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Newt's zoo adventure

Published: January 11, 2012

(Tuesday -- 04/27/2010 -- Columbia, S.C. -- PHOTOGRAPH BY Rich Glickstein/rglickstein@thestate.com) - Composting at the zoo? Why not? Elephants, giraffes and zebras contribute to the Riverbanks Zoo's "comPOOst" operation. John Davis, curator of mammals, manages the comPOOst operation at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Elephants Belle, right, and Petunia wait for feeding time in the elephant enclosure. Photograph by Rich Glickstein/rglickstein@thestate.com

Rich Glickstein/rglickstein@thes — Rich Glickstein/rglickstein@thes

Newt Gingrich was supposed to go to the zoo tonight.

The former House speaker was slated to talk with CNN talk show host Piers Morgan from the Greenville Zoo before weather forced a change of plans, The Greenville News reported.

The interview will be shot instead from the Roper Mountain Science Center.

Apparently, Gingrich loves zoos and lists his favorites on one of his websites.

Unfortunately, he doesn't include one in South Carolina -- though Atlanta and North Carolina make his list.

An elephant at the Riverbanks Zoo declined comment today but asked where Rick Santorum was visiting today.

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