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North Georgia Zoo working to repair roadway, property
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Steven Wassing of The North Georgia Zoo in Cleveland puts dry hay inside the animals’ shelters after heavy rains flooded the petting zoo twice this week. Some animals had to be moved to higher ground and footbridges were damaged around the park.
Helping the animals survive the flood didn’t require a boat this time, but it did involve eight staff members scrambling in the pouring rain to move about 20 creatures to higher ground. Water rose quickly over the weekend at the North Georgia Zoo in Cleveland as another summer rainstorm hit. “It created a major flash flood. ... So it happened really fast and it ended really fast,” zoo director Hope Bennett said.