Hundreds of families flock to Montreal’s Ecomuseum Zoo for annual Easter tradition
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Hundreds of families are flocking to the Ecomuseum this weekend, for an annual Easter tradition to celebrate spring and take part in games and several activities.
Hundreds of families are flocking to the Ecomuseum in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue this weekend for an annual Easter tradition, celebrating spring and taking part in games and activities for children.
This weekend, organizers expected more people than usual because of the nice weather
“For the entire weekend we hope to have thousands of people,” spokesperson Sarah Prince-Robin tells Global News.
According to her, on Saturday alone they had two thousand visitors.
“We recommend for you to buy tickets online,” she advises. “But really, no worries. We are all organized to make sure that everything is smooth.”
The Ecomuseum’s aim for the weekend, however, was less about staff dressed in bunny suits and giving free chocolate, and more about issues concerning the wild creatures living at the zoo.
“If you don’t understand why you should worry about a groundhog, or a moose and how they relate to you, that’s when the understanding of environmental issues becomes more difficult,” executive director David Rodrigue explains, adding that education is at the heart of any activity they host.
The purpose, he says, is to get people close to the hundred native species of animals at the zoo, so visitors become more interested in learning about the environment and how the actions of some animals, including that of humans, affect other creatures.
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