What:
You don’t have to hibernate during the winter – get out and enjoy Woodland Park Zoo’s Winter Celebration! Animals throughout the zoo will receive special treats during the winter school break. Watch sloth bears shred evergreens, keas munch on peanut butter-smeared pinecones, orangutans unwrap gift boxes with treats and much more. Plus, hear zookeepers talk about these magnificent animals.

Winter Celebration is part of the zookeepers’ ongoing efforts to help enrich the lives of the zoo’s animals and to provide enjoyment for zoo visitors.

When/Where:
Tuesday-Thursday December 21, 22, 23 and December 28, 29, 30. Times vary between 10:00 a.m and 2:30 p.m. Times and locations will be listed on the Winter Celebration page of the zoo’s Web site and at zoo entries.

Info:
From December 16, 2004 through February 28, 2005, receive a special admission discount coupon available on the zoo’s home page under “Winter Admission Coupon”.

Winter hours are 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. daily. For more information and how to become a zoo member, call 206.684.4800 or 684.4026 (TTY), or visit the zoo’s Web site.

Zoo admission: Adult (13-64) $10; Child (3-12) $7; Toddler (0-2) Free. Seniors and disabled receive a discount and zoo members receive free zoo admission year round.

Parking: $3.50: Parking is limited. Please call Metro at 206.553.3000 for bus service to the zoo.

Visit the ZooStore near the South Gate for unique gifts and zoo souvenirs. Open daily during regular zoo hours. Hungry or thirsty? Stop by the Rain Forest Food Pavilion near the zoo’s West Gate or the Outback Café on the east side of the zoo. Open daily during regular zoo hours.

Accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, top award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting a standard for zoos all over the world. With conservation, education and excellent animal care at the core of the zoo’s mission, the zoo is helping to save endangered species in Washington state and around the world including tree kangaroos, snow leopards, red-crowned cranes, African wild dogs, western pond turtles and Oregon silverspot butterflies. By inspiring visitors and others to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future.