Zoo news: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo will launch “Cool Blue Bridgeport” a virtual and on-grounds educational program on climate change in combination with free admission to
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Tag: Gregg Dancho
Hog Wild For Harry’s Slop–Meet Zoo’s New Mayor
In the old days, Bridgeport’s mayor served a one-year term. That changed around 1900 when election became a two-year term. In 1998 Bridgeport electors, in
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Bicentennial Interview: He Talks To Animals, We Talk To Him–Zoo Director Gregg Dancho
Before Gregg Dancho became director, Bridgeport’s Beardsley Zoo, now formally called Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, was not nationally accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.
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Beardsley Bart Is Never Wrong, Predicts Early Spring
From Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo: Who needs Punxsutawney Phil when you have ‘Beardsley Bart?’ Beardsley Bart, Connecticut’s own Prognosticating Prairie Dog, dug out from a snowstorm
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For Gregg Dancho, Childhood Snakes And Frogs Transform Into Dream Job At Zoo
Gregg Dancho will talk to the animals. He’ll talk to people. Every now and then he’ll talk to himself. Forty years on the job will
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What To Know About Reopening Of Zoo June 1
News release from Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo: Senator Richard Blumenthal and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim came to Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo today to deliver an important message:
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Primavera! Beardsley Bart Brings Early Spring
Spring isn’t coming early, spring is here. So it seems, anyway. From Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo: Who needs Punxsutawney Phil when you have ‘Beardsley Bart?’ Beardsley
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City Boosts Funds For New Tiger Exhibit
News release from zoo: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s fundraising efforts to create a new habitat for its Amur tigers received a big boost today–Global Tiger Day–with
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