[Chicago-talk] Lincoln Park Zoo: Adopt a Camel

jason gessner jason at multiply.org
Fri Aug 18 12:39:12 PDT 2006


$25 from me as well.

-jason

brian d foy wrote:
> For a measly $500, Chicago.pm can adopt the Camel at the Lincoln Park
> Zoo. It's a Bactrian (the two-humped sort), not the Dromedary on the
> front of Programming perl, but hey, it's a Camel.
>
> I already donate to the zoo, so I could just about cover most of this
> myself with what I already give them, but I figured I'd make it a
> group thing.
>
> With $500, we'll get a special zoo tour and animal encounter (in this
> case, may involve spitting) for up to 40 people, scads of swag, a nice
> 8x10 photo of the adopted camel (suitable for a website), our group
> name in the annual report of the zoo, and so on and so on.
>
> http://www.lpzoo.com/support/adopt/groupadopt.html
>
> For an extra $11.25, we can get a mascot:
>
> https://orderchannel.lpzoo.org/Shop/English/Desk/ProductDetails.aspx?Product=20064&Time=113024
>
> Although they have the Dromedary too:
>
> https://orderchannel.lpzoo.org/Shop/English/Desk/ProductDetails.aspx?Product=20110&Time=113221
>
> So far, the only other group to adopt the Camel is Franklin Community
> H.S. Animal Conservation 104, but they also adopted a tortoise and a
> fox, so I don't think they really care that much about the animal.
> Besides, we can kick their ass if it came down to a street fight, I
> bet.
>
> http://www.lpzoo.com/support/adopt/adopters.html
>
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