Jay Pratte

It takes a lot to preserve rare and endangered animals. The Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington is part of several Saving Animals From Extinction or SAFE programs, what used to be called species survival efforts.

For a few months, announcements of animal deaths at Miller Park Zoo seemed to come back-to-back. But the director says these announcements were an intentional act of transparency aimed at letting the public know what's happening at the zoo.