How do zoos and aquariums evacuate animals in an emergency?

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How do zoos and aquariums evacuate animals in an emergency?

A fire had broken out, putting Big Bear in its path and the small crew at the Big Bear Alpine Zoo on high alert. As zookeepers monitored the news and checked the weather, the sky darkened and the air turned putrid with the smell of smoke. “We decided within 24 hours we were going to move forward with evacuating,” zoo Curator Jessica Whiton recalled about that September day.  That decision meant that small animals and birds — who are too vulnerab…