CBS 2 Chicago WBBM-TV: Funds Raised To Keep Zoo Animals In New Orleans

CBS 2 Chicago WBBM-TV: Funds Raised To Keep Zoo Animals In New Orleans: "Funds Raised To Keep Zoo Animals In New Orleans

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(AP) CHICAGO New Orleans' Audubon Nature Institute Ron Forman says he's prepared to raise private funds so that 5,000 animals and a pared-down staff of about 100 can remain at the zoo while the city is rebuilt.

Forman was in Chicago Wednesday for the annual conference of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. He said the effort to keep New Orleans' zoo open could cost $25 million the first six months. "