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- From: jpenovic@encore.com (Jan Penovich)
- Subject: Re: Florida Attractions reopening
- Reply-To: jpenovic@encore.com
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:40:38 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec21.201218.15120@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <BzCwD4.8L3@encore.com>
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- In article <1992Dec21.201218.15120@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>,
- haney@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (HANEY PATRICIA J) writes:
- > In article <BzCwD4.8L3@encore.com> jpenovic@encore.com writes:
- > >For those of you coming to Florida, several of the hurricane
- > >damaged attractions in South Florida are reopening this week.
- > >
- > >The Miami Metro Zoo is reopening on Friday. It will be
- > >approximately 85% open. The aviary, koala, and elephant areas
- > >are still closed. They lost thousands of trees and the aviary
- > >was blown away.
- >
- > Did they manage to save the birds?
-
- Right after the hurricane, I think they said that a lot of
- the birds were hanging around. I'm not sure what happened
- to them. (I just called the Zoo and heard a recorded message.)
-
- The koalas were sent up to Busch Gardens in Tampa.
- Evidently, all the Eucalyptus trees were destroyed as was
- their climate controlled habitat. They wouldn't be able to
- survive at Metro Zoo right now.
-
- Elephants are still there (saw them on the news).
-
- As a thank you to all those who helped put Metro Zoo back
- together, admission is free to all through Dec. 25.
-
- On a sad note, the tiger area has been renamed in memory of a
- 12 year old girl who used to be a volunteer at the zoo and
- was killed in the hurricane.
-
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