HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Zoo was the only facility in Kansas to receive a grant award in the first round from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Association of Zoos and Aquariums for endangered species care during the pandemic.
The facility received $18,811 to reimburse the zoo for eligible expenses.
Some of the eligible expenses include food, veterinary care/medicine, Direct animal/plant care staff time, life-support systems, transport for medical, reintroduction into the wild, and captive breeding purposes, real property debt and holding space improvements/modifications and utilities essential for the care of species (e.g., electricity/gas/natural gas to power essential services).
The first set of awards included a total of more than $1.6 million in sixteen states.