Dirt Bikes And ATVs Are Running Wild In Franklin Park, And The Zoo Animals Don t Like It
A dirt biker popping a wheelie .
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This spring s proliferation of ATVs and motorbikes in Franklin Park is not only a nuisance for the neighbors, it is also disrupting the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo. We have struggled with all the noise and, in particular, been greatly concerned for our animals, said John Linehan, President and CEO of Zoo New England, at a on-line community meeting Wednesday. We ve taken some mitigating efforts when we can, but it s really not very effective, he said.
May 3, 2021
A city councilor and the Franklin Park Coalition will host a virtual community meeting Tuesday night to discuss inappropriate use of dirt bikes and ATVs in the large Boston park.
Councilor Matt O’Malley, who will attend the meeting with other elected officials, told The Boston Herald that loud late-night partying and driving are a “quality of life issue and an obvious public safety issue.” He said that noise complaints ebb and flow but that problems with dirt bikers and ATVs have been “particularly bad lately.”
“We need to make sure we’re striking the right balance where we make sure people can enjoy the park and enjoy it well while recognizing that people live very close by,” O’Malley told the Herald.
Now stalking Stone Zoo: animatronic dinosaurs
By Cindy Cantrell Globe Correspondent,Updated April 23, 2021, 12:44 p.m.
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An animatronic euoplocephalus roars at the T Rex Adventure, which runs at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham through Sept. 6.Zoo New England
Starting this month, visitors to Stone Zoo in Stoneham can walk among the giants that ruled the earth during prehistoric times, as well as the creatures large and small that inhabit it today.
T. Rex Adventure, a new exhibit that runs through Sept. 6, features an assortment of roaring animatronic dinosaurs. They include a 42-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex, the fierce predator that stalked North America about 70 million years ago, and a 20-foot-long Plateosaurus, the long-necked plant-eater that used sharp thumb claws for defense against enemies during the Late Triassic period more than 200 million years ago.
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Stone Zoo s new seasonal exhibit, T. Rex Adventure, opens on April 16 and runs through Sept. 6.
As guests wander the paths of Stone Zoo, they’ll travel back in time and walk among the dinosaurs that once ruled the planet.
This special exhibit features a 20-foot-long Plateosaurus, a plant-eater that roamed the Earth 200 million years ago, and a 42-foot-long T. Rex, a “famously formidable and powerful dinosaur.”
An array of realistic animatronic dinosaurs, as well as dinosaur skeletons, will be nestled within the trees, bushes and undergrowth to impress visitors.
“With moving, roaring, life-like animatronic dinosaurs, this exhilarating experience is not to be missed for both little and big dino-enthusiasts alike,” said John Linehan, Zoo New England president and CEO.
The family of a seven-year-old girl who died after being knocked down in west Belfast are inconsolable , a priest has said.
A woman in her 50s was arrested, questioned and then released on police bail following the tragedy on Saturday evening.
Kaitlin McCoubrey-Fullerton was struck by a car and died at the scene of the collision in the Upper Springfield area of the city.
People have been left in shock following the death of the little girl, the cleric and local representatives said. It has left many local people reeling and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected at this time, said councillor Steven Corr.