Crazy days at BR Zoo: Councilwoman calls for probe, changes within zoo administration

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Metro Councilwoman Chauna Banks and a group of activists who successfully led efforts earlier this month to keep BREC from relocating the Baton Rouge Zoo from Greenwood Park, are calling for administrative and policy changes at the zoo, as well as for an investigation into why the facility lost its national accreditation with the prestigious Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

At a press conference scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at City Hall, Banks said she planned to demand answers to the following questions:

How BREC has spent money at the zoo;
Why the agency hasn’t spent more over the years;
What specifically led to the zoo losing its accreditation?
“We want a full review and a public hearing on the AZA accreditation issue,” Banks told Daily Report in advance of the press conference. “When did they know? When did the board know? When were they first notified?”

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