Friends of The Zoo
The zoo is supported heavily by a fund-raising organization, Friends of the Zoo, which was founded in 1989 by Shirley Dingley, Deborah Fisher, Bruce Dougan and Carolyn Dunlop. Friends of the Zoo focus primarily on raising funds to improve animal habitats at the Zoo.
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