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The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center's Ryan Carroll says he's on track to collect 10 tons of leftover Halloween pumpkins as food for the center's animals. (Zac Gooch/KTUU-DT)by Channel 2 News staff
Sunday, November 1, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Pumpkins are a Halloween staple, but after the holiday there's often a surplus -- so grocery stores like Carrs and Fred Meyer donate the pumpkins to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
Every year, Nov. 1 means a pumpkin dinner for the center's animals. The center sends a two-ton farm truck to area supermarkets after Halloween to collect leftovers.
"Oh, it's great," said the center's Ryan Carroll. "This is my second run. I've got easily 10,000 pounds so far already, and you know, we'll probably bring another 10,000 pounds. It's great, it's a lot of good nutritious food."
The remaining pumpkins are frozen and fed to the animals throughout the winter.
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