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Egyptian fruit bats inhabit new home at zoo
Boy Scout builds cage for North Georgia Zoo and Petting Farm in Cleveland
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North Georgia Zoo and Petting Farm senior keeper Rachel Heck shows off a young Egyptian fruit bats. He and his fellow bats are living in a new enclosure at the zoo thanks to a Boy Scout. - photo by CHARLES OLSEN
Boy Scout Grant Randolph was nearing the cusp of earning his Eagle Scout ranking. All he needed was a worthwhile project to perform for a nonprofit organization. The 15-year-old Woodstock teen found it during a family trip to the North Georgia Zoo and Petting Farm in Cleveland.