Zooper Saturday Featuring Horticulture Tours and M&T Bank Rainforest Falls This Weekend at the Buffalo Zoo

The Buffalo Zoo will hold a Zooper Saturday event featuring the M&T Bank Rainforest Falls and the Horticulture Department on Saturday August 3.

The Zoo is home to over 300 species of plants! Learn about them on a special horticulture tour of the Zoo. Then, experience animal keeper talks and enrichments in M&T Bank Rainforest Falls. Zooper Saturday events are free with regular Zoo admission.

A full schedule of activities follows:

• 11 a.m. -3 p.m. ̶   Face painting in the M&T Bank Rainforest Falls lobby
• 11 a.m. ̶   Honey bee talk at Delta Sonic Heritage Farm
• 12 p.m. ̶   Behind-the-scenes horticulture tour (meets in front of M&T Bank Rainforest Falls)
• 1 p.m. ̶   Baby porcupine keeper talk on front lawn of M&T Bank Rainforest Falls (weather permitting)
• 1:30 p.m. ̶   M&T Bank Rainforest Falls keeper talk at the waterfall bridge
• 2:00 p.m. ̶   Giant anteater keeper talk & enrichment in M&T Bank Rainforest Falls
• 2:30 p.m. ̶   Vampire bat feeding & demonstration in M&T Bank Rainforest Falls
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For more information about the Zooper Saturday event, call (716) 995-6133 or visit
www.buffalozoo.org

Celebrate Spring at the Buffalo Zoo

Celebrate mothers from a variety of species and enjoy the Buffalo Zoo’s “Celebrate Spring” event, which is taking place on Sunday, May 13. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness sheep shearings at the Zoo’s Delta Sonic Heritage Farm, enjoy keeper talks and animal enrichment and learn more about the Zoo’s animal mothers and babies. The event runs from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. and is free with Zoo admission.

The event schedule is as follows:

12:00 p.m.      Meet the Buffalo Zoo’s new hyena pup, Kanzi (Gazebo Lawn)
12:15 p.m.      Gorilla feeding and baby gorilla keeper talk (Gorilla exhibit)
12:30 p.m.      Sheep shearing (Delta Sonic Heritage Farm)
1:00 p.m.        Baby bird keeper talk (M&T Bank Rainforest Falls balcony)
1:30 p.m.        Black tree monitor keeper talk (Reptile House)
1:45 p.m.        Hoofstock Keeper talk (Addax exhibit)
2:00 p.m.        Sheep shearing (Delta Sonic Heritage Farm)
2:30 p.m.        Baby wallaby keeper talk (EcoStation)

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