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Rain or shine, the zoo is open
Rehabilitated raptors get new lease on life
zoo st our raptor center
A display in the Raptor Center at the Great Bend-Brit Spaugh Zoo is decorated with pumpkins. The Raptor Center is open 362 days a year and provides a climate-controlled area for learning more about the wetlands and birds of prey. Theres also a gift shop. - photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
It’s time for residents of central Kansas to adjust to colder weather, and that includes the birds and animals that reside at the Great Bend-Brit Spaugh Zoo. Last Saturday’s Zoo Boo and an Indian Summer day on Halloween provided opportunity to view some of the many animals at the local zoo, but some critters moved indoors and out of sight after Wednesday’s cold snap. Zoo Curator Marge Bowman said the kinkajou, native to warmer Central and South Americas, comes inside once it gets below 50 degrees.