WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A zoo in Florida has two causes to have a good time — the first delivery of a koala and a newly renovated habitat for the cuddly creatures is opening to the public on Saturday.
“For the zoo and for us here, it’s the very big deal,” mentioned Amarylis Celestina, who oversees carnivores and koalas at the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in West Palm Beach, Florida. “We are trying the best that we can to help with a lot of the genetic diversity within the population that we have here in the United States. So that’s why it’s important that we do have a joey and that we were successful this year.”
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