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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A Financial Setback For The Zoo

The long term future of the Cherry Brook Zoo remains up in the air. The zoo wants to become part of the Regional Facilities Commission where its funding problems would become a thing of the past.

The Director of Zoo Development at Cherry Brook, Linda Collrin tells CHSJ News they were turned down but maintains it's not a dead issue. 

It costs almost 12 hundred and 83 dollars a day to run Cherry Brook Zoo. The 2009 City grant covers the costs for 31 days. Last year, Quispamsis gave 5 thousand dollars and the town of Rothesay, 11 thousand.

The zoo's growth and enhancement fund has dropped from 650 thousand dollars to 150 thousand and Collrin admits finances will remain tight.