Connect Magazine
1/02/2024
When a disaster strikes zoos across the country, John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Mich., is there to help. John Ball Zoo is part of the Zoological Disaster Response, Rescue, and Recovery (ZDR3) Network, the largest zoological disaster response organization in the United States. John Ball Zoo is the second zoo in Michigan to join the ZDR3 Response Network and is on call to respond to disasters due to weather, financial difficulties, and other traumatic events.