We purchased our firat zoo family membership in 2000. The zoo is a great educational tool. Seeing the zoo animals, ambassadors for their species, drives the conservation points home.
The new tiger exhibit is critical. It will serve as a wonderful teaching tool: 4 of the 9 tiger species are extinct. The zoo participates in national breeding programs to save endangered species, and tigers certainly need our help and protection.
I take exception that Proposition 203 passed by only 633 votes. Proposition 202 passed 52% - 47%. Many people I talked to after the election said they only voted for Proposition 202, not realizing that to support the zoo expansion as they intended, they have to vote yes for both propositions. The zoo was the only proposition that voters were willing to okay a tax increase for. As a more accurate measure of community support, how many more people would have been in favor of the zoo expansion if their taxes weren't going to increase?
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William Miller
Northwest side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
