Can a Brooklyn Baboon Make a Life in the Bronx?
” (Public Lives, April 23): After reading the inspiring profile of Richard L. Lattis, the “chief zookeeper” at the Wildlife Conservation Society, I am even more saddened by the potential closing of the zoos in Brooklyn and Queens. I remember the transformation of the Prospect Park Zoo, now important to the cultural heart of Brooklyn, along with Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Public Library.April 29, 2003 OFFICIALS WEIGH TIGHTER SECURITY AT ZOOS IN PARKSBY JAMES BARRONReacting to the death of an 11-year-old boy who climbed into the polar bears’ enclosure at the Prospect Park Zoo Tuesday, the Parks Department is assessing whether to take new steps to keep animals in their enclosures and people out. Meanwhile, many zoo patrons and animal lovers are questioning whether it is advisable to keep wild animals in city zoos. They also wonder whether anything can be done to guarantee safety, other than to lock the animals in secure cages at
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