By james art BATON ROUGE – If you haven’t been to BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo in a hot minute, the cooler fall weather is the perfect time for a wildlife walk.
Over the past three and a half years, the zoo has undergone a series of major renovations designed to improve the guest experience and improve the habitats of the animals that live there. Now that they are all ready to go, you otter, look how great it is!
“In total, we built seven brand new exhibits, renovated 11 exhibits and then built 11 brand new buildings, so that’s a lot that’s coming up,” said Jim Fleshman, the zoo’s director. “We’ve moved from a taxonomic to a zoogeographic (approach)…and that means we’re taking you to different regions of the world.”
From monkeys to mountain goats and from Africa to Asia, the zoo takes you on a world tour with stops at exciting and educational exhibits. One of their most popular attractions is the newly built baby hippo exhibit.
And if you’re looking for some Halloween fun, their annual Boo at the Zoo event is happening this weekend on October 26th and 27th. This year they expect around 13,000 children dressed in their favorite costumes.
After the spooky fun is over, the zoo will move on to Zoo Lights Holidays, where the entire campus will be decked out in beautiful twinkling lights and displays – all for a good cause.
“We’re doing this in collaboration with the food bank again this year, so if you bring a non-perishable food item, you’ll get discounted admission,” Fleshman said.
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