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Unsold Christmas trees become food, toys at the zoo
Web Posted: 12/27/2006 10:20 PM CST
Scott Huddleston
Express-News
Christmas finally came Wednesday for Alport and Lucky, but not in the form of gifts under the tree.
The two full-grown elephants at the San Antonio Zoo got the tree itself. Several trees, in fact.
Using their trunks to smell, then lift, the girls began munching — not mulching — the firs and pines in their enclosure.
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In recent years, Holiday Hills Christmas Trees has donated unsold trees as a form of enrichment, or stimulation, for zoo animals. This year, the Salem, Ore., tree dealer sold about 15,000 trees in South Texas. It gave 200 unsold trees to the zoo, which will use them as a treat for its animals for about 10 days.