Pittsburgh Zoo Receives Mystery $10 Million Donation, Plans New Exhibits

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By Annelise Hanson Click here for updates on this story    PITTSBURGH (WTAE) -- The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium has announced a

Pittsburgh Zoo receives mystery $10 million donation, plans new exhibits

By Annelise Hanson Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium has announced a record-breaking $10 million gift from anonymous donors. This donation marks the largest single gift in the zoo’s history. “It’s the largest gift ever of $10 million that’s really just going to propel our zoo into the future,” said Jeremy Goodman, the zoo’s CEO and president. Goodman called the gift transformative, notin…

Anonymous record donation a ‘tremendous gift’ for Pa. zoo

A Pennsylvania zoo has received a “transformative” $10 million donation, the largest in the zoo’s history.

Largest Pittsburgh Zoo donation to help pay for new giraffe barn, Indonesian animal exhibit

“For someone to believe in our institution and mission to make such a donation was touching and further demonstrates the impact we are having on our community.”

Pittsburgh Zoo just got a $10 million boost to transform its future

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium received its largest-ever donation, to build a new giraffe barn, launch Expedition Indonesia, and kickstart a 20-year reimagining of the Zoo.

Pittsburgh Zoo Receives Record Donation

Officials with the Pittsburgh Zoo say they’ve received the largest donation the zoo has ever received.  They say the ten-million dollar gift came from an anonymous donor and will go toward construction of a giraffe barn and an immersive Indonesian animal habitat.  The giraffe barn will feature a catwalk that will allow visitors to get up close to giraffes.  The Indonesian habitat will house Malaysian tapirs and orangutans.