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Correction: Virus Outbreak-Struggling Zoos story

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In a story August 1, 2020, about zoos struggling financially because of the pandemic, The Associated Press erroneously reported the Oakland Zoo spends $55,000 a day to feed the animals. The zoo spends $55,000 a month to feed the animals.

A female Steller sea lion pup, sticks close to her mother, Mara, at the Alaska SeaLife Center, July 6, 2020, in Seward, Alaska. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Three-quarters of past visitors to the Alaska SeaLife Center, an aquarium and research center that runs Alaska's only marine mammal rescue program, have been tourists who arrive by plane or cruise ship. With most cruises canceled, there are few people to see the octopus, and the site's rare Steller sea lions. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP) The Associated Press
A visitor passes an Alaska SeaLife Center aquarium on July 6, 2020, in Seward, Alaska. Three-quarters of past visitors to the Alaska SeaLife Center, an aquarium and research center that runs Alaska's only marine mammal rescue program, have been tourists who arrive by plane or cruise ship. With most cruises canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are few people to see the octopus, and the site's rare Steller sea lions. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP) The Associated Press
Zookeepers perform a routine examination of flamingos at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., on April 14, 2020. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet animals still need expensive care and food, meaning the closures that began in March, the start of the busiest season for most animal parks, have left many of the facilities in dire financial straits. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
A masked zoo worker watches over giraffes at feeding time at the Oakland Zoo on July 2, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet animals still need expensive care and food, meaning the closures that began in March, the start of the busiest season for most animal parks, have left many of the facilities in dire financial straits. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
Dr. Joel Parrott, President and CEO of the Oakland Zoo, talks about the struggles the zoo has faced in the coronavirus threat during an interview in Oakland, Calif., on April 14, 2020. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. "We have already lost the bulk of our summer revenue and are living off whatever reserves we have left, but they are going to run out at some point," said Parrott. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
A zookeeper feeds an elephant an enrichment treat at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., on April 14, 2020. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet animals still need expensive care and food, meaning the closures that began in March, the start of the busiest season for most animal parks, have left many of the facilities in dire financial straits. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
A bear swims in his habitat at the Oakland Zoo on July 2, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet animals still need expensive care and food, meaning the closures that began in March, the start of the busiest season for most animal parks, have left many of the facilities in dire financial straits. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
Zoo worker Alyssa Watt feeds camels at the Oakland Zoo, July 2, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet animals still need expensive care and food, meaning the closures that began in March, the start of the busiest season for most animal parks, have left many of the facilities in dire financial straits. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
A chimpanzee peers out of enclosure behind a sign displaying the species is vulnerable to Covid-19 at the Oakland Zoo on July 2, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet animals still need expensive care and food, meaning the closures that began in March, the start of the busiest season for most animal parks, have left many of the facilities in dire financial straits. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) The Associated Press
The Alaska SeaLife Center, lower left, seen on July 6, 2020, in downtown Seward, Alaska. Zoos and aquariums from Florida to Alaska are struggling financially because of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. three-quarters of past visitors to the Alaska SeaLife Center, an aquarium and research center that runs Alaska's only marine mammal rescue program, have been tourists who arrive by plane or cruise ship. With most cruises canceled, there are few people to see the octopus, and the site's rare Steller sea lions. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP) The Associated Press
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