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21259
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The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is investing $8.5 million for an expansion of its polar bear exhibit. The zoo's two polar bears were transferred to other zoos when expansion began in 2011, and both have since died. The plan was to expand to six bears when the exhibit area was completed. The article explains how the zoo is trying to get new bears.
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24473
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The North Carolina Zoological Park pays tribute to Africa by hosting animals such as lions, giraffes, and rhinoceros. The zoo is a natural habitat zoo, which means the animals are kept in surroundings similar to the ones they inhabit in the wild. It is the first and second-largest natural-habitat zoo in the world.
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25967
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The North Carolina Wildlife Federation has donated three American bison to the State zoo near Asheboro.
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35680
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Touted also as the first total, natural habitat zoo, it included animals representing all seven continents, terrestrial or aquatic. What made this zoo possible: its location near Asheboro; financial backers such as the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; a growing public support base through the Zoological Society; and thirteen zookeepers passionate about their work.
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38247
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North Carolina Zoo received additional exhibits and a long overdue maintenance upgrade, thanks to resources such as Connect NC Bond Package. One of two state zoos in the nation, the facility now offering entertainment such as the Zoofari bus ride and Asian region exhibit justifies its upgraded financial support with 2017’s record attendance of 860,168 visitors.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 10, October 2018,
p74-79
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38264
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The Asheboro Zoological Park, cited as the largest walk-through, natural-habitat zoo in the world, includes in its experience 30,000 plants and 1,100 animals. From the experience, its rare plant curator hopes visitors become more sensitive to the cause of saving endangered species, mindful of laws related to endangered species, and see all living things as worthy of life.
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42891
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"In Asheboro, the rolling piedmont starts to look like a slice of Africa as a new state supported zoo aims to teach the value of conservation- and give its animals space to be themselves." The North Carolina Zoo was dedicated in August 1974. Today it is the world's largest by area with 500 developed acres populated by 1,800 animals.
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