It had been years since I last visited the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn. I remember going there as a young man and get lost amid all the animals and exhibitions; I could spend an entire day there and not notice the time pass by. It was kind of a refuge.
I remember there used to be bears and such in that zoo, but now goats and llamas seem to be the preferred residents. The seals still put on a great show. On my last visit however I met an animal I didn't know existed: the red panda. It looks more like a fox but it sure is a beautiful animal. Its fur is more like ochre and has a beautiful face. It has a face more like teddy bear and an elongated body, that on the day I saw, rested calmly on a
branch.
I really like visiting the zoo but I found Prospect Park zoo to be clean but lacking in exotic animals and exhibitions like the ones I saw as a kid. I noticed how the lack of money has impacted the city's parks. I hope that the economy recovers enough to once again allocated money to those places that bring us back to our childhood the way we knew it; or remember it.
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