Como Friends hits $50M in donations after 24 years of support for zoo
The zoo reports generating more than $200 million in economic impact on the region, and providing more than 2,000 jobs.
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The zoo reports generating more than $200 million in economic impact on the region, and providing more than 2,000 jobs.
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Twenty hand-painted sea lion statues will start to appear around the Twin Cities to celebrate the return of Sparky the Sea Lion shows at Como Zoo.
The show was reimagined in a new-and-improved habitat.
Born at Como Zoo in the early 1990s, CC entertained and educated millions of people between 2002 and 2015 as the titular — and first female — star of the “Sparky Show,” which debuted in 1956 when trainer Archie Brand settled his traveling sea lion show at the city-owned zoo.