The Lake Superior Zoo is going batty next week.
A week devoted to all things bats will begin Monday as Bat Conservation International kicks off its International Year of the Bat campaign at the zoo in West Duluth.
Lake Superior Zoo is the first location in the Western Hemisphere chosen to host a Year of the Bat event. Festivities later in the year will take place at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, the Audubon Society of Portland and Zoo Atlanta.
James Eggers, director of education for Bat Conservation International, said the conservation group was attracted to the Lake Superior Zoo because of the "Buy a Pumpkin, Save a Bat" fundraiser the zoo's chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers staged during Boo at the Zoo last year.
Events during the week will include bat breakfasts, kids' activities, a bat house workshop, brown bag lectures with bat experts and nocturnal tours, culminating in an all-day bat party on Saturday, Aug. 20. Eggers also will speak at the Uncorked for Conservation beer and wine tasting event on Thursday.
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More information and a schedule of events are available at the zoo's website: www.lszoo.org .
