Wednesday, July 26, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
The cheetah, elephant, hippopotamus and gorilla are a few of the animals lolling around in their habitats at the Kansas City Zoological Park in Kansas City, Mo. Photos by Brad Dreier/Kansan
K.C. Zoo to introduce 150 new animals
By BriAnne Hess editor@kansan.com Kansan co-editor
The Kansas City Zoological Park is celebrating Kansas City's 150th anniversary by introducing 150 new animals.
The additions will include an Andean condor, snakes, bats, two male gorillas, zebras and a Peregrine falcon. A few baby animals also are on display.
Denise Redina, media relations manager, said a chimpanzee was born in May, and a baby giraffe named Kitalle was born in February.
The next addition to the zoo will
be a baby rhinoceros.
the female rhino, Luyisa, is due within the next four weeks and has been taken out of the exhibit.
"She doesn't even
She doesn't even want to be around the male right now," Redina said. "We're hoping to have a Web site that shows behind-the-scenes before and after the birth."
Redina said that it might be spring before the baby rhino was placed on exhibit because of the winter months.
Tomorrow night, Sunset Safari will kick off at 5 p.m. with live iazz
music from 6 to 8 p.m. at the boothouse in Africa. The zoo is divided into sections such as Africa, Asia and Australia, a section for lions and an international farm area.
The animals that will be featured tomorrow are birds such as the Peregrine falcon and the Harris hawk. Next week, the featured animals will be baboons. In August,
the Safari will feature live blues music.
On Saturday, Blue Bunny Ice Cream will sponsor an Ice Cream Safari. For $2, patrons
can buy an ice cream card, which will benefit the zoo.
Some zoo-going tips the park offers on its Web site, www.kansascityzoo.org:
1. Look carefully through each exhibit. Because of the zoo's natural settings, the animals are sometimes hard to see.
2. Spring, fall and weekday visits are often less crowded. So are early mornings and Sunset Safaris.
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What: Kansas City Zoological Park
Where: Kansas City Ecological Park
Where: Swope Park in Kansas City, Mo.
When: Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m from April 1 to
Oct. 15. Sunset Saris 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays
through Aug. 31.
Camp 4, 6 and childs $2 per car to 11, 9 and 24
Cost: $6, 12 and older. $3, ages 3 to 11. $2, all visitors on Tuesdays.
Kansas City Zoo
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