Alive - October 2013

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Directors Thom BrownMichael G. CarterNate CunniffDr. Robert DavisTami Scully GarrisonMichael M. Grebe, Jr.John GrunauKaren HungKatherine HustKaren Peck KatzMaria Gonzalez KnavelJoe KreslCaroline KriderJames KuehnThomas (T.J.) MariniAllen MartinQuinn MartinJack McKeithanJay McKennaKat Morrow

Jill Grootemat PelisekGina Alberts PeterJoan Prince, Ph.D.Scott RedlingerHarold RedmanLacey SadoffBarry SattellKim SchafferRick SchmidtRyan SchultzThelma SiasBillie Jean SmithRoger SmithJon SohnJudy Holz StathasDavid StrelitzRich Tennessen*Brookellen Teuber**Tyler VassarGregory WesleyJane WierzbaRay Wilson

Honorary DirectorsWilliam J. Abraham, Jr.John B. BurnsWilliam M. Chester, Jr.Stephen M. DearholtTom DempseyRichard A. GallunEdward A. GredeJohn A. HazelwoodRobert A. KahlorAnn McNeerSandi MoomeyWilliam G. MoomeyJeff NeuenschwanderBernard J. PeckKurt W. Remus, Jr.Jay RobertsonJohn W. TaylorAllen W. Williams, Jr.Paul WongBernard C. Ziegler III

Directors Anthony BaishMichael BarkBrian BoeckerBill BusslerMatthew D’AttilioCherie EckmannDarryll FortuneJoseph FrohnaGigi GamboaNezih HasanogluTony HopkinsPaul HultgrenGeorge JusticeKaren LothPat McQuillanKristin OcchettiJim OlsonKent Oren

Meghan ShannonTricia ShinnersBrookellen Teuber*Eido WalnyMark Zimmerman

Honorary DirectorsBob AngerDavid BattenLori BechtholdNora DreskeJohn FleckensteinMike FoxLinda GrunauEli GuzniczakLee Walther KordusPeter KordusJoe KreslQuinn Martin

Kat MorrowKatie Pionkoski Richard J. PodellBunny Raasch-

HootenArlene RemsikBarry SattellDan SchwabeRandy ScovilleJudy Holz StathasJeff SterenDavid StrelitzJim SzymanskiKathleen TooheyJane WierzbaRay Wilson

The mission of the Zoological Society of Milwaukee is to participate in conserving endangered species, to educate people about the importance ofwildlife and the environment, and to support the Milwaukee County Zoo.

2012-2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

* Chair of the Board ** Associate Board President

2012-2013 ASSOCIATE BOARD

* Associate Board President

Alive is published in January, April and October by the Zoological Society of Milwaukee County, 10005 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226-4383.Subscription is by membership only. Call (414) 258-2333 for information.www.zoosociety.org

C E O ’ s L e t t e r

Last year the Zoological Society ofMilwaukee (ZSM) published its firstcalendar issue of Alive magazine. Wewere pleased with the positive feed-back we received from our members;so we decided to do it again. Like lastyear, this 2014 calendar lists dates ofZSM and Milwaukee County Zooevents to help you plan your visits tothe Zoo. We also know you love animals, which is why we’ve again included high-quality, engaging ani-mal photos from veteran photogra-pher Richard Brodzeller (see back

cover). We’ve tried to present a variety of animals that live at the Zoo,from fish to felines. The Zoo’s birds, with their colorful, striking patterns,make spectacular photos. That’s why we’ve featured four species of birdsin the calendar: the Abdim’s stork on the cover, cape thick-knees on theback cover, the waldrapp ibis in February (a smaller photo) and a pairof black-naped fruit doves in June. Every issue of Alive, including thisone, features stories that highlight each of the ZSM’s three missions:conservation, education and support of the Zoo. • Conservation: Dr. Gay Reinartz, the ZSM’s conservation coordinator

and head of our Bonobo & Congo Biodiversity Initiative, will once againtake you on a “field trip” in Africa’s Salonga National Park, which is fourtimes the size of Yellowstone and far more remote in the heart of theDemocratic Republic of Congo (page 4). You’ll get a taste of whatlife is like on a day-to-day basis as Reinartz and her colleagues conduct bonobo research in a sticky-hot, insect-filled and often dangerous environment.

