Detroit Zoo To Close

[Odo 0]

How dare they anonce this.

back in the 70's when detroit filed for bankrupcety and

they rasied the state taxes to bail them out , the zoo never came up

The damn city says its broke. If it was so starved for cash.

Lets see the baseball allstar game, the superbowl

lets see thats what a half billion dollars.

the zoo is on the level of san deigio and st louis

one of the top 10 in the country.

but we can not talk to the mayor he is on a fact finding tour

in africa at are expence.

STUPID DAMN POLATICTIANS.

I am really pissed they knew this and kept it quiet till the

world press left.

[Kor37 9]

Thats too bad. Zoos all over the place seem to be having trouble. I guess peoples lives are so busy now that they can't spend a relaxing day at the zoo. Its a shame.

[Odo 0]

thats not the point its polical the mayor and the city

council hate each other the zoo is caught in the middle

tech its not in detroits city limints

but if detroit is so poor why is the mayor half way arouhd

the world at tax payers expense.

 

thats not the point its polical the mayor and the city

council hate each other the zoo is caught in the middle

tech its not in detroits city limints

but if detroit is so poor why is the mayor half way around

the world at tax payers expense.

[APW 0]

That's too bad.

My hometown was in imminent danger of loosing it's zoo a few years ago (despite the flamboyant spending of some on the city council, and questionable projects by the mayor's office) and the city pulled together and raised the money to bail the zoo out.

Now, 2 years (almost) later and the zoo isn't being renovated or the exhibits expanded as was promised and the folks in charge of the zoo are balking at fully disclosing what they've been spending the money on (they promised full disclosure with the public in their campaign to save the zoo).

 

I love zoos, and animals in general. It's unfortunate when greedy, unscrupulous people bring down something as nice as a zoo.