Butterfly Pavilion nabs $20K grant to help strengthen its stick bug habitat

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Butterfly Pavilion nabs $20K grant to help strengthen its stick bug habitat

The Butterfly Pavilion was awarded almost $20,000 from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which will be used to add invertebrate habitats to the Westminster zoo. The grant will go towards improving wellbeing and adding enrichment to the habitats of the Butterfly Pavilion’s phasmids — or stick insects. The grant is part of AZA’s inaugural Animal Care and Wellbeing Grants Fund, which distributed over $200,000 of funding to AZA-accredited insti…