COVID-19 pandemic is killing his business and wearing him down.He’s cut costs where he can, but the vast majority of his costs are fixed — the snakes, sloths and tortoises still have to eat.Gross revenue is down 94 per cent, he said, due to the forced closures and capacity limits during the pandemic, and he’s taken out loans totaling more than $900,000 to help pay the bills.
Exotic animal rescue crowdfunding to keep heat lamps on in Ottawa, Hamilton during COVID-19 pandemic “I’ve been pushed to my absolute breaking point,” Goulet said.Other zoos and aquariums across the country say they’ve also reached their breaking points.Jim Facette, the executive director of Canada’s Accredited Zoos and Aquariums, said institutions across the country.