• Education: I have always been passionate about education. Before I came to the ZSM, I was the vice president of education at the LincolnPark Zoo in Chicago and director of education and external affairs atZoo Atlanta. I am pleased in this issue that we are showing the varietyand breadth of education programs that the ZSM offers (page 6). We’vedone it in a calendar-type format showing that we have different education offerings every month of the year.

• Support: Fundraising events are one of many ways the ZSM fulfillsits obligation to support the Zoo financially (page 3). Learn how ourtalented special events staff coordinates a wide variety of fundraisingevents to appeal to different niches, such as children and families, beerand wine lovers, and folks who like glitz and gourmet dinners.

We hope you will enjoy the 2014 calendar.

Dr. Robert (Bert) DavisChief Executive Officer

EditorPaula Brookmire

Alive ContributorsDana ChristenZak MazurDr. Gay Reinartz

Graphic DesignerRoberta Weldon

PrinterNML Graphics

PhotographerRichard Brodzeller(unless otherwise noted)

Dr. Robert Davis answers questions on big cats from second graders in the

Zoological Society’s Animal Ambassadorscience-education program.

C O N T E N T SZoo Support: An array of fun fundraising events . . . . . . 3Conservation: Research in Salonga National Park . . . . . 4Education: Programs throughout the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

O N T H E C OV E RAn Abdim’s stork at the Milwaukee County Zoo

President/CEODr. Robert M. Davis

Communications,Marketing & MembershipRobin Higgins, Vice President

Finance/AdministrationJohn Heindel,Vice President

DevelopmentKaren Von Rueden,Vice President

CreativeMarcia T. Sinner,Director

EducationJames Mills,Director

Technology/Membership ServicesDominic Schanen,Director

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY MANAGEMENT STAFF

Alive October 2013 3

It’s a beautiful, sunny July day at the Ozaukee County

Country Club. Everybody is in a jovial mood. Laura Knollenberg

and Monique Hughes banter and joke with participants as they

check in people for the Zoological Society of Milwaukee’s (ZSM’s)

annual golfing fundraiser. The 2013 event goes off without a hitch.

That’s not always how it works. One year at the ZSM’s camping-

at-the-Zoo event a big storm rolled in. “We evacuated half of the

campers into the Lakeview Place Restaurant,” says Knollenberg,

ZSM special events manager. “Weather can make or break an

event.” Luckily the storm ended quickly. Campers returned to

their tents and enjoyed the rest of the evening. Both events were

successful fundraisers and represent an important way that the

ZSM helps support the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Fundraising events require a lot of staff time, volunteer help,

and problem-solving to deal with obstacles such as inclement

weather. Yet the ZSM holds such an event almost every month of

the year, more than most non-profit groups. “Fundraising events

help the Zoological Society meet its bottom line for Zoo support,”

says Robin Higgins, vice president of communications, marketing

and membership. The variety of events allows the ZSM to appeal

to different niches, such as children and families, beer and wine

lovers, and folks who like glitz and gourmet dinners, she adds.

“This way, people from all income levels can feel good about

philanthropy.” Also, all Zoological Society events incorporate a

message about conservation and wildlife. For example, children

at the August campout enjoyed a conservation-themed theater

performance, and people at the October beer-tasting fundraiser

learned about endangered species from Zoo Pride volunteers

showing animal pelts and horns.

All of these events – from January’s Puttin’ on the Ritz to

April’s family night at the Zoo – are planned and executed by the

ZSM’s three special events personnel. And not just anybody can

be successful at event planning. Experience is necessary. For

example, before starting at the ZSM in 1997, Knollenberg worked

in event planning for 6½ years at the American Cancer Society.

Melissa Rankin, special events coordinator, helped prepare her

parish’s annual festival for 13 years. “That sparked my interest in

special events,” she says. In summer 2008 Rankin interned for

the Special Events department and then was hired by the ZSM.

