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Admission to Duluth's Lake Superior Zoo is 

 and damaged buildings and grounds, including the train depot and playground area.

A few days after the flood MPR News reporter Madeleine Baran 

 for the zoo animals that escaped the during the deluge.

The polar bear and two seals, Feisty and Vivian, were transported to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory. 

 at the Zoo in March.  Feisty remains at the zoo.

Meanwhile the Duluth zoo’s polar bear has been 

Among the 11 animals killed in the flood were sheep, goats and a donkey. The zoo has 

brought in many new animals since the flood

.  Darla, a miniature horse and the only zoo barnyard survivor, has some new neighbors, including:

A year after torrential rains produced widespread flooding in the Duluth area, the city's Zoo is still recovering.

The Lake Superior Zoo is in a low-lying area of the city, and director of zoo operations Peter Pruett told Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer that about a third of the zoo's facilities were affected by the flooding.

Pruett said he knew the situation was serious when he got a call in the middle of the night that a seal was on the street outside the zoo. He thought it was a prank call.

"No way on earth that a harbor seal could be on Grand Avenue," he said.   "It takes me about three minutes to get to work and the whole way down there, I'm thinking this is not right. And then, sure enough, there she was."

Pruett said the zoo is planning upgrades to its facilities.

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Admission to Duluth’s Lake Superior Zoo is free today, a year after a devastating flood  killed 11 zoo animals and damaged buildings and grounds, including the train depot and playground area. A few days after the flood MPR News reporter Madeleine Baran described the frantic search for the zoo animals that escaped the during the deluge. As…

Duluth zoo planning upgrades a year after flood drowned animals, damaged facilities

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