MONTEBELLO, Calif. Like many businesses, the Montebello Barnyard Zoo has struggled during the pandemic.
The zoo has been a part of the community for nearly 30 years and turned to that community for help. First of all, it was a very personal connection. Because, as we were raising our children, we always took them to the Barnyard Zoo, said Betty Peralta, Montebello resident and president of the volunteer organization Montebello Soroptimist.
Many of the zoo s visitors are often students from nearby schools. We would love to keep doing that for the children. Just to see the kids faces and seeing how much fun they have here, said Melanie Wolovich, the zoo owner s daughter.
MONTEBELLO, Calif. Like many businesses, the Montebello Barnyard Zoo has struggled during the pandemic.
The zoo has been a part of the community for nearly 30 years and turned to that community for help. First of all, it was a very personal connection. Because, as we were raising our children, we always took them to the Barnyard Zoo, said Betty Peralta, Montebello resident and president of the volunteer organization Montebello Soroptimist.
Many of the zoo s visitors are often students from nearby schools. We would love to keep doing that for the children. Just to see the kids faces and seeing how much fun they have here, said Melanie Wolovich, the zoo owner s daughter.
WINCHESTER, ONT With Christmas now over, people are taking down their real Christmas trees to throw away. Instead of leaving it out on the curb, there is another option - a recyclable one that gives a second life for the unwanted firs. South of Winchester at Vanderlaand the Barnyard Zoo, they’ve been feeding used Christmas trees to their livestock for the past five years. They eat the whole thing! said zoo owner Ruth Vanderlaan. They eat all the needles and they’ll eat some of the branches and they will clean up the bark as well, Vanderlaan said.