Sacramento Zoo reopens as stay-at-home order is lifted

Olivia DeGennaro reports

FAMILIES FLOCKED INSIDE PROVETHAT SO MANY HAVE BEEN MISSINGTHE SACRAMENTO ZOO, WHILE IT'SBEEN CLOSED.IT'S BEEN A VERY TOP HAT.WELL MONTHS FOR THE SACRAMENTOZOO.HAVING TO CLOSE DOWN DURINGWHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE THEIRBUSIEST SEASONS THE ZOODIRECTOR SAYS HE'S RELIEVED TOWELCOME VISITORS BACK AND HE'SNOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS HAPPYABOUT IT THESE NEW YORK ATYOU'RE LOOKING AT OWN PEOPLEAND WE'VE BEEN ON JOB WITHNOBODY AROUND YES, YOU'RERIGHT, YOU KNOW THEY REALLYSOME OF OUR ANIMALS REALLY DOINTERACT ENJOY INTERACTING.WATCHING OUR GUEST THE MERECATS.OUR NEW SQUIRREL MONKEYSDEFINITELY ENJOY WATCHINGPEOPLE AND OUR LIONS AND ACOUPLE OTHER ANIMALS HERE ATTHE ZOO TO.BUT WHILE THEIR GATES HAVEBEEN CLOSED FOR THE PAST MONTHZOO STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKINGHARD TO CARE FOR ALL OF THEANIMALS HERE WE CANNOT TO FORTHE CARE FOR THESE ANIMALS WEHAVE 500 ANIMALS HERE THEYNEED TO BE FED AND TAKEN CAREOF EVERY DAY.TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENSTHE SACRAMENTO ZOO RELIESHEAVILY ON ITS VISITORS WE AREA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WEGENERATE 97% OF OUR BUDGETEVERY YEAR GETS FEEL GOODABOUT BUYING A TICKET.BECAUSE ALL THOSE PROCEEDSGO TOWARDS TAKING CARE OFTHESE THOUGHT ONLY THE TICKETSALES TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALSHERE THAT MONEY ALSO HELPSANIMALS AROUND THE WORLD INTHE WILD DISPLAY ANIMALS HEREAT SACRAMENTO ZOO, BUT WEHELPED DRAFT IN TANZANIA BYSUPPORTING FIELD RESEARCH BUTULTIMATELY THE ZOO DIRECTORSAYS HE'S GRATEFUL TO OFFERLOCAL FAMILIES A SAFE PLACE TOENJOY AND LEARN IN THE MIDSTOF THIS PANDEMIC.IT'S A SAFE ENVIRONMENT ANDIT GIVES CHILDREN ESPECIALLYDISTRACTION THAT'S INCREDIBLE.INLAND PART.

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