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===2013 flooding=== The Calgary area suffered extensive flooding in June 2013 resulting in over $50 million in damage to the island section of the Calgary Zoo and parts of its Canadian Wild zone (see [[2013 Alberta floods]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Flood-ravaged Calgary Zoo laying off almost 300 staff |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/flood-ravaged-calgary-zoo-laying-off-almost-300-staff-1.1349961 |work=CBC News |date=2013-07-04 |access-date=2017-05-26}}</ref> In a 12-hour period, with flood waters rising, zoo staff managed to move 140 animals to higher ground.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flood at the Zoo: The inside story |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/flood-at-the-calgary-zoo-the-inside-story |work=Calgary Herald |date=2013-11-22 |access-date=2017-05-26}}</ref> In the end, the only animals lost were a number of [[fish]], two [[peacock]]s, and a [[pot-bellied pig]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=Damien |title=Peacock, fish die in Calgary Zoo flooding |url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/06/24/peacock-fish-die-in-calgary-zoo-flooding |work=Calgary Sun |date=2013-06-23 |access-date=2013-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114311/http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/06/24/peacock-fish-die-in-calgary-zoo-flooding |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The zoo was closed for most of July 2013; the northern 60 acres of the zoo reopened to the public for August through November. The zoo fully reopened in November 2013<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calgary-zoo-reopens-after-junes-devastating-flood-damage/article15656742/ | title=Calgary Zoo reopens after June's devastating flood damage | first=Bill | last=Graveland | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=28 November 2013 | access-date=11 October 2020 }}</ref> with new animals, exhibits, and features unveiled in 2014, including [[mandrill]]s and [[Komodo dragon]]s.
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