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Posted on 2/7/18 at 8:21 am to beerJeep
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No one wants to drive into the hood to see a zoo.
I keep seeing people saying this and don’t understand. The zoo isn’t in the middle of some war zone. If you are too worried about driving a few miles down Scotland or Plank to visit then you have bigger problems. I would understand if the argument was it’s inconveneint to drive to that side of town
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 8:22 am
Posted on 2/7/18 at 8:23 am to TeddyPadillac
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Someone says it's top 10, you say its' not, neither of you link anything. you both suck.
On that list, BR is ranked 89.
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 8:33 am
Posted on 2/7/18 at 8:48 am to seawolf06
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Isn't Louisiana in a financial crisis?
Are you suggesting the LA legislature confiscate BREC’s bank accounts to address the budget shortfall?
BREC has the money and donations to make the plan work so any argument from a monetary standpoint is dead. BREC needs to close the current zoo and BR not have a zoo or move it. The current setup is the real waste of money.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 8:50 am to Brummy
I'm excited to take the monorail to this new zoo.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 8:56 am to Brummy
Broome will never let this happen.
But....lobby money from the construction firms that stand to benefit from winning such a big contract will do all in their power to sway the decision makers to open the City’s checkbook. BOOK IT.
But....lobby money from the construction firms that stand to benefit from winning such a big contract will do all in their power to sway the decision makers to open the City’s checkbook. BOOK IT.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:02 pm to Scruffy
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On that list, BR is ranked 89.
Heretic
I know their baseball diamonds are bottom 10. They don't like baseball.
Can't talk about golf anymore, but their courses were very good to terrible depending on which one you played.
BREC is well funded, all facilities should be good.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:03 pm to skullhawk
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BREC has the money and donations to make the plan work
Not according to the article.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:52 pm to Brummy
Buckskin Bill would be proud. RIP
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:55 pm to Boo Krewe
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zoo doesnt even have : elephants, lions, bears, crocodiles, tapirs . boring af
they had those on my last visit
Posted on 2/7/18 at 12:58 pm to cgrand
You laugh but it would be used.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 1:05 pm to Brummy
Makes too much sense. Dems will never go for it.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 2:59 pm to junkfunky
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There aren't many better free entertainment options in the area than watching black girls roll kayaks and flip the frick out in the pond at Greenwood park.
Not to mention the soothing "PLOOP" sound of stray bullets as they descend upon on the pond surface
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:10 pm to Brummy
quote:they could have a white boy day and give away a pair of LSU football tickets , I still wouldn't travel to that third world Zoo they have( once was enough ). Move the damn Zoo. frick Gravy/ SWB
improving the zoo at its current location
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:15 pm to Pintail
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don’t want lions and tigers and bears swimming around my backyard.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:48 pm to member12
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Is there other land available for a zoo closer to downtown?
I read that the area by Forest Community Park was also being considered, but wasn't large enough. They apparently want a pretty big arse zoo.
Well they certainly need an area of land MUCH bigger than what they have now. The current zoo looks pretty depressing with how small the animals areas are.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:56 pm to Boo Krewe
I think BREC is a joke too but apparently they have won national awards. This is from 2017. BREC wins 2 Prestigious National Awards
Their websites says they are one of only a handful of park systems to win the "Gold Medal" award twice.
Their websites says they are one of only a handful of park systems to win the "Gold Medal" award twice.
This post was edited on 2/7/18 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 3:58 pm to Bmath
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I disagree with this statement. It's gotten much better in the past 5 or so years. No, it isn't on par with Audubon. But does it need to be?
While the sponsored areas are nicer than they were in the past, my main issue is the amount of space the animals have being abysmal. Have you seen the area with the gators lately? They are all super crowded bc they are so large. The zebra area is amall as well. Animals that are used to having room to run in the wild need to have room to run in a zoo. The first time we took my kids my 4yo asked why the zebras were running back and forth in a circle. My response, “bc they ran out of room and didnt want to hit the fence”
Posted on 2/7/18 at 4:29 pm to Scruffy
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LINK
On that list, BR is ranked 89.
Did you bother reading the scoring methodology? One-third of the score is dependent on what % of the population lives within a 10 minute walk of a public park. Hardly anyone in BR lives within a 10 minute walk of anything besides a strip mall or Circle K. That's not an indictment of the BR park system, but rather BR as a whole. Other metrics include dog parks per 10k residents, basketball hoops per 10k residents, and % of land that is publicly owned which together account for another one-half of the score. Those don't seem like reliable metrics for measuring the quality of a city's park system.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 4:33 pm to JOHNN
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Well they certainly need an area of land MUCH bigger than what they have now. The current zoo looks pretty depressing with how small the animals areas are.
I believe the area where the zoo is now is the largest area they own. They do not utilize much of it for the zoo.
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