Metro Richmond Zoo's new experience

Metro Richmond Zoo offering "The Poppy Experience" with a chance to meet the pigmy hippo
For $175 the Metro Richmond Zoo will let you wade into its pygmy hippo enclosure for an up close and personal hippo experience. Why it matters: The money gets you the chance at 30 minutes with Poppy and her mom Iris — from the secure side of a safe barrier.
Metro Richmond Zoo's new experience: Meet pygmy hippo Poppy and her mom
Metro Richmond Zoo has a new unique experience, meet-and-greet with viral pygmy hippo star Poppy and her mom, Iris.
CBS 6 visits Poppy the pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo
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Visitors at Metro Richmond Zoo can meet endangered pygmy hippo up close in new experience
The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched a new experience that allows visitors to meet Poppy, the baby endangered pygmy hippo, up close and personal.
VIEW: Pygmy hippo livestream at Metro Richmond Zoo
The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris.
‘Experience of their dreams’: Metro Richmond Zoo launches up-close visits with Poppy
On Tuesday, the Metro Richmond Zoo launched a new experience where guests can meet America’s sweetheart up close and personal.
Bird flu outbreaks spread to Va., including deaths at zoo in Richmond
Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.
Metro Richmond Zoo reports positive bird flu cases
The zoo says the birds did not live in any of its aviaries, where the public shares a common space with birds.
Metro Richmond Zoo crane that died tested positive for bird flu
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2 cranes at Metro Richmond Zoo test positive for avian flu
The two cranes passed away from the disease. The affected birds did not live in an aviary that shares a common space with the ...
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Metro Richmond Zoo launches live cam of pygmy hippos
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — After Poppy, the Metro Richmond Zoo’s newest baby pygmy hippo became a viral sensation on social media, she and her mother are now on view each day through a ...
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Metro Richmond Zoo reports positive bird flu cases, says public risk is low
Two cases of H5 bird flu have been reported at the Metro Richmond Zoo, marking the first positive test in the zoo’s 30-year ...
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Deceased Metro Richmond Zoo crane tested positive for bird flu
A deceased crane at the Metro Richmond Zoo tested positive for H5 bird flu on Thursday, while a second crane presumptively ...