Thanks to Vanderbilt, some hungry animals have a lucky Friday the 13th
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Animals at the Nashville Zoo and Walden’s Puddle recently got to partake in a little piece of Vanderbilt tradition, thanks to Vanderbilt’s Office of the Chancellor and Commencement Office.
The university donated strawberries left over from the Strawberries and Champagne celebration at Commencement to the two Nashville organizations for the third year in a row. Since fresh produce cannot be re-served or re-packaged, the donation prevented the uneaten food from being sent to a landfill. Staff from Vanderbilt’s Sustainability and Environmental Management Office organized the donation and delivery after Commencement events concluded on Friday May 13.
The Nashville Zoo shared the strawberries with their ring-tailed lemurs, red-ruffled lemurs, siamang gibbons, sulcata tortoise, giant anteater, rhino hornbill, and white-cheeked gibbon. The strawberries were enjoyed by native species at Walden’s Puddle, a wildlife rehabilitation and education facility that provides care and treatment to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife native to Tennessee.
See a video of the animals at the Nashville Zoo enjoying the strawberries here and more pictures are available here!
For more information on Vanderbilt’s Commencement, visit the Commencement website. For more information on recycling efforts or the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office, please visit the SustainVU website, contact sustainvu@vanderbilt.edu or call 322-9022.
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