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ZOO & AQUARIUM NEWS Linda Cendes The park should be completed by spring 2011 National Aquarium to build park
The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, US, is to build a US$5.4m (£3.5m, 4.4m) waterfront park. The aquarium, in conjunction with the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced its plans for a publicly-acces- sible waterfront park on its property on the Patapsco River. When purchased in 2007, the 12.5-acre development site was a brownfi eld site, created by fi lling a shallow fl at in the river with construction and demo-
New masterplan for Lake Superior
Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth, Minnesota, US, is preparing a “secret plan” to revamp the site. The masterplan will be announced
in two weeks and the zoo’s market- ing director, Anita Johnson, told Attractions Management that it will “lay out a process for a 20-year devel- opment of the zoo, the facilities and the programmes”. She said that over the last year, the city and the Zoological Society have spent US$1m (£665,000, 819,000) on improvements, with another US$800,000 (£535,000, E649,000) in projects planned for this year. Johnson added that the zoo is planning to reapply for accredita- tion by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in March next year, after an unsuccessful attempt in 2006.
AM 3 2010 ©cybertrek 2010 The course adjacent to the chimp enclosure
High ropes course for Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo has added a large high ropes adventure as one if its main new attractions for the 2010 summer season. Supplied by UK-based Innovative
Leisure, the new Sky Trail has been designed to blend into the surrounding landscape with its jungle theming and out- door wilderness-style colours. The course has been installed adjacent
to the £6m (US$9m, 7.3m) chimpanzee enclosure, providing participants with a chimp’s eye view of the enclosure.
lition debris from various projects around the city. The remediation work was the fi rst of a phased development process. “Just over two years ago, we stood in this same spot to present the National
Aquarium with a US$200,000 (£133,660, 162,300) EPA Brownfi elds cheque,” said EPA regional administrator Shawn Garvin. The park will be developed by the City of Baltimore, and is expected to be com- pleted by Spring 2011.
Zoos mobilise to help Gulf wildlife
tive ecosystems, and 26 federally listed threatened and endangered species at risk. America’s leading zoos and aquar- iums have mobilised to help save this wildlife alongside key Federal agen- cies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Accredited zoos and aquariums have
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a unique expertise with animals that can support the clean-up effort. More than 60 zoos and aquariums already have animal rescue and rehabilitation programs in place, and their trained personnel and existing infrastructure are being made available to help with the oil spill response. At the time of writing, more than
1,300 birds, 400 sea turtles, and about 40 mammals have been collected since 20 April. While only a fraction of these are collected alive, cleaning a single animal takes several days and rehabili- tation can take months. If an animal cannot be released, it will become an ambassador for its species and will help educate the public about the terri- ble impact oil spills have on wildlife. While these efforts are taking place at selected Gulf Coast institutions, if the numbers of collected wildlife increase as expected, aquariums and zoos across the US are ready to send staff to assist in the Gulf.
Linda Cendes is programme assistant at Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA)
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