'They're hanging on, but it's a struggle': Ontario zoos, aquariums reach breaking point
by Liam Casey, The Canadian Press
Posted Feb 19, 2021 12:09 pm EDT
Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums say their 29 members are barely hanging on. Executive director Jim Facette says government assistance has kept them afloat, but they cannot afford to stay closed much longer. Alex Vassios
Last week, Paul Goulet’s 10-year-old daughter quietly went to his wife with worry about her father.
“It’s like he’s here, but he’s not really here,” she said.
That nearly broke Goulet, the owner of Little Ray’s Nature Centre, a zoo and animal rescue organization with locations in Hamilton and Ottawa.