Monique Hughes, special events associate, also was a ZSM intern

who was hired full time. Her previous event-planning experience

included running her own public relations firm when she was

attending college in Madison.“I worked with several Madison-area

businesses and organizations,” she says.

The only way to successfully execute an event is by planning

far in advance, says Knollenberg. For example, Zoo Ball, the ZSM’s

largest fundraiser, requires one year of planning. Other events take

about six months. Several events have fundraising auctions, which

take a lot of time and skill in recruiting donations. “There are so

many other organizations in the area holding fundraisers,” says

Knollenberg. “People can only give so much.” Hughes says event

coordinators also need to be friendly and personable. “Being

able to work with volunteers and guests is the most essential

skill. After all, our events wouldn’t be successful without volun-

teers and happy guests.” Like any job, event planning has its

challenges. But the rewards are worth it. Says Knollenberg: “It’s

fun watching people enjoy themselves at a great venue like the

Zoo and raising money for a great organization like the Society.”

By Zak Mazur

MelissaRankin

Monique Hughes (left) and Laura Knollenberg check a guest list at the annual golf fundraiser.

Hughes talks with a family at their tent during the Zoo campout.

S u p p o r t o f t h e

March 28. We arrive at Etate at 11:28 p.m. with just

enough energy to throw our tents in place. While the guards

help unload the pirogue [a long canoe], Bunda, Etate chief

guard, as always takes me around camp in the pitch dark to

show me the new features. Repairs to houses, new plantings,

a refurbished bath house for me. We fall into bed.

March 29. Etate is beautiful, but it feels less interesting

since we released the eagle, Micheline. We kept her perches

and her green basin so if she came back, which she did about

three times in December, it would still look familiar to her.

No one has seen her in a long time.

March 30. Patrick (Guislain) and I truck out to an area

where we will try to install a prefabricated wooden house.

There is a small area set apart from the rest of Etate that we

have reserved for a true research “wing” and also have visitors

stay. With the help of Bunda, we measure out the dimensions

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March 31. We live by different formulas. So the sand won’t

wash away, Patrick and I want the men to construct a three-

sided barrier of wooden sticks first and then pile the sand in,

and they want to pile the sand first and then build a barrier

around the pile. We don’t want them to clear the entire area of

vegetation because we don’t like looking at bare dirt. They, on

the other hand, want to clear everything. If they had their way,

there would not be a tree or blade standing. The esthetic value

of trees is for those of us who don’t have that many in our

native land. They do it their way: sand down first and then

build the wall around the pile.

On this Easter Sunday, we are preparing the spot where

the elevated wooden house will go. We gather sand and gravel

from the river banks that when mixed with cement will form

footings for the pilings. The men have filled a pirogue with

sand. It waits at the port to be unloaded at the construction

site. The men haul sand with two Chinese-made wheelbar-

rows built so shoddily that they last only seven trips between

our crude depot and the port, maybe 50 feet, before a wheel

falls off. We call it a day. Bobo [the cook] prepares dried fish

and eggplant and serves it over fufu [a paté of manioc and

water] for a filling supper. Later that night, Patrick shows a

movie to the guards. The men arrange their chairs in front

of his laptop computer to watch a 1989 action movie.

Everyone smells of soap and pomade.

April 1. It’s hot. Our first day of sun. We can finally

dry the clothes that we washed three days ago. Redo and

Mboss take the good parts off one wheelbarrow and screw

them onto another so we will have at least one working

wheelbarrow. Mboss wears brown knee socks against the

insects. The gnats – marangue – love the heat and humidity.

Ewaula, Chef de Secteur de Watsi Kengo, will come up

today. We will plan the next steps for our surveys and

long-distance, anti-poaching patrols.

I reapply insect repellent to my elbows while I listen

to Mungamuni’s report. Munga is a retired guard whom I

met many years ago, and we have hired him to help with

the management of Lotulo, the new patrol post on the

Yenge River. ICCN (the Congolese park authority) agreed

to our plan to hire him since they have too few guards.

