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IOWA’S ZOO: EDUCATION PROGRAMS The Zoo’s Education Programs had an outstanding year, serving over 75,000 Iowa children, adults and seniors. Programs include: ZOO SCHOOL FIELD EXPERIENCE Over 50 teachers participated in a 15-hour workshop learning about the zoo’s resources and developing lessons to meet curriculum standards. Teacher participants then brought 3,800 students to the zoo to experience life sciences utilizing hands-on activities. BLUE POISON DART FROG ZOO CONNECTIONS OUTREACH Our outreach program traveled beyond the Zoo to serve over 23,000 Iowans in 2007, including: • Over 3,700 students and teachers at area schools • Over 2,600 students and teachers through programs presented over the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) • Over 2,100 children in daycare • Over 900 seniors at senior centers • Over 6,000 at area libraries • Over 7,000 at community events throughout the year ZOO CREW Thirty-one young people from our community participated in Zoo Crew, our volunteer program for ages 13-18. This summer’s Zoo Crew logged over 2,600 hours helping out at the Zoo. FIELD TRIPS & GROUP VISITS Over 25,000 children, teachers and chaperones spent a day at the Zoo this year on a field trip or group visit. EARLY ADVENTURES Both Zoo Tots and Safari Tunes, our programs for toddlers, continued to be in high demand in 2007. New in 2007, the Zoo offered Signing Smart, TM an interactive parent/child sign language class for children between the ages of six months and two years. This year’s programs served over 1,882 children—more than double the amount last year! The Zoo’s Education Programs continue to grow with new programs serving adults, scouting groups and home-school families. Thanks to generous donations to the Education Fund, we can continue our mission to provide dynamic, exceptional learning experiences to Iowans of all ages. BLANK PARK ZOO 6 PHOTO BY BILL NELLANS PHOTO BY BILL NELLANS
OUR ZOO: ANIMAL COLLECTION Our Zoo is home to over 2,800 animals, representing 200 different species. The following animals were added to our family in 2007: NEW ACQUISITIONS • 2 American Bald Eagles • 6 Green-winged Doves • 1 Rothschild’s Pheasant • 1 Lorikeet • 2 Pheasant Pigeons • 52 Moon Jellyfish • 6 Blue Poison Dart Frogs • 1 Ring-tailed Lemur • 10 Egyptian Fruit Bats • Live Coral tank and Fish OUR ZOO & BEYOND: 7 2006-07 ANNUAL REPORT BORN/HATCHED AT THE ZOO ANIMAL POPULATION MANAGEMENT As a member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) the Blank Park Zoo helps other institutions grow and improve their collections by transferring animals. This year, the following animals were moved to homes at other AZA facilities: • 1 Bongo Antelope • 1 Giraffe • 1 White-handed Gibbon • 2 Weid’s Marmosets MOON JELLYFISH • 1 Wallaby • 4 Chilean Flamingos • 10 Gouldian Finches • 3 Green-winged Doves • 4 Speckled Mousebirds • 1 Silver-eared Mesa BRINGING UP BABY: • 29 Axolotls • 489 Moon Jellyfish TRUMPETER SWANS FLAMINGOS The Zoo’s flock of Chilean Flamingos grew from 24 to 28 this year, thanks in part to the time and dedication of our excellent staff of keepers who hand-raised two of our four new hatchlings. ANIMAL CONSERVATION As part of our ongoing commitment to animal conservation the Zoo’s Trumpeter Swan Cygnets were repopulated into the wild in 2007. JUMPING JELLIES In January of 2007, the Zoo had 13 Moon Jellyfish on exhibit, by the end of the year that number grew to over 1,000 jellies, most of which were grown at the Zoo. Nearly 500 of our homegrown jellies have been sent to other AZA institutions. CHILEAN FLAMINGOS
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