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						<p>The Houston Zoo’s leadership team has been monitoring the path of Hurricane Harvey, and has made the decision to close the zoo Friday, August 25 through Sunday, August 27. The safety of team members, guests and animals is the zoo’s top priority, and the leadership team made this decision with that in mind. The decision on whether the zoo will reopen on Monday, August 28 will be made as the weather event continues.</p>
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What is it?</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156450312277526_10156450318232526" data-cff-comment-date="7   "><p >I love pangolins! Wish we had some at Houston zoo. They're so interesting!</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156450312277526_10156450733877526" data-cff-comment-date="5   "><p >Thanks Lauren St.Pierre !</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156450312277526_10156450677802526" data-cff-comment-date="5   "><p >Great job Elisa Panjang!! 💕</p></div></div></div></div><div class="cff-item cff-link-item author-houston-zoo cff-houstonzoo cff-new" id="cff_15008187525_10156449356962526" data-cff-timestamp="1518792231" data-object-id="" data-cff-from="15008187525" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; "><div class="cff-author"><div class="cff-author-text"><span class="cff-page-name"><a href="https://facebook.com/15008187525" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >Houston Zoo</a><span class="cff-story"> </span></span></div><div class="cff-author-img"><a href="https://facebook.com/15008187525" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ><img src="https://graph.facebook.com/15008187525/picture?type=square" title="Houston Zoo" alt="Houston Zoo" width=40 height=40></a></div></div><p class="cff-post-text" ><span class="cff-text" data-color="">We have a wildlife hero in our midst! 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class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446352092526" data-cff-comment-date="2   "><p >Hi this is cool.</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446385137526" data-cff-comment-date="2   "><p >Wish we were back. 🦓</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156450400877526" data-cff-comment-date="7   "><p >Thanks for sharing this</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446364437526" data-cff-comment-date="2   "><p >It's very interesting....cool</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446362412526" data-cff-comment-date="2   "><p >Cool</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446352367526" data-cff-comment-date="2   "><p >How old is he?</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446354877526" data-cff-comment-date="2   "><p >Very interesting.</p></div><div class="cff-comment"  id="cff_10156446330792526_10156446353407526" 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