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By | | Pioneer PressNearly two months after shutting its doors to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley has been forced to make staff reductions.Forty-eight employees are being laid off, according to a release from the Minnesota Zoo. They’ll also keep vacant positions open and suspend seasonal hiring, reducing the workforce by 125 positions in all.“This is a difficult week,” Minnesota Zoo director John Frawley said in a release. “This reduction is not a reflection of the work performed by our staff. This is an unfortunate result of the current pandemic.”be added to the supplemental budget for 2020-21 fiscal year to help support the Minnesota Zoo. Those funds would go toward the continued care of animals and maintaining equipment and upkeep.Since closing to the public on March 14, the staff has continued to provide care to the animals and facilities, and a number of measures have been taken to reduce costs in areas that do not affect health and safety of everyone involved.There’s no timetable on when the Minnesota Zoo will reopen.The zoo said it’s “evaluating options for reopening, although it is recognized that the experience will be different.”We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Sign up for Newsletters and AlertsFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | | Pioneer PressNearly two months after shutting its doors to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley has been forced to make staff reductions.Forty-eight employees are being laid off, according to a release from the Minnesota Zoo. They’ll also keep vacant positions open and suspend seasonal hiring, reducing the workforce by 125 positions in all.“This is a difficult week,” Minnesota Zoo director John Frawley said in a release. “This reduction is not a reflection of the work performed by our staff. This is an unfortunate result of the current pandemic.”be...

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