Stampede returning to Miller Park Zoo

Posted on January 9, 2025
Miller Park Zoo. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)

By WMBD TV

BLOOMINGTON – An annual fundraising event benefiting the Miller Park Zoo will be returning in March.

The Miller Park Zoo Stampede, which includes a 5-kilometer run, a 3-kilometer walk and a quarter-mile fun run event, will return to the park on March 1, The Miller Park Zoological Society announced.

Those who sign up will get the chance to run or walk around Miller Park and the surrounding area, ending at the Zoo.

All money raised by the race will go towards building a new exhibit in the zoo’s tropical rain forest exhibit for a Linne’s two-toed sloth.

“Sloths are slow-moving tree dwellers from Central and South America. They are wonderful animal ambassadors for zoos and are often visitor favorites,” Paula Pratt, Zoological Society Development Director, said. “We are excited to see sloths return to the zoo’s collection and to support the zoo in its critical conservation initiatives.”  

More information on the races and where to register is available on the zoo’s website.

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