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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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