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Concert To Raise Money For Tiger Habitat At South Coast Teaching Zoo

A fundraiser for the tiger habitat at Moorpark teaching zoo is taking place Friday
Moorpark College
A fundraiser for the tiger habitat at Moorpark teaching zoo is taking place Friday.

Did you know that there’s a teaching zoo in Ventura County? It's hosting a fundraiser for a new tiger habitat.

It’s billed as a concert for cats, but it’s for humans to listen to - and raising money for a habitat for cats…very big cats…tigers, to be precise – at Moorpark College, which has a teaching zoo.

The music is courtesy of John Ondrasik from the band Five For Fighting.

He told KCLU that the fundraising concert was his wife's idea, after they used to spend time visiting the zoo as a family.

Ondrasik, who had top 40 hits with Superman (It's Not Easy), and 100 years, said: "We're gonna go out and play some songs, raise some money and have a great community experience."

The concert is Friday and ticket details are here.

Caroline joined KCLU in October 2020. She won LA Press Club's Audio Journalist of the Year Award in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Since joining the station she's also won 11 Golden Mike Awards, 6 Los Angeles Press Club Awards, 4 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in Writing, Diversity and Use of Sound.

She started her broadcasting career in the UK, in both radio and television for BBC News, 95.8 Capital FM and Sky News and was awarded by Prince Philip for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

She has lived in California for eleven years and is both an American and British citizen - and a very proud mom to her daughter, Elsie.