2001 Woodland Park Zoo Press Releases:

• 26 January, 2001 - Elderly lion euthanized
  
• 7 February, 2001 - Woodland Park Zoo's statement on Chai
• 20 February, 2001 - Annual Spring Fecal Fest!
• 22 February, 2001 - Name that Baby Elephant!
• 28 February, 2001 - Zoo undamaged in earthquake
• 28 February, 2001 - Zoo unveils African Village murals
• 26 March, 2001 - Zoo's baby elephant is named!
• 30 March, 2001 - Zoo’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement available for public review
• 16 April, 2001 - Open house and public hearing for zoo’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement
• 09 May, 2001 - Washington Mutual ZooTunes!
• 28 June, 2001  - Zoo’s Komodo dragon dies suddenly
• 24 July, 2001  - Way To Go…To the Zoo kick-off weekend
• 25 July, 2001  - Zoo offers workshops on proposed Long-Range Plan 2001(focus on parking issues)
• 27 July, 2001  - Woodland Park Zoo's endangered gorilla gives birth - It's a girl!
• 16 Aug, 2001  - Baby gorilla update - plans underway for introduction to new surrogate family
• 04 Sept, 2001  - Time again for zoo’s annual fall Fecal Fest!
• 25 Sept 2001  - Woodland Park Zoo's Wild Wise outreach program receives national award
• 27 Sept 2001  - Woodland Park Zoological Society welcomes new board members
• 28 Sept 2001  - Woodland Park Zoo and Bank of America take students on a trip to the wild
• 17 Oct 2001  - Celebration of Life - Free zoo admission for kids who give a dollar to Afghan fund
• 25 Oct 2001  - Zoo looses newborn giraffe
• 5 Nov 2001  - Bank of America and zoos give students a helping hand - Vancouver sixth graders get wiser the “wild” way
• 8 Nov 2001  - Zoo and Bank of America take Seattle sixth graders on a trip to the wild
• 21 Nov 2001  - ProParks levy funds zoo’s new “School-to-Zoo” program
• 17 Dec 2001  - City Council approves zoo management agreement