Photo Credit: Eric Peterson

Photo Credit: Eric Peterson
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
Polar bears put Olympic swimmers to
shame. They cut through the ocean at 6
mph. Compare that to Olympic swimmers
who clock in at 4.5 mph. Not only fast,
polar bears, on average, can swim nonstop
for 62 miles - that’s like swimming from SLC
to Park City and back!
Photo Credit: Maggie McGrath
2013
December
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Book Club ($)
ZooLights!
ZooLights!
Preschool Class (P)($)
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Member Night ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Member Night ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
7 – 9 p.m.
9:30 a.m. – noon
Keeper Camp (P)($)
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
ZooLights! ($)
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
5:30 – 9 p.m.
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ZooLights! ($)
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
5:30 – 9 p.m.
Breakfast With
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Santa (P)($)
9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
ZooLights! ($)
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 9 p.m.
5:30 – 8 p.m.
First Day of Winter
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Roar Before
Keeper Camp (P)($)
Christmas (F)
Noon – 3 p.m.
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Zoo Closed
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 9 p.m.
Early New Year’s
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This Safari Calendar
includes photos
submitted by Zoo
employees and
volunteers.
Eve Countdown ($)
9 p.m.
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
ZooLights! Closes
New Year’s Eve
Historical Fact
Ten years ago, in November, Salt Lake City voters passed Proposition #1, “Redo the
Zoo,” giving the Zoo $10.2 million to improve the elephant and feline habitats.
Photo Credit: James Weinpress
Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
A peacock’s tail feathers may
grow to 6 feet in length and contain
more than 200 feathers. When
extended, the train makes the
peacock one of the largest flying
birds that exists today.
Photo Credit: Erica Hansen
2014
January
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Book Club ($)
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7 – 9 p.m.
Zoo Closed
New Year’s Day
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Preschool Class (P)($)
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9:30 a.m. – noon
Cats and Cocoa (F)
10 a.m. – noon
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Historical Fact
In 1962, a storybook castle featuring a children’s petting zoo was built.
Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata
You can tell a male spotted
turtle from a female by the color of
the turtle’s eyes. Males have brown
eyes and females have red ones.
Photo Credit: Jill Cox
2014
February
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
1
World of the Wild Art Show
Opens
Project WILD (P)($)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Book Club ($)
Mating Dances and
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Wild Romances (P)($)
7 – 9 p.m.
7 – 10 p.m.
Groundhog Day
Valentines with the
Preschool Class (P)($)
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Animals (F)
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
9:30 a.m. – noon
Valentine’s Day
Polar Bear Whiteout
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(F)
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Presidents’ Day
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International Polar Bear Day
Historical Fact
In 1934, the water supply at the Zoo was cut off for failure to pay a $195 bill. The Zoo’s
flamboyant superintendent threatened to turn all the animals loose if the water was not
turned back on. The water was restored and the animals remained in their exhibits.
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Varecia variegata veriegata
Lemurs get their name from the
Ancient Roman belief that they were
ghosts or spirits. They were mistaken for
ghosts because of their nocturnal, stealth
habits.
Photo Credit: Rachel Huntsman
2014
March
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
1
Volunteer &
Summer Intern
Applications Due
Book Club ($)
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7 – 9 p.m.
St. Patty Fun (F)
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10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Preschool Class (P)($)
9:30 a.m. – noon
Daylight Savings Starts
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World of the Wild Art Show
Closes
St. Patrick’s Day
First Day of Spring
Frog Watch
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Training (P)(F)
7 – 9 p.m.
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Historical Fact
Acara, our baby orangutan, was born at Hogle Zoo on Mother’s Day in 2005. She
continues to live with her mom and dad in the Great Ape Building.
Green-Cheeked Amazon Parrot
Amazona viridigenalis
A group of parrots is called many things,
including a “company,” “pandemonium,”
and a “prattle” of parrots.
Photo Credit: Matt Radcliffe
2014
April
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Book Club ($)
Members-only Tea
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Party (P)($)
7 – 9 p.m.
9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Fish & Wildlife
Members-only Tea
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Merit Badge (P)($)
Party (P)($)
6 – 9 p.m.
9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
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Environmental
Preschool Class (P)($)
Science Merit
Badge (P)($)
9:30 a.m. – noon
Hippity Hoppity Egg
Hunt (F)
6 – 9 p.m.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Good Friday
Party for the
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Planet (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Easter
Earth Day
Arbor Day
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Historical Fact
The Zoo opens the “Happy Family Building” in 1915, which housed mostly birds.
Including quail, peacocks, pigeons, parakeets, ostriches, ducks, and a single turkey.
The “Happy Family Building” was also home to more than 100 rabbits and many
guinea fowl.
