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Appropriation for zoo veterinary hospital fails after senators question demand and scale
Summary
A $5 million appropriation to help build a veterinary hospital at the Little Rock Zoo did not win committee approval after senators questioned whether the facility would generate enough clinical cases to justify public funding.
The Joint Budget Committee considered House Bill 16 35, a request for a $5 million appropriation toward construction of a veterinary teaching hospital at the Little Rock Zoo, and the committee declined to advance the measure following a division vote in the Senate portion.
Sponsor remarks said the hospital would support two new in-state veterinary programs at Arkansas State University and Lyon College, provide 5–10 additional internship and externship rotations every six weeks, and be constructed…
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