纽约州：罗切斯特塞内卡公园动物园1.35亿美元热带综合馆动工，州政府出资4250万美元、2029年底完工
纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）10月27日宣布，位于纽约州门罗县罗切斯特市的塞内卡公园动物园（Seneca Park Zoo）总投资1.35亿美元的改造项目正式动工，核心是一座全新的「热带综合馆」（Tropics Complex），预计2029年底完工；纽约州为该项目提供4250万美元支持。
热带综合馆将包含热带雨林、热带岛屿栖息地与太平洋珊瑚礁栖息地展区，以及教育空间、活动空间、行政办公室和新的动物园礼品店。馆内将设置总量6万加仑的水生栖息系统，包括一个3万加仑的亚马逊河水槽、科莫多巨蜥池、马达加斯加丽鱼缸、珊瑚礁缸和鲨鱼触摸池；计划引进的物种包括红毛猩猩、狐猴、合趾猿、珊瑚猫鲨、亚马逊鱼类与鳐鱼、水母和北太平洋巨型章鱼。
项目资金由多方共同承担：除州政府4250万美元外，门罗县投入6760万美元，州历史保护办公室投入190万美元，塞内卡公园动物园协会承诺再筹集2300万美元。霍楚尔早在2022年3月即首次宣布州政府的这笔支持。今年正值门罗县公园系统成立100周年。
塞内卡公园动物园建于1894年，现有90多个物种，每年接待逾35万名游客，会员家庭逾14000户，是该地区第二大旅游景点。霍楚尔说：「130多年来，塞内卡公园动物园一直是本地区历史的重要组成部分。这项公私合资的变革性工程将确保这一传统延续下去。」门罗县县长亚当·J·贝洛（Adam J. Bello）称动工是动物园的「里程碑式飞跃」；动物园协会总裁兼首席执行官帕梅拉·里德·桑切斯（Pamela Reed Sanchez）称这是该园历史上最具变革性的项目。州长办公室还表示，去年纽约州接待游客达创纪录的3.21亿人次，游客直接消费逾970亿美元、总经济影响1520亿美元，旅游业支撑着全州九分之一的就业。
New York: Governor Hochul Marks Groundbreaking for $135 Million Project at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on October 27 the groundbreaking of a $135 million transformational project at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, anchored by a new Tropics Complex Exhibit building scheduled for completion in late 2029, with $42.5 million in state support.
The Tropics Complex will include Tropical Forest, Tropical Island Habitats and Pacific Reef Habitats exhibits, education space, event space, administrative offices and a new zoo gift shop. It will house 60,000 gallons of aquatic habitats, including a 30,000-gallon Amazon River tank, a komodo dragon pool, a Madagascar cichlid tank, a coral reef tank and a shark touch tank. Anticipated species include orangutans, lemurs, siamangs, coral cat sharks, Amazon fish and rays, jellyfish and giant Pacific octopus.
Funding comes from several partners: alongside the state's $42.5 million, first announced by Hochul in March 2022, Monroe County is investing $67.6 million, the State Historic Preservation Office has committed $1.9 million, and the Seneca Park Zoo Society has committed to raising an additional $23 million. The groundbreaking comes as Monroe County celebrates the 100th anniversary of its county parks system.
Seneca Park Zoo, established in 1894 and home to more than 90 species, draws more than 350,000 visitors a year and supports over 14,000 member households, making it the region's second-biggest tourist attraction. "For more than 130 years, the Seneca Park Zoo has been an important part of the region's history, educating and entertaining hundreds of thousands of visitors and residents alike," Hochul said. "Through this public-privately funded transformative project, we will ensure that tradition continues." Monroe County Executive Adam J. Bello called the groundbreaking a monumental leap for the zoo, and Zoo Society President and CEO Pamela Reed Sanchez called it the most transformative project in the zoo's history. The Governor's Office noted that New York welcomed a record 321 million visitors last year, generating more than $97 billion in direct spending and $152 billion in total economic impact, with tourism supporting one in nine jobs statewide.
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图片来源：塞内卡公园动物园入口（资料图）。CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The entrance to Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, New York (file photo). CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
