Coronavirus Reopening: Cash-Strapped Oakland Zoo Set To Reopen Next Week

From CBS San Francisco:

July 23, 2020

OAKLAND (KPIX) — After being closed for four months, the Oakland Zoo will reopen next week.

Along with some new attractions, like a two-year-old giraffe named Kijiji that was brought in from Kansas, the zoo will look a little different overall after implementing health and safety protocols.

The sound of macaws echoed throughout the empty zoo Thursday but, in just days, visitors will return and some animals almost seem to be looking forward to it. We asked one chimpanzee if he was excited to see visitors and he nodded his head.

The park worked with the Alameda County health department to be able to assure returning visitors.

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