Ecomuseum Zoo celebrates post-ice storm with families, visitors – Montreal | 24CA News

Families flocked to the Ecomuseum Zoo on Sunday to absorb the entire sights and sounds.

It’s laborious to think about that only a few weeks in the past, the zoo needed to shut down after April’s ice storm destroyed dozens of timber and knocked out energy for days.

“Almost 60 trees were down or had been cut so we really had to take care of all that and also secure all the pathways for the visitors,” mentioned Sarah Prince-Robin, a spokesperson for the Ecomuseum Zoo.

The day after the storm, the zoo’s group managed to safe the entire animals and began to scrub up.

Though it reopened for Easter weekend, many guests needed to cancel their plans.

So to make up for misplaced time, the ecomuseum determined to create a post-ice storm occasion on Sunday, providing up free chocolate for youths, and actions and raffles for all

“We haven’t been here yet, this is the first time this year, but I can imagine, we are in Hudson and we got hit very bad too,” mentioned Danielle Cuggy. “We can imagine that it’s been well taken care of, well cleaned up and we’re looking forward to our visit today.”

As folks visited the animals, there was nonetheless storm particles — many branches and timber lay on the grounds.

But many didn’t appear to note that, as guests younger and previous made certain to catch a glimpse of every of the animals and soak up all the pieces the zoo needed to provide.

“We enjoyed the chocolate,” mentioned Natalia Sarrasin, who was visiting the zoo together with her two toddlers. “And they could run everywhere and it’s very safe for them too. So that’s very nice.”

The ecomuseum says it’ll take a while to clear the remainder of the fallen branches and timber, however in some circumstances, the additional particles might keep.

The zoo says a number of the animals truly choose it this fashion.

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