What a day! Time to get out, stretch out and bring the kids to the zoo. No, not a City Council meeting, the real zoo, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. Admit it, when you visit the zoo you become a kid again. And, even better our friends at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, led by Zoo Director Gregg Dancho, are [...]

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From Beardsley Bart: Who needs Punxsutawney Phil when you have “Beardsley Bart?” Beardsley Bart, Bridgeport’s own Prognosticating Prairie Dog, came out early this morning to share his weather forecast with a small gathering of friends. Gregg Dancho, director of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, served as Bart’s interpreter.

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Ya gotta go to the zoo this weekend: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is excited to welcome new animals to the Zoo just in time for its 90th birthday, most notably an Andean condor. Desmond, a one-year-old male, arrived recently from the Denver Zoo in Denver, Colorado. The young condor is located in its exhibit near the [...]

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The state’s only zoo may be turning 90, but when we go we don’t act our age. From Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo: To help kick off its 90th birthday, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo launched “Picture Yourself at the Zoo,” a new program that invites the public to share favorite photos, both new and old. Both amateur and [...]

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