The San Diego Zoo is visiting Loma Linda University Health this coming Wednesday, May 15, and bringing some furry and feathered friends to promote the zoo’s newest exhibit, the Conrad Prebys Australian Outback.
San Diego Zoo Ambassador Rick Schwartz will give a presentation with Australian animals to promote the new exhibit that opens at the zoo on Memorial Day weekend.
Scheduled to come are animals such as a koala, red kangaroo, kookaburra, blue-tongued skink, and cane toad.
Australian Outback will be a new home for the zoo’s 22 Queensland koalas, the largest colony outside of Australia. The three-acre exhibit will include other Australian marsupials such as wombats as well as aviaries filled with Australian birds.
WHEN: May 15, 2013, noon to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Loma Linda University campus mall between University Church and Prince Hall.
COST: This is a free, public event.