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Proposal for zoo veterinary teaching hospital fails in committee after Senate roll-call
Summary
An appropriation-only request for $5 million toward a veterinary teaching hospital at the Little Rock Zoo drew questions about animal volume and state benefit; the committee initially registered support in the House but the bill failed on a later Senate roll-call division.
The Joint Budget Committee considered House Bill 16 35, an appropriation-only request for $5 million to help build a veterinary hospital at the Little Rock Zoo intended to serve as a teaching facility in partnership with two emerging veterinary programs.
Representative presenting the bill said the project would complement new veterinary programs at Arkansas State University and Lyon College and estimated the total project cost at $8 million to $10 million, with a requested…
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