BP MARKOWITZ “HOPS TO IT” AND OFFICIALLY UNVEILS NAME FOR PROSPECT PARK’S BABY KANGAROO |
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(left to right): Allison Make, contest winner; Denise McClean, Director of the Prospect Park Zoo; Ellen Salpeter, Director of Heart of Brooklyn; Tamara Greenfield, contest runner-up; and BP Markowitz join area students at announcement |
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| Photographs by Stephen Lipuma |
In photo: Riley at her home in the Prospect Park Zoo |
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On March 28, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz made it official: the baby kangaroo at the Prospect Park Zoo is named Riley.
Standing outside Riley’s habitat at the Zoo, BP Markowitz announced the four finalists—Nari, Kylie, Kinta and Riley—before declaring the winning name. The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Heart of Brooklyn conducted an online poll and received hundreds of suggestions. The name Riley was submitted by Allison Make.
Riley is the third kangaroo to be born in Brooklyn, and the Prospect Park Zoo is the only zoo in the Northeast with western gray kangaroos.
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