The strike that closed Toronto Zoo for five weeks last spring cost the city-owned attraction $4 million and 280,000 visitors. The startling figures are in a routine report on attendance and revenue going to the zoo’s board of management Thursday. Even after the zoo re-opened, attendance was down 62,125 children because schools had cancelled planned visits for groups and camps. Toronto taxpayers subsidized the zoo to the tune of about $12 million last year. “It’s always awkward coming back to work after a labour dispute but we all care about the animals and I think most people understand we were fighting more with city hall,” than zoo management, she said.

Source: thestar September 28, 2017 12:33 UTC