Pennypack Environmental Center, Philadelphia PA

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What Not To Do at the Zoo

Some of my earliest memories are of the Audubon Park Zoo in New Orleans. My family lived in my Grandfather’s big house within hearing distance of it. As a toddler I knew when it was noon because the lions would start calling for lunch. I still love the quaint WPA zoo buildings with animals carved into the brick, the formal fountains and statuary. But in retrospect I realized that the zoo in the early 50s was actually an animal prison with iron bars whose tops curved down into spikes aimed at the animals. The inmates lived out their life sentences in small cells. Given the spirit-crushing boredom, I can’t help sympathizing with an inmate taking the opportunity to fling something at the gawking bipeds outside. Continue reading

Chincoteague Visitor’s Center, Chincoteague VA

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Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center, Philadelphia PA

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Red Oak Nature Center, North Aurora IL

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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago IL

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