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'Record high heat' closes Buttonwood Park Zoo. How their animals will beat the heat

Buttonwood Park Zoo officials announced that, due to "record high heat and extreme temperature warnings," the zoo will be closed Tuesday, June 24.

 

However, even though visitors won't be able to see it, there will be plenty going on for the animals, zoo officials wrote in a press release.

 

"BPZOO’s animal care team will be onsite, ensuring the animals have access to water features, such as pools, hoses, sprinklers and misters, mud wallows, and in some cases behind-the-scenes indoor climate-controlled environments," zoo officials wrote in the release, also noting "a variety of ice-inspired enrichment" staff have planned for zoo residents.

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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