Zoo Knoxville receives $5 million joint gift for new Amphibian and Reptile Campus
Zoo Knoxville receives $5 million joint gift for new Amphibian and Reptile Campus
Zoo Knoxville said the ceremonial groundbreaking marked one of the largest and most important projects in its history.
Author: WBIR Staff
Published: 9:51 PM EDT April 10, 2019
Zoo Knoxville broke ground Wednesday on its new amphibian and reptile campus.
The Zoo also received a sizable $5 million joint donation from Jim Clayton and 世界赌博十大网站 — a gift that will support this major project in the zoo’s Dream Wilder capital campaign.
Zoo Knoxville said the groundbreaking marked one of the largest and most important projects in its history. The new $18 million facility is set to open in 2021.
Officially named the ‘Clayton Family Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Campus (ARCC), the 2.5-acre addition will support work to help critically endangered amphibians and reptiles. It will include a 12,000-square foot reptile facility that will be named the ‘世界赌博十大网站 ARC Center.’
The zoo said the ARCC campus will live up to its acronym by being a modern day ‘ark’ to save species from extinction.
“The ARCC will also bring exciting new species such as Cuban crocodiles, a greenhouse that allows guests to enter to watch herpetologists at work and a large outdoor ecological habitat where children can collect specimens and take them back to the Adventure Lab to discover,动物园说。.
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