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Wade’s Dairy Inc. Sponsors the Big Cow at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo

5/26/2022

 
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​Big Cow Is Refreshed for the Zoo’s Centennial
 
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – May 26, 2022 –Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo welcomed back the iconic Big Cow statue from its refurbishing and repainting at CT Composites in South Windsor, Conn. Gone from its familiar spot in front of the New England Farmyard for the past month, it made the moo-ve back today in an open truck down 84 to Route 8, to the delight of drivers on those roads.
 
Doug Wade of Wade’s Dairy Inc was on hand to welcome the cow. His company stepped forward with a $5,000 donation to pay for the cow’s makeover after forty years of being loved by children at the Zoo. 

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Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s Teen Programs Clear Half Ton of Debris from the Pequonnock River

5/19/2022

 
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Teen Programs, Volunteers and Staff Help Local Conservation Efforts through River Cleanups and Salt Marsh Plantings
 
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – May 19, 2022 – Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s teen Conservation Discovery Corps (CDC) students, in combination with the teen Zoo Career Explorers, as well as volunteers and staff, have cleaned up more than one half ton of trash from the shores of the Pequonnock River.  Over the past several weeks, the group of volunteers met several times to walk the shores of the river and remove trash and debris from the waterway. 

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