Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Even after many parks reopened, attendance has remained low as people choose to stay home and avoid crowds.
SAN FRANCISCO — Since the coronavirus pandemic began keeping visitors at home, the jaguars and chimpanzees at the Oakland Zoo have enjoyed the quiet, venturing out to areas of their exhibits they usually avoid.
The Oakland Zoo has laid off more than 100 employees, primarily those who work with guests. Another 200 who care for animals and provide veterinary services and safety for the public and animals are still working and represent part of the zoo’s $1.2 million a month in costs, Parrott said. Dino Ferri, president of the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Garden, said he wakes up at night trying to figure out how he will make up the $1.5 million his park lost during its two-month closure that ended in May. Normally those are the busiest months for the zoo, which depends on visitors for 80% of its revenue.The Sanford, Florida, zoo is home to 350 animals and is visited by 40,000 school kids each year.
“We’re looking at cutting our education department and at more salary reductions across the board, more layoffs,” Ferri said. “We just have to keep trying to stop the bleed.”
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