said. Stories like that became commonplace for Dawson in 1991 and '92, when she spent months traveling the U.S. with f...