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	<title>Zookeeper Blog</title>
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	<description>Welcome to ZooAmerica's first-ever blog!</description>
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		<title>Party for the Planet 2013 Preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, ZooAmerica celebrates Earth Day- but 2013 will elevate Earth Day to a new level in Hershey. Party for the Planet will be true celebration with green vendors from all over PA joining us. We are excited for Art of Recycle- they will help visitors create their own finger puppets from recycled materials. Their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=410&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Behavior Changes as Spring Blooms</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/animal-behavior-changes-as-spring-blooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hersheyzoo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most zookeepers love Spring- for the warm weather, plant growth, but most of all- the changes they see in their animals. Here at ZooAmerica, we see Spring in many ways: prairie dogs finally emerge from their burrows, reptiles get their appetites back, courtship rituals among paired animals, nest building, loud vocalizations and many more!  Today, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=351&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eastern Indigo: North America’s Longest Snake</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/eastern-indigo-north-americas-longest-snake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eastern Indigo displayed in the Southern Swamps building is a favorite among Zoo Staff.  He is extremely active and fun to watch.  “Snakey” came to us as a donation in 2009, weighs 4 pounds, and is about 9 years old. When you visit him, you may notice that one of his eyes is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=343&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Coatis</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/crazy-coatis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two rambunctious young coatis (kə-ˈwä-tēs) are now capturing the hearts of our visitors! We received these boys from the Staten Island Zoo, where an employee hand-raised them in her home. Coatis are intelligent, destructive, and mischievous—yet some people keep them as pets! It’s difficult enough “puppy-proofing” your house- imagine coati-proofing. They are excellent jumpers, very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=332&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Bird Nursery&#8221; at the Hershey Nursery</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/a-bird-nursery-at-the-hershey-nursery-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZooAmerica is a big advocate of making room and good habitat for wildlife, so here&#8217;s an excellent example from our partner, the Hershey Nursery.  This interesting article was written by John Carricato. The Hershey Nursery plant yard at 25 Northeast Driveis our “holding yard” for trees, shrubs, and perennials we buy for our landscape and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=320&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome, Ichabod and Peanut!</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/welcome-ichabod-and-peanut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hersheyzoo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, our director and one of ZooAmerica’s naturalists drove out to Wisconsin to pick up two very special birds.  The Raptor Education Group, Inc. gave us two Sandhill Cranes- Ichabod and Peanut.  Both of these birds were hand-raised, and therefore unable to survive in the wild.  They have been a delight for the zoo [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=298&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ZooAmerica&#8217;s Quiet Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/zooamericas-quiet-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hersheyzoo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day, the zoo is closed.  Most businesses shut down, and employees go spend time with their families.  For zookeepers, the zoo animal family comes first on the holidays!  At least 2-3 workers come in for a few hours to make sure all the animals get fed. Today, we cooked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=291&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30th Anniversary of the Rediscovery of Black-Footed Ferrets</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/30th-anniversary-of-the-rediscovery-of-black-footed-ferrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 26, 2011 is a very significant day for animal conservation.  This coming Monday marks the 30th Anniversary of Black-footed Ferrets being rediscovered in the wild.  This Sunday, at ZooAmerica, we will be having our own celebration to mark the occasion! In 1979, biologists considered the black-footed ferret to be extinct.  Then, in 1981, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=280&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After the Flood</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/260/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZooAmerica would like to thank the public for such an incredible response of support and concern during this difficult time.  Each day since the flood, staff from the Zoo, Hershey Nursery, and HersheyPark have been rigorously working to clean up and repair damage.  While much has been accomplished, there is still much to do.  We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=260&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Update From ZooAmerica</title>
		<link>http://zooamerica.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/an-update-from-zooamerica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We very much appreciate many of your wishes, thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. We realize that just like our staff, many people are emotionally connected to every member of our Zoo family. Because of that connection, we fully understand why some have questions regarding what happened to our bison. For those who didn’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zooamerica.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7089481&#038;post=247&#038;subd=zooamerica&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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