Sacramento Renews Interest In Zoo Relocation Sites

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A caller effort is underway successful the hunt for the Sacramento Zoo’s adjacent location. Sacramento metropolis leaders are taking a look astatine respective sites successful hopes of keeping the zoo from relocating to Elk Grove.

The Sacramento zoo is simply a instrumentality favourite for families, which is wherefore ma Gabrielle Cooper- is excited for the anticipation that it could beryllium relocated to her South Sacramento neighborhood—at the existent undeveloped tract of the determination sanitation Buffer lands.

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“I deliberation determination is simply a bully magnitude of radical who don’t travel down present unless they unrecorded here. I deliberation if it is thing similar a zoo that volition get the kids together, it volition marque a batch of radical alert of the neighborhood,” Cooper explained.

The zoo’s existent location successful Land Park is 94 years aged and sits connected little than 15 acres. Zoo officials explicate that their cramped quarters are putting their accreditation astatine risk.

In September the zoo entered a 6-month exclusive dialog with Elk Grove to perchance relocate there. CBS 13 talked to Zoo officials successful September who explaining the crushed down the request to move.

“Over the years we’ve mislaid galore of the animals that telephone the zoo location and we’ve mislaid them for bully reason.  We didn’t person the abstraction to supply them with the beingness that they needed and to conscionable with modern standards of carnal care,” explained Elizabeth Stallard, President, Board of Trustees Sacramento Zoo.

Sacramento inactive looking astatine sites wrong the metropolis including Del Paso Regional Park successful the northbound and the Job Corps tract successful the South arsenic imaginable locations for animals to thrive.

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“I deliberation it’s a bully idea, I deliberation each the kids successful the vicinity would similar it,” explained parent, Maria Ramirez

But not each neighbors adjacent the Job Corps agree. Manuel Guido who has lived successful the vicinity for much than 30 years is acrophobic the relocation could bring much cars to the already engaged Meadowview road.

“Traffic successful a tiny country similar this, I don’t deliberation it would beryllium a precise omniscient idea,” helium explained.

Many hoping years of statement are decided soon giving the animals a caller spot to telephone home

“We are going to bash immoderate we tin to enactment the zoo wherever it needs to beryllium for the adjacent 94 years,” explained Stallard successful September.

The erstwhile Sleep Train Arena determination successful Natomas was considered but plans fell done aft the determination was picked for a caller tract for a infirmary development.

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Sacramento City Council is acceptable to sermon the aboriginal determination of the Zoo during their November 30 meeting.

Velena Jones