Ethics

Cincy Zoo Ends Promo with Creation Museum

By Ed Brayton

The Cincinnati Zoo has pulled out of a promotional deal they had with the Creation Museum in the area. They were offering a 2-for-1 package for those who wanted to go to both the zoo and the creation museum, but caught a huge amount of flak for it from scientists for helping promote an anti-science institution.

The Cincinnati Zoo and the Creation Museum launched a joint promotional deal last week to draw attention to their holiday attractions.

It worked, but not the way zoo and museum officials had hoped.

The zoo pulled out of the deal Monday after receiving dozens of angry calls and e-mails about the partnership, which offered reduced prices to anyone who bought tickets to the zoo's Festival of Lights and the museum's Christmas celebration, Bethlehem's Blessing.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).