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Springfield’s Forest Part Zoo a gem to the region (Editorial)
Posted May 05, 2021
4/17/2020 -Springfield- This is Cleopatra , a serval at the Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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As millions of individuals altered their behavior due to the pandemic, life in Zoos pretty much stayed the same. The caretaking and zookeeping continued, minus the visitors, of course. Visitors who, with the price of admission, paid the bills. Zookeepers and caretakers certainly couldn’t work from home. And it wasn’t feasible to furlough “Cassie” the coyote and “Holly,” a four-month-old llama. All were there to stick it out. During the shutdown, life went on. Along with several baby hedgehogs, two Pygmy Goats were born.
Forest Park Zoo receives $125K in pandemic assistance; COVID shutdown squeezed ticket sales
Updated May 03, 2021;
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SPRINGFIELD In a brief convergence of sounds on Monday at the Forest Park Zoo, the donkeys brayed, the monkeys screamed and, just outside the main gate, politicians crowed.
Against a backdrop of chattering animals, members of the Springfield legislative delegation and local officials celebrated the awarding of $125,000 in state pandemic assistance to the zoo as it rebounds from a coronavirus-related shutdown.
State Sens. Eric Lesser and Adam Gomez and state Reps. Bud Williams and Carlos Gonzales joined zoo officials for a press briefing to announce funding contained in the state budget for fiscal 2021 that was approved in December. City Councilor Malo Brown was also present.