Staff at Cherry Brook Zoo in Saint John have begun the slow process of winding down operations after the facility announced it will close its doors permanently.
The zoo’s board of trustees cited “severe financial pressures” as the result of the coronavirus pandemic as a major reason for the decision.
The zoo will attempt to find new homes for 35 different species totalling more than 60 animals. “It’s been a personal nightmare, I think, to find ourselves in the situation where we’re actually….
you know, it’s officially closing,” said Martha McDevitt, executive director of Cherry Brook Zoo. “It’s like comparable to a death.
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