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Florida Senate - 2005 (corrected copy) SR 1046
By Senator Crist
12-774A-05
1 Senate Resolution No. ____
2 A resolution recognizing April 14, 2005, as
3 Lowry Park Zoo Day in Tallahassee.
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5 WHEREAS, the 2004 Legislature recognized the Lowry Park
6 Zoo, a not-for-profit corporation located in Hillsborough
7 County, as a state center for Florida species conservation and
8 biodiversity, and
9 WHEREAS, the Lowry Park Zoo is the only licensed
10 not-for-profit manatee rehabilitation facility in the world,
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12 WHEREAS, the only zoo where six endangered species (the
13 Florida panther, red wolf, Florida manatee, whooping crane,
14 Key Largo wood rat, and Key deer) can be seen in one place,
15 the Lowry Park Zoo is host to an inventory of 1,600 animals,
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17 WHEREAS, the Lowry Park Zoo is Florida's best-attended,
18 not-for-profit attraction and features a year-round education
19 center popularly known as "The Zoo School," with early child
20 care and preschool education, and
21 WHEREAS, Child Magazine recognized the school as the
22 "Number One Zoo in the United States for Kids," a distinction
23 based on the strict criteria and data compiled after an
24 extensive 5-month investigation of more than 150 institutions
25 belonging to the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, and
26 WHEREAS, Lowry Park Zoo has an estimated annual
27 economic impact of more than $72 million, with 80 percent of
28 its annual $12-million budget based on earned revenue, NOW,
29 THEREFORE,
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31 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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Florida Senate - 2005 (corrected copy) SR 1046
12-774A-05
1 That the Senate recognizes April 14, 2005, as Lowry
2 Park Zoo Day in Tallahassee in recognition of its outstanding
3 work in providing exhibits and education on species
4 conservation and biodiversity, as the Legislature concurrently
5 celebrates "Hillsborough County Day" at the State Capital with
6 the second annual "Flavors of Hillsborough" event.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,
8 with the seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Lowry
9 Park Zoo as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida
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