New Dates Announced For Red Panda Encounters At The Utica Zoo
New encounter dates have been announced for the Red Pandas, Camels, Sea Lions, Goats, Ambassador Animals, and Call with the Wild at the Utica Zoo.
Thought you lost out on your chance to hang with the Red Pandas? Well, you didn t, as the Utica Zoo has announced new encounter dates that are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
We are now booking through August of 2021! Please check back later in the year if no dates are available as we will continue to release more dates periodically. Due to the unpredictability of the COVID19 pandemic, we will not be releasing all of 2021 dates at one time. We hope to release more dates steadily throughout the next few months. [
this is not going to eliminate the pythons. i don t know how much it will control them. i m questioning why they have a one-month season. why isn t it all year long? it s a python. it doesn t belong there. it s like saying, we are only arresting bank robbers in february. i m trying to understand, but the bottom line sit will hopefully control it a little bit and we hopefully learn more about them so we can control them in the wild. and where do you think this came from? is it a situation where a breeding facility burned down or was destroyed? before hurricane andrew there were pythons in the wild. i think the hurricane situation exacerbated it exponentially where hundreds of the snakes got away from pet shops, breeding facilities and warehouses. that made the problem worse. what s this python s name? this is butterscotch. this is an ambassador animal at the zoo. well named. ron, good to talk to you. rick sanchez says to say hello to you. stay with us. when we come back, i ll