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Wildlife Rescue & Born To Be Wild At Saint Louis Science Center

The Saint Louis Science Center has an exhibition and is showing a documentary film about wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

Host Steve Potter talks with David Lickley, the director of Born to be Wild, about the film on orphaned orangutans and elephants and the people who rescue them.  Steve also talks with Bert Vescolani, the President and CEO of the Saint Louis Science Center, about the Wildlife Rescue Exhibition.

The exhibition includes educational and interactive activities about how endangered species are captured, raised and released.

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Saint Louis Science Center's OMNIMAX Theatre

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