Oakland Zoo at Risk of Permanent Closure Unless Allowed to Re-Open Soon

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🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Oakland Zoo announced last week that it may have to shut down permanently unless it's allowed to open its doors to visitors soon. The zoo, which has remained closed since mid-March owing to coronavirus concerns, is spending $2.5 million a month to care for the animals and maintain the facility, and it's quickly burning through its reserves. We'll talk to Oakland Zoo CEO Joel Parrott about the future of the zoo and how other zoos across the state are coping with the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:24.6	The Oakland Zoo, which has been closed to visitors since mid-March, may need to shutter permanently if county officials don't allow it to reopen soon.
1:32.3	Coming up, we'll talk to CEO Joe Parrott about the zoo's future and how it and other zoos statewide are keeping animals fed and operations afloat.
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1:50.3	next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. The Oakland Zoo announced last week that it may have to shut down permanently unless it's allowed to open its doors to
2:18.5	visitors soon. The zoo, which has remained closed since mid-March, owing to COVID concerns, is spending
2:24.1	$2.5 million a month to care for the animals and maintain the facility, and it's quickly burning
2:29.4	through its reserves. In this segment, we're going to talk about the future of the Oakland Zoo
2:33.6	and how it and other zoos across the state are coping with the pandemic.
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