By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
GREAT BEND — The hot days of July have arrived. Temperatures are expected to be in
the 90s or close to 100 for the next week in the Golden Belt.
Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo Curator Ashley Burdick said zoo staff is extra
careful and attentive to their animals’ needs during this heat.
"A lot of the animals have lived here most of their lives so they're
kind of accustomed to it," said Burdick. "When we have that extreme heat
for several days in a row and it does not cool down at night, that's
when it gets dangerous. For instance, our Arctic foxes are not built for
as hot as it has been so they're one we're really careful with."
The zoo recently posted a video on social media of staff spraying the grizzly
bears with water to cool them down.