ABOUT 3.3 MILLION CARS OFF OF THE ROAD IN A YEAR AND CAN CERTAINLY GO A LONG WAY IN
REDUCING POLLUTION
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT.
NOW, LISTEN TO THIS AND
EVERYBODY AT HOME. I WANT TO
ASK YOU THIS. CAN YOU BELIEVE
THIS? THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO AND
GARDENS IS CELEBRATING 110
YEARS IN THE RIVER CITY. WHAT
A MILESTONE THIS YEAR. IT
ZUBER ATION THE LARGEST
FUNDRAISER FOR THE
ORGANIZATION IS PAYING HOMAGE
TO JACKSONVILLE WITH ITS TEAM
DOWN IN ZOOM LAW. DUVAL, YOU
GET TODAY. THE ZOOS WILDLIFE
WONDER THE ANIMAL AMBASSADOR
CURTIS TO WERE ACT IS JOINING
US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEW
AND EXCITING.
>> YOU’RE A MAN MANY HAD.
YEAH, YES, FOLKS. GOOD
MORNING. YES, THIS IS A IS AN
OLD RELIC. ZACH CHANNEL JAXSON
DE VILLE JACK PACK HAT THAT I
HELD ONTO FOR TIME. YEAH. 20
PLUS YEARS ACTS AND LET YOU
BORROW IT TODAY. YES, STATUTE
LIMITATIONS THAT I MADE THIS
ONE. TAKE THIS ON WHAT HE DID,
HOW LONG WE JACKSON FOR 19
SEASONS, MATING SEASON. THAT’S
HANGING OUT WITH THE BIG CATS
AT THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO AND
GARDENS. YEAH, I LOVE TO SEE
IT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT’S
BEEN A STAPLE, RIGHT? LET’S IF
YOU GREW UP IN JACKSONVILLE,
IF YOUR KIDS GREW UP IN
JACKSONVILLE, YOU WENT LIKE I
WENT AND WENT AND WHEN BUT 110
YEARS, THAT’S HARD TO BELIEVE
THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY
110 YEARS, OBVIOUSLY NOT IN
THE SAME LITTLE NON-FACTOR BE
OUT THERE. IF YOU EVER GO TO A
TRIVIA NIGHT MASS WHERE THE
THE FIRST JACKSONVILLE ZOO
STARTED ACTUALLY IN
SPRINGFIELD. I ACTUALLY WON
ONE ANIMAL, A DEER IN
SPRINGFIELD. THAT WAS THE ZOO
JUST THE YEAR. THAT IT’S GROWN
TO MANY MORE ANIMALS. NOW. AND
I KNOW THE ZOO FAMILY
CONTINUES TO GET BIGGER. LET’S
TALK ABOUT RECENTLY. WE HAD A
NEW INTRODUCTION. WE DID WE
DID. HAD OBVIOUSLY THE 3 NEW
BABY TIGERS ARE THE NEWEST
THERE FOR 5 MONTHS OLD. NOW.
AND THEN BABY BANKS IS THE
JAGUAR FROM A YEAR AGO. SO
APRIL 7TH BABY BANKS WAS BORN
LAST YEAR. AND SO AS PART OF
THE EXUBERANCE IN THIS YEAR,
APRIL 5TH, WE’RE CELEBRATING
BANK SAYS FIRST BIRTHDAY. SO
THE BIRTHDAY BASH FOR HIM GOT
A REALLY COOL CAKE BEING MADE
AND A WHOLE KIND OF ENRICHMENT
THING FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND
RAIN TO THE JAGUARS. JUST ONE
OF THE PLACES AND ONE OF THE
PARTS OF EXUBERANT WHERE YOU
CAN PARTY. YEAH, THAT’S REALLY
COOL. AND IT’S A IT’S A GREAT
VENUE NIGHT, ESPECIALLY. SO
LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE THE
ZOO IS DOING BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT CONSERVATION IS KEY AND
OBVIOUSLY PROTECTING SOME OF
THE ANIMALS HERE, ALI, AND AN
ANIMAL THAT MANY OF US HAVE
YEAH BEEN VISITING FOR YEARS
DECADES TRYING TO SLEEP CAME
FROM MICHAEL JACKSON’S
NEVERLAND RANCH. THAT’S RIGHT.
