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  • Location: Central ParkZoo; Willard T.C. Johnson Penguin Building, northeast façade
  • Sculptor: Frederick George Richard Roth
  • Architect: Aymar Embury II
  • Description: Bas-relief in three continuous sections
  • Materials: Indiana limestone
  • Cast: 1935
  • Dedicated: 1935
  • Inscription: [signed] F•G•R•ROTH

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Raccoons in Central Park have tested positive for canine distemper virus. Although the virus cannot be transmitted to humans, it may be transmitted to dogs. Keep your pets safe in the park.

Please avoid wildlife and make sure your pets have up-to-date distemper and rabies vaccines. Keep your pet on a leash, especially during dawn and dusk.

Please call 311 or notify an on-site Parks employee if you see a sick or injured animal.

If you are bitten, wash the wound with soap and water immediately. Call your doctor to see if you need tetanus or rabies shots, and call 311 to report the bite.

The Health Department will continue to monitor this condition.


Anticipated Completion: Summer 2018

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