Zoo supporters campaigning for bond


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Hogle Zoo officials are hopeful that voters will be willing to support a $33 million bond for Salt Lake City's animal park.

And just in case, the zoo is campaigning hard before the election Nov. 4.

The Utah Zoological Association spent more than $180,000 to get the bond issue on the ballot.

Supporters say it would cost the average Salt Lake County homeowner 39 cents a month. The bond would provide $33 million over 20 years for the 77-year old zoo at the mouth of Emigration Canyon.

A spokesman for the Utah Taxpayers Association says with the slumping economy, it probably isn't the right time to ask voters for more public money.

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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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