Photo Credit: Ellen Vossekuil
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
A giraffe’s feet are the
size of a dinner plate—12
inches across.
Photo Credit: Heather Herde
2014
May
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Book Club ($)
123
7 – 9 p.m.
World of Flight Bird Show
Opens
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Sunset Safari (F)
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Preschool Class (P)($)
Gates close at 8 p.m.
9:30 a.m. – noon
Endangered Species
Day (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Mother’s Day
Armed Forces Day
Insect Study Merit
Don’t Fry Day (F)
Sunrise Safari (F)
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Badge (P)($)
6 – 9 p.m.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
7:30 a.m.
Reptile &
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Amphibian Merit
Badge (P)($)
6 – 9 p.m.
Sunset Safari (F)
Memorial Day
Historical Fact
In 1965, the Lion Drinking Fountain debuted at the Zoo and was an immediate
crowd favorite! Watch for its triumphant return with the opening of African
Savanna in 2014!
Gates close at 8 p.m.
Amur Leopard
Panthera pardus orientalis
Photo Credit: Dawn Neptune
Leopards are excellent climbers.
They can drag a kill up to three
times their own weight up a tree
to avoid competition from other
predators. They sometimes leave
leftovers in the trees and return to
feed later.
2014
June
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Book Club ($)
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7 – 9 p.m.
Sunset Safari (F)
Gates close at 8 p.m.
Nature Merit
Environmental Science
Sunrise Safari (F)
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Badge (P)($)
8 a.m. – noon
Merit Badge (P)($)
7:30 a.m.
9 a.m. – noon
Keeper Camp (P)($)
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
World Ocean Day (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Zoo Unbirthday (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Flag Day
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Sunset Safari (F)
Bowling for Rhinos
Preschool Class (P)($)
Gates close at 8 p.m.
(O)($)
5 – 9 p.m.
Master Naturalist
Wetlands (P)($)
Father’s Day
9:30 a.m. – noon
World Giraffe Day (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
First Day of Summer
Booster Night (F)
Living with Wildlife (F)
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6 – 8 p.m.
Booster level and above
Zoo Camp,
Kindergarten (P)($)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Project WILD (P)($)
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9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Historical Fact
Shasta, the first documented ‘liger’ in the U.S., was born on May 14, 1948, to a male
lion and a female tiger at Utah’s Hogle Zoo to great fanfare, including an article in LIFE
Magazine. Shasta is now on display at the Monte L. Bean Museum on the BYU campus.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
Grizzlies usually take their time,
but they can run as fast as a horse,
about 30 miles per hour! They have
been known to sprint 180 feet in just
3 seconds. That’s like running more
than half a football field in 3 seconds!
Photo Credit: Rachel Huntsman
2014
July
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Nature Merit
Book Club ($)
12345
Badge (P)($)
7 – 9 p.m.
8 a.m. – noon
Environmental Science
Merit Badge (P)($)
9 a.m. – noon
Military Appreciation
Discount
Independence Day
Sunset Safari (F)
Keeper Camp (P)($)
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Gates close at 8 p.m.
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Zoo Camp, Grades 1-2
(P)($)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sunrise Safari (F)
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7:30 a.m.
Zoo Camp, Grades 3-4
Keeper Camp (P)($)
(P)($)
Preschool Class (P)($)
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
9:30 a.m. – noon
Ice Block Day (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Project WILD (P)($)
Soil & Water
Enrichment Day (F)
Bird Study Merit
Lunch with a
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9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Conservation Merit
Badge (P)($)
9 a.m. – noon
Badge (P)($)
Keeper (P)($)
9 a.m. – noon
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunset Safari (F)
Gates close at 8 p.m.
Pioneer Day
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Zoo Camp, Grades 5-7
(P)($)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Historical Fact
In 2003 and 2004, “Bullamakanka,” an Australian children’s interpretive site,
opened for the summer in the location of the old duck pond.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
African Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Photo Credit: Becka Frustaci
An elephant’s trunk has
approximately 60,000 muscles! It is
strong enough to rip a tree out of
the ground but dexterous enough
to pluck a single blade of grass.
2014
August
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Zoo Camp, Grades 5-7 1
Teddy Bear Picnic (F)
2
(P)($)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Continued
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Book Club ($)
Keeper Camp (P)($)
Wild Libations (P)($)
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7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
7 – 9 p.m.
7 – 9 p.m.
Booster Night (F)
6 – 8 p.m.
Master Naturalist
Mountains (P)($)
Booster level and above
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fish & Wildlife
Mammal Study
Environmental Science
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Sunset Safari (F)
Merit Badge (F)
Merit Badge (P)($)
9 a.m – noon
9 a.m. – noon
Wild Libations (P)($)
7 – 9 p.m.
