Zoo Knoxville Construction Update! December 2019
We stopped in at Zoo Knoxville the day after Christmas to check in on some construction! Let me know what you think!
The future Clayton Family Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) Campus will be 2.5 acres in the heart of the zoo and home to 85 amazing species of snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises, and more.
Many of those animals are endangered, and 33 species are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plans which works to save animals from extinction.
For the zoo's Director of Communications, Tina Rolen, the new habitat will help save animals from extinction -- part of Zoo Knoxville's international reputation.
"It give us a world-class facility for a world-class program," Rolen said. "The way that we're doing work to save animals from extinction is recognized around the globe, and it's going to give [us] a facility that is fitting of the reputation that we hold internationally for reptile conservation."
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