Overview
- Three zoos reported phone bomb threats Friday, prompting evacuations in Louisville, Toledo and Phoenix.
- Police and bomb squads swept each site and reported no explosives or injuries.
- Louisville reopened late morning after an all-clear, while Toledo and Phoenix stayed closed for the day.
- Evacuations moved visitors and staff out quickly, including about 250 people at Louisville and several nearby Toledo schools.
- Investigators are reviewing possible links to earlier zoo threats in Miami and Memphis in what police describe as swatting, or hoax calls meant to draw a tactical response.