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Published November 18, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Lake Superior Zoo


Common white-tailed deer, considered a pest in many areas of Duluth, are exhibited at the Lake Superior Zoo. Removing the deer from the zoo and concentrating on less familiar animals is one idea that has been floated for the zoo’s future. The zoo is hosting a master plan open house from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 18. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com

  • Common white-tailed deer, considered a pest in many areas of Duluth, are exhibited at the Lake Superior Zoo. Removing the deer from the zoo and concentrating on less familiar animals is one idea that has been floated for the zoo’s future. The zoo is hosting a master plan open house from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 18. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
  • Jordyn Sershon, 3, covers her dad Jim’s eyes to spare him the sight of a Lake Superior Zoo employee working with a  red tailed hawk Tuesday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A Kodiak bear at the Lake Superior Zoo. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A free-ranging peacock emerges from behind a shrub at the Lake Superior Zoo. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Berlin, the Lake Superior Zoo's polar bear, is reflected in a pond in the Polar Shores exhibit.(Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A harbor seal swims past a red oak leaf in the Polar Shores exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)