On balance, the events at Lotulo seem to be in order.

Field NotesFrom the Congo

Injured eagleMicheline atEtate ResearchStation.

Let us take you on a “field trip” into Africa’s Salonga National Park – a park four times the size of Yellowstone in

the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here the Zoological Society of Milwaukee (ZSM) has established a

research station/park patrol post called Etate. From this station, the ZSM runs its Bonobo and Congo Biodiversity

Initiative (BCBI), a program to survey and protect endangered bonobos and other wildlife, to train park guards,

and to support anti-poaching efforts in the park. In these field notes from Dr. Gay Reinartz, BCBI director and

the ZSM’s conservation coordinator, you’ll learn about an injured eagle that recovered at Etate, a new guard

patrol post on the Yenge River, and proposed new research and guard buildings at Etate.

C o n s e r v a t i o n


Thus far no fishermen or poachers have entered the Yenge. We have been informed, however, that more than half of the 39 poachers arrested during Operation Bonobo have been released.The men work at the building site and drag in more sand. A sudden storm blows in. Torrents of rain fall, and the menscramble to unload the canoe full of sand before it sinks. Empty, they paddle back to camp soaking wet and take a soapy bath

in the pouring rain by the edge of the river, singing and joking. We get a full rain gauge: 35 mm (1.38 inches) in 20 minutes. Patrick and I continue to puzzle over the new GPS data-transfer process. I look up and Bunda is at the door. “Madame, I

simply want to signal you that the eagle is here.” We jump from our chairs. What? Micheline is back? We’re stunned. There she

is high in the tree behind our house watching our camp. Instant jubilation and disbelief. I grab the camera. It’s getting dark

and still drizzling. I try to steady myself enough to take night shots, and Patrick grabs Micheline’s green basin to show hersomething familiar. But we have no fish. I can’t believe that she is here just as we have arrived! Bunda says that whenevershe returns, she sits in the same tree and then circles the camp. She does exactly thatthis time, but she then heads across the Salonga River out of sight. Will she be backin the morning? We might have a fresh fish ready if we can find any, Micheline.April 25: The training is going pretty well – exhausting, though. Intensive andSLOW. Yet the 12 students are learning fast enough, and it is not easy for them sincemost have never used a GPS or a telephone and not a single one knew how to use the compass. We have built a temporary school from sticks driven into the soil, two blue tarps on top and palm frondsagainst the sides. The guards built

benches, and we have the blackboardfrom our adult literacy class. In a sense,this is an historic occasion – park guardsfrom four stations will receive training

AND 12 GPS units so they can begin touse them (like the Etate guards) on theirpatrols. They are learning how to find aposition on the map, calculate its coor-dinates, enter this into the GPS, andthen make calculations for how to go to that point. Not many people in the U.S. can do this.

Hugues (the technical coordinatorfor the Central African Protected AreasNetwork, RAPAC) is performing a miraclehere with his engineering know-how –you should see what he can build withsticks from the forest and planks frombroken pirogues. He has everyone work-ing. The sounds of handsaws and nailingand Hugues rallying the guys make an

interesting contrast to the classroom 50feet away. As for these wooden elevated houses at Etate, it’snow or never because we will NEVER again have Hugues’type of expertise. He brought Frederick, who is a specialistin building bridges. They will put the footings in tomorrow,and then come back during our next mission and build the houses.We have a white cattle egret hanging around camp. She, Skinny Minnie, zooms around the yard like she ownsthe place. Only one, which is unusual. She must have gottenseparated from her flock somehow. The black chickenhatched three chicks, and the duck in Bobo’s kitchen, which he calls his secretary, has been sitting on a nest, a huge mound of fluffy feathers, for the past three weeks. All is well, if not downright picturesque. Micheline the eagle has not come back.

Photos provided by Dr. Gay Reinartz

With supervision from construction experts,guards begin the foundation for an elevated house at Etate.

