{"id":3077,"date":"2019-02-04T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonalist.com\/new\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2019-02-04T19:17:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:17:33","slug":"a-year-of-transformation-whats-new-at-our-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonalist.com\/new\/a-year-of-transformation-whats-new-at-our-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Transformation- What’s new at our ZOO!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Year of Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reid Park Zoo has been a community treasure for over 50 years and we take pride in knowing we have our community\u2019s full support with the\u00a02017 passage of two propositions<\/a>\u00a0that work together to create a Zoo improvement fund. This fund will transform your Zoo over the next ten years, and this was made possible by Reid Park Zoo\u2019s guests, our community, our donors, the leadership of our Board of Directors and City officials. And if you are reading this, that includes you!<\/p>\n

Our year of transformation began with the grand opening of the new Animal Health Center at Reid Park Zoo. This state-of-the-art facility gave us the necessary resources to lead the way in animal health care through groundbreaking procedures and preventative care. The new treatment rooms, animal holding and quarantine areas have already provided critical space during habitat renovations and will aid in\u00a0future construction projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The unparalleled Freeport-McMoRan Education Gallery in the Animal Health Center has given our guests a view like never before into the care provided for the animals at Reid Park Zoo during countless\u00a0behind the scenes tours<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0educational programs<\/a>. Our education department was busy throughout the year with camps for kids, tours, outreach programs to schools and senior centers, and presentations of our animal ambassadors at the Zoo.<\/p>\n

The transformation continued throughout the year as we welcomed\u00a0red pandas<\/a>\u00a0as our winter visitors, the return of the\u00a0American alligator<\/a>\u00a0and were charmed by the new\u00a0goat herd<\/a>. We also created an expansion of the meerkat habitat to better accommodate the mob and otter habitat renovations that provide a more enriching experience for the guests and animals.<\/p>\n

Reid Park Zoo has a long history of partnering with\u00a0conservationists around the world<\/a>\u00a0with programs like Anteaters and Highways, Tarangire Elephant Project, Baird\u2019s Tapir Project, and more. We continue to support the work that will make it possible for our children and grandchildren to know there are still elephants in the wild. The support we provide is because of the difference you made when you visited the Zoo, participated in a giraffe encounter, bought a \u2018Go Green\u2019 kit from a teen volunteer, or made a donation to the Zoo\u2019s Conservation Fund \u2013 you are saving animals in the wild!<\/p>\n

As we begin a new year, we are excited to continue to offer\u00a0free self-guided, K-12 school field trips<\/a>and\u00a0reduced admission rates<\/a>\u00a0to guests in the WIC or SNAP programs. Also we will bring a one-of-a-kind\u00a0Asian Lantern Festival<\/a>\u00a0and a troop of energetic squirrel monkeys to Reid Park Zoo! I invite you to follow along with us as together we continue to improve your Zoo with bigger spaces that will bring more smiling faces in 2019.<\/p>\n

I look forward to seeing you at the Zoo!<\/p>\n

Nancy J. Kluge
\nPresident and CEO
\nReid Park Zoo<\/p>\n

https:\/\/reidparkzoo.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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