Mayor of the Zoo

The news these last few weeks has, obviously, been dominated by the Presidential Election, which comes to its sort-of-a-conclusion tonight.  Many zoos have tried to capture their share of the election attention by staging mock mayoral elections for their animals, asking visitors to vote for which animal should be the mayor of their zoo (though really, shouldn't the animals and keepers be the ones voting?  We ask residents to vote in elections, not tourists).

Possibly it's just reinforcing the viewpoint to kids that elections are popularity contests, but whatever.  This is a stressful year.  Anything that zoos can do to snag a little attention for the animals and brighten peoples' days can't be a bad thing.

Below, from Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo:

Michigan's Saginaw Children's Zoo:

Maryland's Salisbury Zoo: