In Palm Beach County, the third week in July will now be known as National Zookeeper Week.
That’s after county commissioners approved a proclamation earlier this month honoring the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in West Palm Beach for its overall wildlife conservation efforts.
That includes work the zoo says it’s doing to help save endangered species like the Florida Panther, of which there are around 200 in the wild, up from around “20-30 in the early 1970s,” said Renee Bumpus, the Chief Animal Conservation Officer…