Interactive exhibit honoring agricultural roots opens at Fresno Chaffee Zoo

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An interactive grounds that honors the Central Valley’s cultivation roots returned to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo connected Tuesday.

Zoo unit accidental the Valley Farm acquisition volition let guests to interact with goats and chickens successful a recently expanded gait abstraction that reflects the invaluable cultivation productivity and practice of the Central Valley.

The abstraction volition diagnostic 2 antithetic taxon of heritage-breed chickens and 3 practice breeds of goats that are historically recovered successful the valley.

“I deliberation it’s fabulous that we tin springiness kids an acquisition to not lone spot our lions, our tigers, our bears, and giraffes, but besides the animals you tin find retired successful our assemblage erstwhile you spell extracurricular our neighborhoods,” said Nicole Presley, General Curator astatine Fresno Chaffee Zoo. “Giving kids that accidental to interaction a goat oregon a workplace carnal they person ne'er experienced earlier allows them to marque that transportation to wildlife and chaotic spaces.”

According to zoo staff, a assemblage plot that highlights the value of agriculture successful the assemblage volition besides beryllium disposable to stroll.