As people shelter in place amid the pandemic, zoos have lost ticket revenues needed for a major expense — feeding animals.
The Oakland Zoo has started a Facebook live stream showing life at the zoo during the shutdown. The Oakland Zoo is closed due to the coronavirus, leaving the zoo without ticket sales. The costs of operating the zoo is 2 million dollars per month. Three grizzly bears rescued from Alaska wait for fruit treats deliver by a slingshot from zoo keeper, Leslie Storer. Two grizzly bears rescued from Alaska wait for fruit treats deliver by a slingshot from zoo keeper, Leslie Storer.
Other zoos nationwide are confronting similar challenges. In Southern California, San Diego Zoo Global, which operates the San Diego Zoo and a sister facility, the On Monday, a zoo-based marketing crew was filming an episode about goat-hoof trimming at the petting farm at the base of the hill. “It can’t have anything on it,” said Alyssa Watt, as she fed the non-discriminating camels. “The giraffes won’t eat it if it has dust on it, ash, or even the slightest hint of a chemical odor.”Most of the animals at the zoo are rescues — taken from circuses, private owners or, in the case of the animals in the California exhibit, found orphaned in the wild.The four grizzlies, two sets of cubs, were found in Alaska. Their mothers were killed for being “nuisance” bears.
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