Columbus Zoo's Kare for Koalas
1,372 views · Published 27 December 2011 · 1:41 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: TheColumbusDispatch · 2011 · Education
http://bit.ly/rBA7Qm This off-season, the Columbus Zoo is pushing for more people to take advantage of the opportunity to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the zoo. Tours, which cost between $350 and $450 for nonmembers, run in the zoo's off-season from November to March when keepers are less busy. "It's what we look at as a work tour," warned Zookeeper Adele Dodge. "You might get a little dirty." While there's the wow-factor on the tour — the Stone family stroked the fur of male koala Moondani, and the boys loved watching echidna Seti do laps around the pen — there's also the duties of a real-life zookeeper. Dodge enlisted the help of the kids to measure out how much eucalyptus had to be fed to Moondani and female Wruwallin. For more videos: http://www.dispatch.com/content/pages/video.html
