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Hey, kid! Like toads and salamanders? Detroit Zoo need you to be mayor
Wait . Let s rephrase that.
Ruth Marcec-Greaves, who oversees the zoo s National Amphibian Conservation Center and its surrounding wetland village, will tell you they already have perfect faces. Where some might take a gander at a salamander or notice a newt and recoil, “I look at them and think they’re the cutest thing I’ve ever seen,” she said.
What the next young mayor can do is put a human face on helping to save them. The application window is open through the end of the month, and if Master or Miss Mayor does the job as well as the incumbent, there might be some pretty cool travel involved.
Detroit Zoo seeks youth to apply for next mayor of Amphibiville
Trinity Favazza, 14, of Shelby Township, will round out her four-year term as mayor of Amphibiville at the Detroit Zoo this summer.
Photo provided by Angel Favazza
ROYAL OAK Young frog and toad lovers, take note.
The Detroit Zoological Society is now accepting applications from Michigan residents ages 7 to 12 to be the next mayor of Amphibiville, a 2-acre wetland village that houses the award-winning National Amphibian Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo.
The building is home to large natural habitats for a wide variety of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians, with an emphasis on education and awareness of the role they play in the environment.
When Ron Kagan closed the Detroit Zoo’s elephant exhibit, only the elephants were happy.
Elephants were a signature attraction that drove attendance, and no American zoo had ever given up the prized pachyderms on humanitarian grounds. But 20 years ago, Kagan, the zoo’s soon-to-retire executive director, saw that the harsh Detroit winters were unnatural for Winky and Wanda, the pair of elderly Asia-born elephants in his care. They both suffered arthritis and foot ailments caused by hard zoo grounds, and a lack of proper exercise and socialization had left them depressed.
But the idea of shutting down the zoo’s most popular draw baffled the zoo world and worried the board that oversaw him. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association, in fact, threatened to withdraw the Detroit zoo’s accreditation if Kagan went through with it.
Detroit Zoo seeks young Michigander for newest Mayor of Amphibiville
1 Michigander between 7-12 years old to be chosen for 2-year term
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoo is looking for a young Michigan resident to take office as the newest Mayor of Amphibiville this summer.
Every two years, the Detroit Zoological Society selects a young Michigan candidate for the role in an effort to engage youth in conservation efforts and education.
Michigan residents between the ages of 7-12 years old can apply for the role by submitting a 100-word essay on what they can do to help amphibians. Officials say the new Mayor of Amphibiville will have a plaque with their name on it on display in the National Amphibian Conservation Center. The winner will also receive a family membership to the Detroit Zoo.