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Oregon Zoo
Recognizes its own Moms
Coco (top left),
a 57-year-old
chimpanzee
This Saturday, families across the coun­
try will be observing M others’ Day, and
the Oregon Zoo is no exception.
The zoo will be naming its “Mother of
the Year”, and the public is invited to help
choose which animal given the distinc­
tion.
This year’s nominees include Coco, a
57-year-old chimpanzee. The oldest ani­
mal at the zoo, Coco cares for Delilah and
Leah, her two offspring.
Also in the running is Dannon, a 20-
year-old swamp monkey, who is the
mother o f Bleu, a 7-year-old female.
The third animal in the running i s __________________________
K andungo, a 6-year-old red-flanked Kandungo (w ith c a lf above), a
duiker, who has birthed three calves while 6-year-old red-flanked d u ike r
D annon (right),
20-year-old
sw am p
m onkey
at the zoo.
“These three moms all represent spe­
cies that are endangered, threatened or at
risk in the wild,” said Kim Smith, the zoo’s
director. “As successful moms, they’ve
done a great deal to help their species.”
Pictures o f the animals and an online
ballot can be found at: www.oregonzoo.org/
Voter201O/vote form.cfm
Votes will be accepted until Thursday,
May 6, at noon.
The zoo is also holding a M other’s Day
brunch for human moms and their families
at the Oregon Z oo’s Cascade Crest Ban­
quet Center on Sunday, May 9 starting at
9 p.m. Cost o f the brunch is $21.95 for
adults. $9.95 for ages 3-11.
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