PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — It’s not every day you see a rabbit paint a picture or an alpaca being taken out for a stroll, but you might see it at the Philadelphia Zoo, where animals are encouraged to participate in these and other “enrichment activities.”
“Our animals need something called enrichment. It’s those extra things that make animals have an amazing day. It might be a special snack that they always don’t have. It might be a toy. For a tiger, it might be something that they can absolutely destroy,” said Dani Hogan, the Zoo’s director of mission integration.
“Or for a rabbit, it might be the opportunity to paint a picture.”
Zoo-a-thon, which started on Friday and runs through Saturday, is an opportunity for members of the public to support the Zoo’s animal enrichment programs by making donations via phone, texts and online submission.
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