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3rd Annual Dine Out For Animals

At age five, I was organizing tea parties with Cabbage Patch dolls and My Little Pony make believe horse shows; five-year-old Lucas Engles-Klann is organizing this Sunday, October 3rd's Third Annual Dine Out for Animals Silent Auction, Make-Your-Own Pizza Dinner (vegetarian of course), and Fundraiser held at Elemental and Elemental Next Door from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.  The space has been graciously donated by Phred Westfall and Laurie Riedeman. All proceeds made will benefit the Woodland Park Zoo.  Last year the annual…

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Fall Fecal Fest

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It was awesome enough when they just called it "Zoo Doo". Now, with a name like "Fall Fecal Fest", how can we resist? Think chicken manure grows your tomatoes large? Try elephant manure! Twice yearly, the Woodland Park Zoo offers up the rich produce of its herd for the nourishment of your garden. Surprisingly, considering both what is on offer and what is producing it, demand far outstrips supply, so distribution is by lottery. Postcards can be submitted September 1 -…

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Saving the Nocturnal Zoo

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The Phinneywood blog has the scoop on a group of folks trying to save the nocturnal exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo: Woodland Park Zoo announced in November that it will close its Nocturnal House exhibit for budget reasons. But, now there’s a group of zoo lovers who are banding together to try to keep it open. “For 2010, we needed long-term solutions that match our income with increasing expenses, and that meant reducing annual expenses between $800,000 and $1 million,” the zoo explained to…

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