Senate Bill sb2134

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2134

    By Senator Crist





    12-1013-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 20, 2006, as

  3         "Lowry Park Zoo Day" throughout the State of

  4         Florida.

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  6         WHEREAS, the 2004 Legislature recognized Lowry Park Zoo

  7  in Tampa, Hillsborough County, as the state center for Florida

  8  species conservation and biodiversity, and

  9         WHEREAS, Lowry Park Zoo is the top-attended nonprofit

10  attraction in Florida and participates in the Species Survival

11  Plan, a national breeding program managed by the American Zoo

12  and Aquarium Association, and

13         WHEREAS, in 2003, the Lowry Park Zoo created the Safari

14  Africa Habitat and brought five African elephants to the zoo,

15  including a female named "Ellie," and

16         WHEREAS, on October 17, 2005, Ellie gave birth to a

17  205-pound male calf, the first African elephant born in the

18  zoo's history, and

19         WHEREAS, Ellie's son was named "Tamani," a Swahili word

20  meaning "to hope," a name proposed by Sarah Eicher's

21  second-grade class at Frontier Elementary School in Clearwater

22  and selected through online public voting from five proposed

23  names, and

24         WHEREAS, Tamani's birth and the educational and public

25  involvement in his naming are examples of the way in which the

26  Lowry Park Zoo provides Florida residents and visitors with

27  opportunities to connect with environmental and conservation

28  issues and to celebrate the living earth, and

29         WHEREAS, the Lowry Park Zoo is also an outstanding

30  example of a successful public and private partnership,

31  maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit and tireless dedication

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2134
    12-1013-06




 1  to its mission while raising 80 percent of its annual budget

 2  through earned revenue, NOW, THEREFORE,

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 4  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 6         That the Florida Senate commends the Lowry Park Zoo for

 7  its outstanding and inspirational work and recognizes April

 8  20, 2006, as "Lowry Park Zoo Day" in Florida.

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