Franklin Park Zoo Franklin Park Zoo News 2021

On December 27th, the zoo announced that they had acquired (2.0) Dexter cattle named DJ and Quinn and will be located in the Franklin Farm area. The zoo also announced that they have acquired (3.0) golden pheasants which are located in the Birds World Aviary. It is unknown what facilities the pheasants or the cattle came from.

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The pheasants are not listed as being in Bird's World. They're listed as being in the Children's Zoo aviary.
 
There was a new article in The Boston Globe about FPZ and stone zoo a few days ago.

‘It’s so much more than what they expect to find.’ Zoo New England celebrates record year - The Boston Globe

Highlights of the article include:
- Revealing that the two zoos have had a combined annual attendance of over 1 million visitors for the first time, and have gotten way more new members this year than in years past
- Shoutouts for the upcoming gorilla habitat and the "Zoo Lights" event
- Discussion about how the zoos have dealt with COVID
 
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