Right: Dr. Gay Reinartz teaches park guardshow to operate a GPS unit. Below: Childrenfrom nearby schools pose with a new Etatesign made by Zoological Society artists in Milwaukee.



January | Animal Ambassador programs: As animal ambassadors,second, third and fourth graders from schools serving disadvantagedneighborhoods learn about wildlife conservation at the Zoo and inclass in this semester-long program. The children “graduate” and become ambassadors who can teach friends and family about animals and conservation.

February | Kohl’s Wild Theater Outreach: Song, puppetry anddrama make Kohl’s Wild Theater’s conservation-themed performancesentertaining for all ages. The outreach program that encourages audi-ences to care for our world travels to schools, community events andfestivals within a one-hour radius of the Milwaukee County Zoo freeof charge.

March | School programs: From rainforests to endangered species, the ZSM offers over 30 different programs, many of whichcan be presented either at the Zoo or at schools. Programs rangefrom K3 to grade 12. From November through March, MilwaukeeCounty school students on educational field trips receive free admission to the Zoo if they pre-register and use ZSM curriculum.

April | Teacher education: Through a ZSM partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, teachers can take a one-creditundergraduate or graduate course at the Zoo in spring, summer orfall. In April 2014, Animal Habitats & Adaptations addresses how animals survive in a variety of habitats.

May | Family Zoo classes: Whether they’re tracking animals in a detective class or watching sea lions perform in a marine mammalscamp, the whole family can get involved in ZSM family classes andcamps. Families with children ages 4-14 can register for spring, summer or fall offerings.

June | Zoo camps: Nearly 12,000 people participate annually in ZSM summer camps at the Zoo. Popular with ages 12-14 are Careers Camps, where they can learn what it takes to run a zoo. In four separate camps, children meet zoo workers, design animal exhibits, make animal enrichment toys and find out why zookeeperssometimes travel the world. In the June photo on page 7, Jan Rafert, a zoo curator, talks with campers about macaque monkeys.

A Zoo Year of Classes & MoreE d u c a t i o n

It might not feel like learning, but there’s plenty of it going on when you’re in a Zoological Society of Milwaukee (ZSM) class, camp or other educational program.The ZSM’s Conservation Education Department creates programs to engage childrenwho learn in a variety of ways: by seeing, hearing, moving, singing, etc. Using theMilwaukee County Zoo as an extended classroom, ZSM instructors include Zoo toursin a varied curriculum that may employ art, theater, animal science, games, songs orscavenger hunts. With everything from individual Zoo classes for ages 2-14 to outreachtheater shows, from programs for schoolchildren to teacher-education courses, ZSMclasses and camps bring people from throughout the community together to learnabout conservation, wildlife and the environment. Every month of the year offerssomething new, and these pages show just a sampling of ZSM programs. For more details, go to www.zoosociety.org/education.

January

MarchFebruary

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July | Zoo camps: Going to camp is something every child shouldget to do. So, with support from a variety of funders, the ZSM bringskids from seven Milwaukee-area neighborhood and communitycenters to summer day camps at the Zoo, like this one on bats.

August | Zoo camps: Each year, children ages 6-9 can take a campthat focuses on the Zoo’s special summer exhibit. In 2014 that exhibitfeatures a saltwater pool filled with sting rays and sharks. ZSMcampers will learn about marine life andecosystems, and then get to touchsting rays and sharks.

September | Zoo classes for toddlers with an adult: Age 2 at the Zoo! Yes, the ZSM has a varietyof classes year-round for 2-year-olds(with an adult). For example, in ZooTrain class (offered every September),2-year-olds explore shapes, make a train costume and ride a train at the Zoo. Zoo classes for 3-year-olds (with an adult) are also available year-round. At ages 4 and 5, children can attend class with or without a parent.

October | Scout programs: Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts completebadge and achievement requirements at the Zoo. The ZSM’s fun programs are designed by an instructor who’s an Eagle Scout. You can take a Zoo tour, see live animals in the classroom, and touch real animal fur and bones – all while meeting scout requirements.

