2020 at Spring River Zoo

2020 HIGHLIGHTS

129 animal specimens and 65 species

Donations

$17,311 in donations New exhibits completed Limited dates of service due to temporary closure for COVID and renovations. The rides and concession remained closed as well. The zoo offered private tours and parties.

On December 10, 2020, city council passed resolution 20-72 Spring River Zoo fees. The new fee structure will help the zoo accomplish our cost recovery goals. The resolution also has free days for the community.

While the zoo has been closed Education Coordinator Caitlyn Lenz has had to be creative to keep people engaged with all that has been going on with the zoo. One of the ways she does this is through Facebook lives with zoo critters and educational information. She also did private tours and parties.

Caitlyn doing a Facebook live with Kevin our Pot-Bellied Pig.

Two fundraisers Five new animals

The Friends of Spring River Zoo hosted two fundraisers this year. Seal it with a Fish in February and a Golf Tournament in April. The Golf Tournament raised enough money to purchase the wallaby for the zoo.

TOTAL REVENUE

Photo from Golf Gone Wild

Education Coordinator Caitlyn Lenz presenting at Golf Gone Wild

$8,408.49

Graphic from Valentine's fundraiser

Cashew (Cash) is one of two Bennet wallabies that are new additions to Spring River Zoo this year. The other is his brother Macadamia (Mac). Friends of Spring River Zoo donated $3,450 to purchase these new critters for the zoo.

The Pittsburgh Zoo donated the beaver.

Wallaby at the zoo

Busy, the Beaver at the zoo

Lead Zookeeper Ayrin Meeks holding the zoos new green iguana. Brought to the zoo from animal control. Busy swimming in his pond in his new enclosure.

Zoo Keeper Ayrin Meeks

Alexis is this year’s baby elk. She was born on June 13th, to Garrett and Patty, our five-year-old pair of elk. As part of this year’s End-of-Year Giving Campaign, we are raising money to build a new elk enclosure.

Alexis, the baby elk born at the zoo in 2020

Completed big cat exhibit

Big cat exhibit in progress

Bret, the mountain lion in his new exhibit

Construction on the new mountain lion enclosure started in February and completed in November. The zoo staff and Country Club Vet team moved Bret into his new enclosure on November 17.

Group of zookeepers working on a newly added fence

Construction progress at the zoo

Construction progress at the zoo

Completed construction at the zoo

Completed new beaver and wallaby exhibits. Cost of the exhibits was $8,432.85.