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Michigan City Zoo details exhibit repairs, donations and rising feeding costs
Summary
Zoo Director Jamie Huss updated the Parks and Recreation Board on exhibit refurbishments, equipment upgrades, recent births and donations, and discussed rising animal food costs; board members acknowledged the high cost of specialized diets.
Jamie Huss, director of the Michigan City Zoo, gave an extended operations update at the Nov. 19 Parks and Recreation Board meeting about capital work, donations and the zoo’s operating needs.
Huss outlined completed and ongoing projects: replacement and improvement of the Penny Barn fence (a multi-year project), new access gates and yard expansions to allow mechanical access for substrate work, erosion mitigation and a new, sturdier zebra fence with concrete posts, and an expanded Cadbury House…
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