Things are going pretty well at the Topeka Zoo, says zoo director Brendan Wiley.
That is one reason why this is a good time for city officials to discuss potentially privatizing the zoo’s operations under the direction of the nonprofit Friends of the Topeka Zoo, Wiley said this past week.
The zoo’s staffing wouldn’t change if that happened, he said. The facility would simply operate under a different governance model, which would accommodate growth without the risk of putting an additional burden on taxpayers.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)