THAT’S RIGHT, ALI, ARE MALE
ELEPHANT OUT THERE AT THE YOU
KNOW, THE REASON MENTION THIS
FOOTAGE HERE, HERE’S HIM
GETTING BACK UP AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL TUSK REMOVAL, A
PROCEDURE THAT WAS PERFORMED
LAST WEEK THAT I GOT TO BE
THERE FOR. I’M ABSOLUTELY
UNBELIEVABLE WHAT I SAW TEAM
OF A COUPLE DOZEN PEOPLE,
INCLUDING ALL OF OUR ANIMAL
KEEPERS ARE VET OUR
TECHNICIANS AND THEN ZOO
KEEPERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
BRIGHTEST ELEPHANT EXPERTS IN
THE WORLD FROM SOUTH AFRICA
CAME IN TO DO THIS PROCEDURE
HAD A ROOT CANAL. BASICALLY,
YOU KNOW, YOU GET HAVING GET A
ROOT CANAL LAST YEAR. THEY TRY
TO GET SCOUT COULDN’T THIS
YEAR THEY CAME BACK AND THEY
DIDN’T LIKE I SAID, A COUPLE
DOZEN PEOPLE ALL AROUND THIS
ONE ANIMAL MAKING THIS HAPPEN
AND NOW OUR KEEPERS ARE GOING
TO BE GOING TO JAPAN AND OTHER
ZOOS AROUND THE COUNTRY
HELPING WITH THEIR ELEPHANT
ISSUES. ANOTHER PROCEDURE LIKE
AND ALL OF THAT HAPPENS
BECAUSE OF EVENTS LIKE YOUTUBE
OR A SHUNNING PEOPLE COMING
OUT TO THE ZOO TO HAVE A GOOD
TIME BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON’T UNDERSTAND. YES, THEY’RE
THE CITY HELPS THE ZOO, BUT
IT’S NOT A CITY COMPLETELY 95
PLUS PERCENT OF THE OPERATING
BUDGET FOR THE JACKSONVILLE
ZOO AND GARDENS HAS TO BE
RAISED BY TICKET SALES EVENTS
DONATIONS. SO THIS EVENT IS
CRITICAL TO THE TO THE SUCCESS
OF OUR OUR ZOO IN MAKING
THINGS LIKE THAT TREATMENT OF
ALI POSSUM. THAT’S INCREDIBLE.
WE WANT THE BEST FOR THE
ANIMALS ALSO THAT THE GARDENS
THERE ARE INCREDIBLE. LET’S
TALK ABOUT THE EVENT REAL
QUICKLY COLLEAGUES. UBER ATION
PAYING.
>> HOMAGE TO DUVAL. YES, THAT
DOWN
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL THE
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW. I KNOW
THERE’S MUSIC, FOOD DANCING.
YOUR TICKET INCLUDES ALL YOUR
TICKET INCLUDES YOUR FOOD,
YOUR FOOD FROM SOME OF THE
GREATEST LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO
BE. 24 PLUS VENDORS THERE
SERVING FOOD AND DRINKS OPEN
BARS THE THERE’S ONE BAND, 2
DEEJAYS. THERE’S ALL KINDS OF
ENTERTAINERS AS YOU WALK
THROUGH THE ZOO YOU SAW LAST
YEAR, PROBABLY SOME OF THE
LATE. YEAH, I’LL BE BACK DOING
SOME OF THEIR STUFF. BUT IT’S
A GREAT NIGHT OUT AT THE ZOO.
AND AS YOU SAID, THE ZOO AT
NIGHT IS A DIFFERENT A
DIFFERENT ANIMAL. AND SO APRIL
5TH, JACKSONVILLE ZOO DOT ORG.
THERE’S A VIP AREA THAT YOU
GET A FULL OF FOOD BUFFET.
PLUS YOU GO OUT TO THE
VENDORS, BUT AGAIN, FOOD AND
DRINK INCLUDING ALCOHOL IS ALL
INCLUDED. AND AGAIN, IT’S A
COMPLETE TAX. WRITE OFF WHERE
501, C 3. SO WHEN YOU GET TO
GO PARTY WITH A PURPOSE AND
WRITE OFF ON YOUR TAXES, A
WHOLE LOT OF FUN RIGHT THERE.
ABSOLUTELY OPEN ALL THE TIME
ANYWAY. IF IT MAY BE
EXONERATIONS, NOT FOR YOU WHAT
WE’VE GOT TO GO. BUT WE’LL
CATCH UP WITH EXUBERANT JEN
THAT’S A LOT OF FUN AND GIVE