National Zoo Lovers Day
Apr. 8th, 2020 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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NATIONAL ZOO LOVERS DAY
Each year on April 8th, National Zoo Lovers Day encourages us to explore our local zoos. Each year millions of people visit zoos and learn about the many animals that live there. Also known as zoological parks, many of them serve as breeding centers. These facilities are relied upon when species are endangered or at risk of becoming endangered. They also provide education to the public about a broad variety of animals and their habitats.
Enjoy seeing your favorite animals swinging from the trees or splashing in the water and have a fun-filled day.
A few zoo facts:
The Vienna Zoo is the oldest existing zoo and was opened to the public in 1765.
The United State’s first public zoo, Central Park Zoo, opened in 1874 in New York.
There are 350 zoos in the United States
Approximately 175 million people visit a zoo each year.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom has had more than 9.8 million annual visitors.
More than 3.2 million people visit the San Diego Zoo each year.
I was thinking of blogging about this event at Crazy Eddie's Motie News today by showcasing the virtual tours of the Detroit Zoo now that it's closed because of coronavirus, but I decided to post Bye, Bye, Bernie, the Sequel instead. So, my subscribers here get to read about it.