Gates close at 8 p.m.
Merit Badge (P)($)
9 a.m. – noon
ZooSnooz (P)($)
7 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Soil & Water
Sunrise Safari (F)
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Conservation Merit
Badge (P)($)
7:30 a.m.
9 a.m. – noon
Sunset Safari (F)
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Gates close at 8 p.m.
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Historical Fact
On April 29, 1918, Princess Alice gave birth to “Prince Utah,” her fourth offspring.
It was the first documented elephant birth in the Western United States.
Snow Leopard
Uncia uncia
The fur on the belly of a snow
leopard is about 5 inches thick!
Photo Credit: Gina Phillips
2014
September
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
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Volunteer
Zoo Rendezvous (P)($)
Applications Due
6 – 11 p.m.
Zoo Closed
Labor Day
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Environmental Science
Merit Badge (P)($)
6 – 9 p.m.
Patriots Day
Keeper Camp (P)($)
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7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Preschool Class (P)($)
9:30 a.m. – noon
Safety Safari (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Reptile & Amphibian
Meet-Your-Best-Friend
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Merit Badge (P)($)
6 – 9 p.m.
Pet Adoption (F)
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
World Rhino Day
First Day of Fall
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Historical Fact
In 1985, Hogle Zoo was renamed Utah’s Hogle Zoo.
Photo Credit: Dawn Neptune
Green Tree Monitor
Varanus prasinus
This species uses its long agile
tail as a fifth limb, wrapping its
prehensile tail around tree branches
to hold on.
Photo Credit: Jill Cox
2014
October
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
1234
Book Club ($)
Zooper Hero Day (F)
7 – 9 p.m.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Wolf Awareness
Day (F)
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Spooktacular
Preschool Class (P)($)
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Safari (P)($)
6:30 – 9 p.m.
9:30 a.m. – noon
Spooktacular
Safari (P)($)
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Colombus Day
Spooktacular
Booster Early
Spooktacular
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Safari (P)($)
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Safari (P)($)
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Admission, Boo at
the Zoo (F)
8 – 9 a.m.
Boo at the Zoo (F)
9 a.m.–3 p.m.
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Halloween
Historical Fact
On Saturday, October 25, 2008, “Boo at the Zoo” set an all-time one-day
attendance record: 23,479.
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallipavo
A turkey’s gender can be determined
from its droppings–males produce spiralshaped poop and females’ poop is shaped like
the letter J.
Photo Credit: Matt Radcliffe
2014
November
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
1
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Book Club ($)
7 – 9 p.m.
Daylight Savings Ends
Election Day
Preschool Class (P)($)
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9:30 a.m. – noon
Military Appreciation
Discount
Veterans’ Day
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Feast with the
ZooLights! Booster
Keeper Camp (P)($)
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Beast (F)
9 a.m. – noon
30
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Historical Fact
In November of 1946, “Blizzard,” the Zoo’s eight-year-old polar bear, was shot. The
culprit was never caught.
Preview
(P)($)
5:30 – 9 p.m.
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
ZooLights!
Opening (P)($)
5:30 – 9 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day
Amur Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
A tiger retracts its claws
as it walks, leaving no claw
marks in its tracks.
Photo Credit: Jameson Weston
2014
December
(F) - Free
($) - Fee
(P) - Pre-registerd
(O) - Off-site
Education Class
Member-only Event
Event
AAZK Event
Booster Member-only Event
All event days and times are subject to change.
Please check www.hoglezoo.org for updated information.
SundayMondayTuesday
Wednesday
ThursdayFridaySaturday
Book Club ($)
ZooLights!
ZooLights!
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Member Night ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Member Night ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
ZooLights! ($)
7 – 9 p.m.
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
5:30 – 9 p.m.
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ZooLights! ($)
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
5:30 – 9 p.m.
Preschool Class (P)($)
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9:30 a.m. – noon
ZooLights! ($)
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 9 p.m.
5:30 – 8 p.m.
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Keeper Camp (P)($)
Roar Before
7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Christmas (F)
Noon – 3 p.m.
Zoo Closed
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
First Day of Winter
Christmas Eve
Keeper Camp (P)($)
Early New Year’s
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7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Historical Fact
Eve Countdown ($)
9 p.m.
ZooLights! Closes
Gorgeous, the world’s oldest Western Lowland gorilla at any zoo, died of old age in
1999. She was 50 years old. Soon after, a statue was dedicated in her honor near
the outside yards of the Great Ape Building.
New Year’s Eve
Christmas Day
ZooLights! ($)
5:30 – 9 p.m.
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ongoing support of Zoo events, exhibits
and programs.  We encourage all our
members to show your support by
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