Tasmania Zoo is struggling to meet its $2500 weekly food bill

Nick Clark
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:46am, first published April 15 2020 - 4:00am
Rjay Penney, 9, with a handful of hay as Tasmanian Zoo owner Rochelle Penney and her team Mailey Grose, Bridie Slattery, Maeghan Wealands, Roxy Penney, 13, and Ricky Penney sit on some of the 14 donated hay bales. Picture: Paul Scambler
Rjay Penney, 9, with a handful of hay as Tasmanian Zoo owner Rochelle Penney and her team Mailey Grose, Bridie Slattery, Maeghan Wealands, Roxy Penney, 13, and Ricky Penney sit on some of the 14 donated hay bales. Picture: Paul Scambler

A gesture by a Derwent Valley farmer on Monday has lifted the spirits of Tasmania Zoo owner Rochelle Penney.

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Nick Clark

Nick Clark

Journalist

I am the Supreme and Magistrates Court reporter for the Examiner for the past 18 months. My journalism career has clicked over 30 years and encompasses four different spells at Tasmanian newspapers.

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