Contact: Melinda Arnold, Public Relations Director
417-833-1570 (office) or 417-848-0162 (cell)
marnold@dickersonparkzoo.org

For immediate release: August 11, 2009 

Feast with the Beasts at the Zoo

Springfield, Mo. - Have breakfast with the beasts from 7 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at Dickerson Park Zoo during the 11th annual \"Pancakes in the Park.\"

Village Inn Restaurants will prepare a pancake and sausage breakfast at the zoo\'s Bush Country Café. Breakfast also includes your choice of coffee, juice, or milk.

Breakfast is $5 for adults and teens and $4 for children age 12 and younger. FOZ members receive a $1 discount per person on breakfast.

Zoo admission will also be charged during Pancakes in the Park. Special \"Early bird\" admission from 7 to 9 a.m. will be $2 off regular zoo admission. FOZ member families receive free zoo admission every day. Pancakes in the Park is presented by Village Inn Restaurants, Star 105.1FM and Friends of the Zoo.

Dickerson Park Zoo is open daily during the summer, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., including all summer holidays. Admission is $7 for adults and teens, $5 for children ages 3-12 and free for children age two and younger and Friends of the Zoo members. Friends of the Zoo memberships are $65 for an annual pass. For more information on zoo hours, events and education programs, visit www.dickersonparkzoo.org, or call 417-864-1800.

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Dickerson Park Zoo is a division of the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and is accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA).With its more than 200 accredited members, AZA is a leader in global wildlife conservation and your link to helping animals in their native habitats.