FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Debra J. Fetterly U.S.P.S.
954-436-4451
Claudia Harden
Palm Beach Zoo
561- 214-1667
‘It’s All Happening at the (Palm Beach) Zoo’
Get Your (Tiger) Paws on Stamps and Postmarks
West Palm Beach FL — “Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo. I do believe it, I do believe it’s true.” The popular Simon and Garfunkel tune best describes an upcoming happening at the Palm Beach Zoo at 1301 Summit Blvd in West Palm Beach.
On Tuesday, November 22, zoo visitors may spend the day with the animals — and may “get their paws” on Vanishing Species stamps and a special postmark cancellation at the U.S. Postal Service’s “Tiger Cub Conservation Station.”
At 10:00 am, Robert Weiser, West Palm Beach Officer-In-Charge for the U.S. Postal Service, will dedicate an enlargement of the Vanishing Species Stamp featuring an Amur tiger cub to zoo officials gathered at the Tiger Falls Exhibit. Seven-month-old tiger cubs born at the zoo will be featured at the dedication. Postal employees will sell Vanishing Species semi-postal stamps and offer the special postmark cancellation from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the exhibit.
Semi-postal stamps are sold at 55 cents each — 11 cents above the regular First-Class Mail rate. Sales from the Vanishing Species stamps are equally divided among five Multinational Species Conservation Funds administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: African Elephant Conservation Fund, Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, Great Ape Conservation Fund, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, and Marine Turtle Conservation Fund.
The zoo sponsors conservation projects all over the world — with the majority of its work with species, including tiger cubs that are part of its collection. The Palm Beach Zoo is a non-profit zoological organization at Dreher Park and is home to more than 1,400 animals living within 23 acres of lush tropical habitat.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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