Assistant zoo director Keith Lovett said that when the water dries up, there is a potential for the monkeys to escape by walking off the islands. The moats around the islands also provide a habitat to other animals at the zoo, such as wading birds.
Date: Jun 12, 2011
Category: Business
Source: Google
Animal keepers say putting trackers on poisonous snakes just not feasible
Putting trackers on the snakes and the other 1,300 animals - that include birds, insects and fish - at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach would be too expensive, said Keith Lovett, director of living collections. And besides, the zoo has no poisonous snakes, although it has in the past.