Zooper Saturday Featuring M&T Bank Rainforest Falls & Reptile House This Weekend

The Buffalo Zoo will hold a Zooper Saturday event this weekend, featuring the reptile house and M&T Bank Rainforest Falls.

Come in out of the cold, and warm up with your favorite animal friends in the reptile house and M&T Bank Rainforest Falls exhibit! Learn all there is to know about these exotic species from our keeper talks, feedings, enrichment activities and much more! This event is free with Zoo admission and will run from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on January 5. A full schedule of activities follows:

• 11 a.m – 3 p.m. Face painting
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. M&T Bank Rainforest Falls keeper talks & animal enrichments
• 1 p.m. Hellbender keeper talk in reptile house
• 1:30 p.m. Uromastyx encounter in reptile house
• 2 p.m. Carpet python encounter in reptile house
• 2:30 p.m. Puerto Rican crested toad encounter in reptile house
• 3 p.m. Indigo snake feeding in reptile house

The Buffalo Zoo’s reptile house is sponsored by Goya Foods.

For more information about the Zooper Saturday event, call (716) 995-6133 or visit
www.buffalozoo.org

Buffalo Zoo Says Bon Voyage to Polar Bear Nanuq

The Buffalo Zoo will host a going away party for polar bear Nanuq this weekend.

The event will take place on Saturday October 13 and Sunday October 14 during regular Zoo hours. Activities will include keeper talks, polar bear feedings, polar bear slushies, and a bear-sized “bon voyage” card for children to sign. The first 100 children through the gates each day will receive special polar bear finger puppets. The Bon Voyage activities are free with regular Zoo admission. Anyone who brings in a Goya Foods item to donate to the Food bank of WNY will receive $1 off admission.

The bears are leaving so that the Zoo can prepare for demolition and construction of its new Arctic Edge exhibit.

Though construction for Arctic Edge is not slated to begin until the spring, Nanuq, the Zoo’s male polar bear, is leaving the Zoo now so that he may be acclimated to his new Zoo habitat in time for the next breeding season. Departure plans for Anana, the Zoo’s female polar bear, are not yet finalized.

                                                                                

Construction for the new Arctic Edge exhibit is expected to begin in spring 2013. The exhibit, which will also house bald eagle, arctic wolf, and Canadian lynx, is projected to open in 2015.

For more information about Bon Voyage Polar Bears event, call (716) 995-6133 or visit www.buffalozoo.org

The Buffalo Zoo thanks Goya Foods for sponsoring the current bear exhibit.

Hispanic Heritage Day at the Buffalo Zoo

The Buffalo Zoo will host Hispanic Heritage day on Saturday, September 15.
The fun-filled event celebrating Hispanic Heritage month runs from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00
p.m. It will feature special musical performances, vendor tables, and demonstrations. The
event is free with regular zoo admission. Visitors can bring a donation for the WNY Food
Bank to receive $1 off admission.

Hispanic Heritage Day at the Buffalo Zoo is presented by the Hispanic Heritage Council of
WNY Inc. and Goya Foods.

For more information, please call (716) 995-6133 or visit buffalozoo.org.

High Five For the Military! and Bear Awareness Day at the Buffalo Zoo Saturday, May 21, 2011

BUFFALO, NY— In honor of Armed Forces Day (Saturday, May 21), the Buffalo Zoo is offering a “High Five For the Military!” discount.

Members of the United States military and their group of up to six people will be admitted to the Zoo for $5.00 total. A valid military ID must be presented at the admission gates to receive the discount. The Buffalo Zoo thanks you for your service!

That day, visitors can also take part in the Zoo’s Bear Awareness Day celebration from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.!

This national event honors the bear populations of the world! Sponsored by Goya Foods, WGRZ-TV, 97 Rock and Classic Hits 104.1, the Buffalo Zoo’s Bear Awareness event will focus on the dangers that polar bears face and what we can all do each day to help preserve their natural habitat.

Other highlights include informational tables, crafts, keeper talks and enrichment for the Zoo’s polar and Andean (spectacled) bears. The event is FREE with Zoo admission.

The schedule of events is as follows:

11:00 a.m. –

3:00 p.m. Make enrichment for the Andean (spectacled bears), pick up conservation handouts and enjoy coloring and crafts. Be sure to enter our raffle for a chance to win a bear-themed prize! (Tickets are $1 each or three for $2.)

All raffle proceeds benefit Polar Bears International, an organization dedicated to the conservation of polar bears.

Feedings and enrichment will take place for all of the bears unless otherwise noted.

11:00 a.m. Ice treats

11:30 a.m. Barrel toss (polar bears)

12:00 p.m. PVC enrichment feeders

12:15 p.m. Polar bear keeper talk

1:30 p.m. Watermelon toss

2:00 p.m. Enrichment

Bones (polar bears)

Burlap bags—Andean (spectacled) bears

3:00 p.m. Kids’ enrichment given to Andean (spectacled) bears

Bear feeding

Raffle winners announced. (You do not have to be present to win.)

Please note: Informational tables, crafts and raffle will be moved inside the M&T Bank Rainforest Falls Visitors Center if inclement weather occurs.

For more information about this event, please call (716) 995-6133 or visit www.buffalozoo.org.

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