November | Zoo art classes: The three-Saturday Art Club classeslet kids ages 8-10 explore the work of famous artists and create animal-themed art. Gallery Day (in November and April) has children showoff their artwork to friends and family. Spring Art Club in 2014 runsFebruary, March and April. Additional art classes are available in fall and spring for ages 6-10.

December | Zoo animal classes: In the popular Reindeer Adventures class (held every December), children ages 4 and 5 make their own antlers that shed and learn how caribou swim andstay warm. Then they “migrate” to the reindeer barn for an up-closelook at these arctic animals. (Animal-science classes are offered for ages 2-14 year-round.)

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ach

mon

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ber

thro

ugh

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l. Ri

ght

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irl g

ets

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mou

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er a

t the

Milw

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unty

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dur

ing

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e Sc

enes

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kend

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re Z

oogo

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get V

IP a

cces

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are

as u

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publ

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ril 2014

Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

Frid

aySa

turd

ay

The

irid

esce

nt c

olor

s of

thes

e Af

rica

n ci

chlid

s gi

ve th

em

a gh

ostl

y lo

ok.

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can

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Milw

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unty

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any

spec

ies

of c

ichl

ids

in th

e Aq

uati

c &

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ente

r.

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ools

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pril

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mily

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e Da

yat

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Zoo

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er

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d Fr

iday

Egg

Day

at t

he Z

oo**

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kfas

t &

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chw

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the

Bunn

y**

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mem

bers

’ fie

ldtr

ip t

o G

alen

a, Il

l.*

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h w

ith

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day

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over

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ins

at s

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enin

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ent

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ty’s

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ight

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ic fo

r th

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hole

fam

ily. H

ere

agi

rl d

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ns a

pap

er a

nim

al m

ask.

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mar

ch a

long

wit

h th

e Ea

ster

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nyin

a p

arad

e du

ring

th

e M

ilwau

kee

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tyZo

o’s

Egg

Day,

the

day

befo

re E

aste

r.



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ty o

f Milw

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ent:

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nt: w

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014

Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

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aySa

turd

ay

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my,

the

Milw

auke

e Co

unty

Zoo

’s m

ale

oran

guta

n, s

port

s im

pres

sive

chee

k pa

ds. H

e is

shy

yet

inqu

isit

ive

and

enjo

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sho

w o

n ho

w to

crea

te p

aint

ings

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o de

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o

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y fo

r th

e Pl

anet

at t

he Z

oo**

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her’

s Da

yat

the

Zoo

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Mem

oria

l Day

Part

y fo

r th

e Pl

anet

at t

he Z

oo**

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fici

al

sum

mer

sea

son

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ing

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spec

ial s

umm

er e

xhib

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ng r

ays

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ild T

heat

er

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orm

ance

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r lif

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er s

on fr

om a

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nt s

culp

ture

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her’

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y at

th

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ty Z

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hen

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ceiv

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he Z

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ly g

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ns,

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chpr

omot

ena

tive

plan

tgro

wth

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ing

the

eco-

them

ed P

arty

for

the

Plan

et.


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ocie

ty o

f Milw

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ent:

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e 2

014

Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

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aySa

turd

ay

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ir o

f bla

ck-n

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frui

t dov

es p

erch

on

a vi

ne. F

emal

es a

re a

lmos

ten

tire

ly g

reen

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es h

ave

pale

-gra

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ads,

a b

lack

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e, y

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wth

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olde

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and

pin

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lors

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erta

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vert

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er’s

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at t

he Z

oo**

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et Z

oofa

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enin

gev

ent

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t da

y of

sum

mer

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ocie

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dmis

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to

the

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ecia

l su

mm

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xhib

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ing

even

t*

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tyfr

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dmis

sion

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mm

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it,

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ing

even

t*

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adan

beg

ins

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the

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ted

Stat

es)

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goer

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ucti

on it

ems

at Z

oo B

all,

the

Zool

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al S

ocie

ty’s

larg

est a

nnua

l fun

drai

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bla

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vent

feat

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fine

din

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live

mus

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anci

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how

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at h

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wit

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n da

ds r

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ent:

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12

34

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2014

Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

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aySa

turd

ay

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er d

ropl

ets

spra

y in

to th

e ai

r as

two

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kan

brow

n be

ars

play

in th

eir p

ool.

