米诺特罗斯福公园动物园破例 五年级女生圆梦亲近树懒海伦
11月8日，北达科他州米诺特市罗斯福公园动物园为一名五年级女生破例，放宽了动物亲密互动的年龄限制，让她实现了与树懒见面的梦想。
这名叫萨迪·克拉夫特的小学生一直梦想见到树懒海伦，动物园方面不仅放宽了通常要求参与者年满14岁的规定，还免费赠送了这次体验活动。海伦自2020年起生活在罗斯福公园动物园，2024年起担任动物大使，曾在园内成人活动上亮相。动物园方面表示，这次特别安排让孩子与她最喜欢的动物近距离接触，对全家人都是一次难忘的经历。
罗斯福公园动物园是米诺特市的社区动物园，长期开展动物大使与公众教育项目，通过安排游客与动物互动，普及野生动物保护知识。园方表示，今后仍会根据具体情况评估类似的特别申请，让更多孩子有机会亲近动物、了解自然。
（来源：Parade杂志）
Minot Zoo Lifts Age Limit So a Fifth-Grader Could Meet Helen the Sloth
The Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, North Dakota, made an exception on November 8, waiving its age limit for close animal encounters so a fifth-grade girl could live out her dream of meeting a sloth.
Sadie Kraft, an elementary school student, had long dreamed of meeting Helen the sloth. The zoo not only relaxed its usual rule requiring participants to be at least 14, it also gifted the encounter free of charge. Helen has lived at Roosevelt Park Zoo since 2020 and has served as an animal ambassador since 2024, appearing at adults' events at the zoo. The zoo said the special arrangement let the girl get close to her favorite animal and gave the whole family an unforgettable experience.
Roosevelt Park Zoo is Minot's community zoo, running animal-ambassador and public education programs that use visitor-animal encounters to teach wildlife conservation. The zoo said it will keep evaluating similar special requests case by case so more children can meet animals and learn about nature.
(Source: Parade)
来源：Parade杂志
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