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Michael Sawaya

President & CEO of the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, previously CEO of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Oct 16, 2026

4:27
like me making a fool out of
4:28
themselves.
4:30
All in good fun.
4:32
Our trees are dressed up like mummies.
4:34
Our skeletons are sitting on benches.
4:37
We have a lot of Halloween-themed activities and games.
4:40
And even our animals are in the spirit.
5:53
So what's new at the zoo?
6:12
If you don't come out here for a while, sometimes you, you'll look around and say, "Wh- what happened? Where, where did this go? Where did that go? Well, that used to be here, now it's over there, because we got this new thing over here." So what's new at the zoo?
6:25
You know, a few weeks ago, we introduced the, uh, Wonders of Nature Express Train.
6:31
You know, we had a, a, another train for many years and it finally reached its usable life, so we have a great, great new train.
6:36
Goes all the way throughout the zoo, through all parts of it.
6:40
Our lion cubs, I used to say they were baby cubs, but now they're full-grown practically.
6:44
Uh, it's just fun to see them all interacting in their exhibit.
6:48
We have four new baby capybara in the Jaguar Jungle area.
6:52
Oh, really?

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