New York, NY – Thursday, September 30, 2010 – The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo is hosting a breakfast to celebrate community partnerships. These community collaborations have helped make WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo an important cultural partner in the borough of Brooklyn and a valued institution for the community. As a member of the Heart of Brooklyn cultural consortium, WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo has revitalized both the Vanderbilt Avenue and Washington Avenue districts which are important corridors for the zoo. The event includes the official unveiling of the Flooded Forest Exhibit, the last in a series of important capital projects that have helped revitalize WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo. The 6,000-gallon tank features red and orange bellied piranha and is representative of the flooded forest of the Amazon. The program will conclude with the release of the Hamadryas baboons – including the two-month old infants Jabari and Azizi – into their exhibit area. Special treats will be scattered throughout the exhibit which will create a spectacle not to be missed. Who: Denise McClean, Director, WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo NYC Department of Parks and Recreation First Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanaugh New York State Assembly Member Karim Camara Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Carl Hum Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz- Invited NYC Council Member Letitia James- Invited NYC Council Member Brad Lander- Invited New York State Assembly Member James F. Brennan- Invited Representatives from local Community Boards and Heart of Brooklyn What: Breakfast celebrating community partnerships and official unveiling of Flooded Forest Exhibit Where: WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo 450 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 When: Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 8:30- 9:30 a.m. Members of the media interested in attending should contact Sophie Bass at sbass@wcs.org or 718-265-3428.
Contact: Sophie Bass: 718-265-3428; sbass@wcs.org Max Pulsinelli - 718-220-5182; mpulsinelli@wcs.org Steve Fairchild – 718-220-5189; sfairchild@wcs.org
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