Zoo Teen Naturalists

 

Are you interested in animals and the environment, and are between the ages of 13 and 17?  Are you looking for something wild to do this summer? Then become a Zoo Teen Naturalist!  Applications are now available at http://www.buffalozoo.org/summer_teen_program.html

Junior Zoo Teen Naturalist

For teens 13-14 years old

Program Fee:  $275 members/ $305 non-members

Session 1:  July 8-26, 2013

Session 2: July 29- August 16, 2013

Days/Times:  Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays from 10:00-3:00

Program is limited to 15 participants per session.

Zoo Teen Naturalist

For teens 15-17 years old

Program Fee:  $300 members/ $330 non-members

Session 1:  July 9-26, 2013

Session 2: July 30- August 16, 2013

Days/Times:  Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 10:00-3:00

Program is limited to 6 participants per session.  The Buffalo Zoo must receive your completed application by Friday, May 17^th, 2013 to be considered for the older teen program.

HOW TO APPLY:  You can find more program information and download an application form from our website, buffalozoo.org.  Mail your completed application to the Buffalo Zoo’s Education Department.  If you have any questions or would like an application mailed to you, please call (716) 995-6128.

BuffaLoveFest at the Buffalo Zoo

 
Celebrate everything Buffalo at the inaugural BuffaLoveFest at the Buffalo Zoo! Sample the goods from local food trucks and breweries, and check out some local artisans and bands! BuffaLoveFest will introduce the BuffaLoveBirds, a band featuring some of Buffalo’s all-star musicians, coming together for one exclusive performance. The event will showcase all that Buffalo and Buffalonians have to offer! Tickets are $20 pre-sale and $30 at the door. Admission to the event includes 2 drinks. The first 500 people to purchase tickets will receive a commemorative poster. BuffaLoveFest is a 21+ event. 

BANDS 
Introducing for the first time, The BuffaLoveBirds All Star Band (featuring Lance Diamond, Caitlin Koch, Eric Crittenden, Vinnie DeRosa, Mike Wagner, & Rob Lynch) 
Andrew J. Reimers 
Jony James Band The Albrights 
The Steam Donkeys 

FEATURING 
Buffalo Trivia
Craft Brew Tastings Zoo
Animal Ambassadors
More to Come! 

FOOD TRUCKS 
Black Market Food Truck 
Let’s Be Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs 
Lloyd Taco Truck 
Roaming Buffalo 
Rolling Joe’s Café 
R&R Barbeque 
The Sweet Hearth 

BEER 
Buffalo Bills Brewery – Dundee – Labatt Blue – Labatt Blue Light – Labatt Blue Light Lime – Labatt 52 – Magic Hat – Pyramid – Shandy 

ARTISAN VENDORS Albright Knox Art Gallery – Born in Buffalo – Buffalo Art – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra – Buffalo Games – Buffalo History Buff – Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village – Burchfield Penny Art Center – C Designs & Illustrations – CC Designs – City Dining Cards – Community Beer Works – Curiouser Teacups – EmbroidMe – Erin’s Apples – FC Buffalo – Flying Bison Brewing Co. – Gizmo’s Creations – Hotroxs Buffalo Bistro – My Buffalo Shirt – Ooo la la Fashion Truck – Oh Pour L-Amour du Chocolat – Park Edge Sweet Shoppe – Pasteurized Tees – Retro Buffalo – Sweet Jenny’s – The Buffalo History Museum – The Buffalo Zoo’s Animal Department – Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site – WNY Book Arts Center More to come! 

SPONSORED BY Mutual of Omaha, Western New York Division

The baby polar bear gets to play in the snow

While she is still a little young to handle an exhibit space on her own just yet, our baby polar bear, nicknamed "Luna" got a chance to go for a romp in the snow last week for the first time.

Buffalo Zoo Snooze News

Have you ever wondered what happens to the animals when everyone has gone for the day and the park has closed? Discover the Buffalo Zoo as the sun goes down through a very special program called the Buffalo Zoo Snooze. Zoo Snoozes are held on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 p.m. until 9 a.m. the following morning.

The Buffalo Zoo has added two new themes to their overnight snooze programs. Attendants now have a choice between two new snooze themes in addition to the current “Ecostation Adventure” and “Rainforest Immersion” programs. 
 

The new “You Run the Zoo” snooze is a career-based program that shows what goes into running a zoo. Learn about how your hobbies and talents can be applied to a variety of zoo-related jobs, from designing a new enclosure for one of our education animals, to drawing up educational signs and advertising your new enclosure to the “public”. 

The “Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Animal” theme focuses on endangered species and the many threats to current populations of wild animals. The group will split into two teams, both of which are given an animal mystery to solve. Follow the clues and track your animal to learn about what it eats, where it lives and discover why it is endangered. 

The brand new “You Run the Zoo” and “Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Animal” snooze themes are now open for booking! Call 995-6128 for scheduling. For a complete listing of Zoo Snooze offerings at the Buffalo Zoo, visit us online.

The Bear Necessities

You may have heard about our latest arrival at the Buffalo Zoo over the past few days. 



Our Bears Belong in Buffalo is part of a campaign to build her a great new home on the grounds of the Zoo and to do that we need your help.  You can donate on the Zoo's site at www,buffalozoo.org, or text the word Zoobear to 56512.

Check our favorite "show"  "Trading Spaces" and you can see what is in store.

Our Bears Belong in Buffalo

The Buffalo Zoo announced the next phase of fundraising for the new polar bear exhibit, and introduced a polar bear cub to the public. 

The Buffalo Zoo has spent the past two years raising over $14 million of the $18 million needed to build a new entrance and polar bear exhibit. They are now asking residents of Western New York and the surrounding community to help raise the remaining $4 million required to build the exhibit and keep polar bears in Buffalo. 

The Zoo also introduced a polar bear cub to the public for the first time. The Buffalo Zoo is one of only two zoos in North America to have polar bear births this year. The cub was born on November 27^th to mother Anana, sired by Nanuq, and has been hand raised by the Zoo’s veterinary technician and keeper staff.

Though the cub is currently too small to go on exhibit for the public, she will be visible on a closed-circuit television in the Zoo’s M&T Bank Rainforest Falls Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. until 3.p.m. The Zoo will also post regular updates to their website and Facebook page.

The Zoo hopes that seeing the cub will encourage the Western New York community to make their polar pledge to the campaign, so that they can build the Arctic Edge exhibit and keep the cub in Buffalo.

Make your polar pledge today by texting zoobear to 56512, or visit www.buffalozoo.org. For more information about how to help, please call (716) 995-6131. For updates about the polar bear cub, please visit buffalozoo.org, or the Zoo’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BuffaloZoo

The Buffalo Zoo wishes to thank Synacom Networks, Inc. for their assistance in making the video feed of the polar bear cub possible.

                                  

Over a Barrel at Polar Bites

 

Hope everybody enjoyed "going over the Falls" at the Migz Media Photo booth at Polar Bites last week. Check out your pictures on the Migz site here: http://www.migzphotography.com/BuffaloZooPolarBites2013. Pictures are available for purchase from Migz Media and a portion of the proceeds go to the Zoo.