<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0FxiZc_1FIFJdSS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0FxiZc_1FIFJdSS00" width="1200" height="600" >DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Lake Superior Zoo has a new feature that lets visitors watch zookeepers train the zoo’s tigers and cougar up close.The Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting Friday for the new “Big Cat Training Wall.”The $250,000 project allows visitors to watch zookeepers conduct training sessions with the tigers and cougar. The bigger opening also allows zoo staff to bring larger equipment into the enclosure.Maggie Waters, primary carnivore keeper at the Lake Superior Zoo, said the new opening will help enrich the animals’ environment.“Bring in bigger toys, we can install climb pools and other things that will just make their day to day more interesting,” Waters said.Noah Hobbs, executive director of the Lake Superior Zoo, said the feature helps visitors connect with the animals.“It’s really cool to see this new feature that we have that have folks foster that connection with one of our larger cats, Taj, and foster that empathy and get really close with a tiger in a way that you can’t in the wild,” Hobbs said.Visitors can see the big cat training every Friday at 2 p.m. The training sessions allow zookeepers to monitor the big cats’ health.</div></body>

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DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Lake Superior Zoo has a new feature that lets visitors watch zookeepers train the zoo’s tigers and cougar up close. The Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting Friday for the new “Big Cat Training Wall.”. The $250,000 project allows visitors...

Lake Superior Zoo debuts big cat training wall

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DULUTH, Minn. (Northern News Now) - The Lake Superior Zoo has a new feature that lets visitors watch zookeepers train the zoo’s tigers and cougar up close.

Lake Superior Zoo debuts big cat training wall

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