Young animal lovers, from toddlers to teens, will soon have new ways to learn about and interact with its collection of polar bears, sea lions, red pandas and endangered sea ducks, as the zoo announced that it's creating a host of new education programs.
"We are definitely expanding the level of programming," said Don Lisowy, director of education at the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Central Park Zoo, along with other city zoos and the New York Aquarium.
The Central Park Zoo’s new education programs are especially focused on a group that may have outgrown the 6.5-acre zoo that gets 1 million annual visitors: teenagers.
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