The children’s zoo was in existence, but it was mostly touchy-feely, exciting, oh wow. I wanted to add a stronger educational component to the children’s zoo, so the children’s zoo would be used more by school groups. So I took the children’s zoo which was a freestanding entity and put it under the direction of the education department so that it would be part of the education program at the zoo to make the children’s zoo more educational so that the animals that were on exhibit and the interpretation, the graphics, the volunteers and docents that help interpret the exhibits were attuned educating the visitors, either school groups or the public. So it’d become much more educational rather than a entertainment value.
