COMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION D/B/A ZOO NEW ENGLAND

GUEST SERVICESIN FY 24, ZOO NEW ENGLAND'S DAYTIME ATTENDANCE REACHED 756,054 VISITORS, AN INCREASE OF 27,085 VISITORS COMPARED TO 728,969 IN FY 23. STONE ZOO'S DAYTIME ATTENDANCE REACHED 293,691 VISITORS, AN INCREASE OF 6,349 FROM 287,342 IN FY 23. TOTAL FY 24 ATTENDANCE FOR ZOOLIGHTS (STONE ZOO' EVENING HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW, WHICH OPERATES PRIMARILY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER) WAS 87,034, AN INCREASE OF 2,426 VISITORS COMPARED TO 84,608 IN FY 23. TOTAL FY 24 ATTENDANCE FOR BOSTON LIGHTS: A LANTERN EXPERIENCE (FRANKLIN PARK ZOO' EVENING SUMMER/FALL LANTERN EXPERIENCE) WAS 156,996, A DECREASE OF 29,892 COMPARED TO 186,888 IN FY 23. THIS DECREASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXTREMELY RAINY WEATHER THAT WAS EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW' RUN. TOTAL OVERALL ATTENDANCE, INCLUSIVE OF ZOOLIGHTS AND BOSTON LIGHTS IN FY 24, WAS 1,000,084, A DECREASE OF 381 VISITORS COMPARED TO 1,000,465 IN FY 23.

ANIMAL CARE & EXHIBITS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, FRANKLIN PARK ZOO FEATURES 79 PUBLIC ANIMAL HABITATS AND STONE ZOO FEATURES 53. ZOO NEW ENGLAND IS HOME TO 1,464 ANIMALS REPRESENTING 190 SPECIES. DURING FY 24, SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS AT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO INCLUDED BIRD SPECIES SUCH AS BLACKNAPED FRUIT DOVE, SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER, RED-CRESTED TURACO, HADADA IBIS, BOAT-BILLED HERON, SUNBITTERN, KEA, RED SISKIN, AND VIOLET TURACO, MAMMALS INCLUDING COTTON-TOP TAMARIN, AFRICAN WILD DOG, AND NYALA, AND INVERTEBRATES SUCH AS THE FLORIDA IVORY MILLIPEDE, EMPEROR SCORPION, BLUE BABOON TARANTULA AND SUN BEETLE. AT STONE ZOO, SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS INCLUDED COTTON-TOP TAMARIN, RED-RUMPED AGOUTI, NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER, SPINY-TAILED IGUANA AND CHUCKWALLA.NOTABLE BIRTHS AND HATCHES AT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO INCLUDED SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER, YELLOW-BILLED STORK, LAUGHING KOOKABURRA, WATTLED CRANE, HARTMANN'S MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, AND MASAI GIRAFFE. AT STONE ZOO, SIGNIFICANT BIRTHS INCLUDED LINNE'S TWO-TOED SLOTH, EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS, AND PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE.