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Columbus Zoo Begins Furloughing Workers

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published April 29, 2020 at 5:13 AM EDT
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The Columbus Zoo is furloughing 29 workers and eliminating 33 non-animal care positions due to financial problems resulting from COVID-19 restrictions.  

The Zoo has been closed since March 16 and hopes to reopen this summer.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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