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Shoushan Zoo plants trees and shares animal knowledge

Post date:2017-03-12
Update:2017-05-08
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The Tourism Bureau of the Kaohsiung City Government and the Pingtung Forest District Office of the Forestry Bureau under the Administrative Yuan held a tree-planting event at the Shoushan Zoo on the morning of March 12, 2017. Forestry advocacy activities and a number of interactive shows, including an amazing magic fairytale theatre “Jack and the Beanstalk” for children, also took place. Tourism Bureau Director Tseng Tsi-wen and the 400 adults and children on the site planted small trees. More seedlings were distributed to the participants to grow at home afterwards. What an Earth-loving event!

On the same day, the zoo’s monthly animal workshop was also held. This month’s animal is the Linnaeus's two-toed sloth. Children were invited to make Linnaeus's two-toed sloth dolls with clay, guided by art teachers. The zoo staffers attended the workshop to explain the animal’s way of life and some anecdotes between the sloth and the staffers. Then, another tree-planting activity was held. Parents told the organizer that tree-planting was a lot of fun, and that they were inspired to plant trees at home, too, to help to reserve nature.

Tseng Tsi-wen, the Tourism Bureau Director, said that the animal-stamp collection pamphlets which come along with the monthly animal introduction event are highly popular. The handbooks are only given to people who are animal sponsors or participants of the events From Common pheasant in January, Spectacled caiman in February to the sloth in March, every month, one animal is introduced to the public per month. Upon collecting three animal stamps, the collector may get a Shoushan Zoo animal eco-bag for free, or just keep getting more stamps to get other gifts. Parents are cordially invited to take part in the zoo’s educational activities with their children, learning animal knowledge while bringing home gifts!
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