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hts

at t

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tary

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ily D

ayat

the

Zoo

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nset

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fari

at t

he Z

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at t

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et Z

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urth

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hol

iday

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hts

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e M

ilwau

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ty Z

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atur

e m

usic

, foo

d,ro

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nd p

lent

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fun

for

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al S

ocie

ty

mem

bers

onl

y.

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ard

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ies

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f To

urna

men

t is

a m

ajor

fund

rais

er

for

the

Zool

ogic

al

Soci

ety.


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ty o

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gu

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day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

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aySa

turd

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tika

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a w

arm

sum

mer

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erno

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ilwau

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ty Z

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can

sig

n up

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and-

feed

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om a

top

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free

day

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r ag

es 5

5 an

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erta

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play

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njoy

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tem

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2014

Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

Frid

aySa

turd

ay

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fric

an s

purr

ed to

rtoi

se a

t the

Milw

auke

eCo

unty

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bask

sin

the

sunl

ight

.The

seto

rtoi

ses

can

live

up to

70

year

s an

d ar

e th

e th

ird

larg

est

spec

ies

of to

rtoi

se in

the

wor

ld.

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ily F

arm

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kend

at t

he Z

oo**

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hant

Ap

prec

iati

on D

ay**

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ily F

arm

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kend

at t

he Z

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on

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ke R

ide

star

ting

at

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Zoo

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hana

beg

ins

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undo

wn

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t d

ay o

f au

tum

n

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r Da

y

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ily F

arm

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kend

at t

he M

ilwau

kee

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ty Z

oo s

how

s yo

u ho

w to

mak

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ter,

milk

cow

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eave

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ties

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big

cat

s an

d pe

dalin

g pa

stpr

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es. T

he Z

oolo

gica

l Soc

iety

fund

rais

er

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rs r

ider

s th

ree

rout

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ty o

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day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

Frid

aySa

turd

ay

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Afri

can

blac

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cat

is th

e sm

alle

st s

peci

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f cat

in

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ica

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look

s lik

e a

dom

esti

c ta

bby,

but

it’s

trul

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ild.

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lines

can

take

on

prey

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vier

than

them

selv

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us D

ay

obse

rved

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at t

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enin

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ent*

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aren

ess

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fiel

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ends

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tivi

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ber

2014

Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

Frid

aySa

turd

ay

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of t

he M

ilwau

kee

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ty Z

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th A

mer

ican

tim

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olve

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lso

calle

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ay w

olve

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teal

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wal

ks th

roug

h th

e W

olf W

oods

exh

ibit

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cons

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gray

wol

ves

have

rebo

unde

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amat

ical

ly.

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ily F

ree

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at t

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ocie

tym

embe

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nly

holid

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to

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e en

ds

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war

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ovem

ber

day,

eve

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inos

may

be

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mily

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cove

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ring

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e Da

y at

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ee-a

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firs

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ty o

f ani

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cold

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ty o

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Sun

day

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nes

day

Thur

sday

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aySa

turd

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r bea

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ome

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isco

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win

ter a

t the

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.

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wit

h Sa

nta

at t

he Z

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ch

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ily F

ree

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rest

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the

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a tr

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ular

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d Lu

nch

wit

h Sa

nta

on th

ree

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ntas

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aukee County Zoo

About the photog

rapherColorfuland

engaginganim

alphotostaken

atthe

Milw

aukeeCounty Zoo are the specialty of

Richard “Rick” Brodzeller. You’ll find a varietyof his anim

al photos in this calendar. A freelancephotographer from

Mequon, he has been taking

photos at the Milw

aukee County Zoo for about40 years, half of that tim

e as the main photog-

rapher for the Zoological Society of Milw

aukee.For Brodzeller’s tips on photographing anim

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.zoosociety.org/animalpix.

There you’ll also find a link to a pastAlivem

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as one of the best in the Milw

aukee area.

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