What:
Some animals hibernate during the winter, but you don’t have to. Take a wildlife trek at Woodland Park Zoo’s Winter Celebration as animals receive special treats during the winter school break. Winter Celebration offers a repertoire of animal behavior: bears shredding evergreens, keas pecking at peanut butter-smeared pinecones, gorillas nibbling wreaths with berries, monkeys opening boxes filled with treats and much more. Plus, hear zookeepers share fascinating facts about these magnificent animals.

Winter Celebration is part of the zoo’s ongoing enrichment program to help enrich the lives of the zoo’s animals, promote natural animal behavior, keep animals mentally stimulated and provide added enjoyment for visitors.

When:
Wednesday-Friday December 21, 22, 23 and December 28, 29, 30. Times vary between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. A schedule will be listed on the zoo’s Web site at Winter Celebration and at zoo entries.

Where:
Woodland Park Zoo at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N. or N. 55th St. & Phinney Ave. N.

Info:
Winter Celebration is free with zoo admission. To get a coupon for half off one child admission with paid adult admission, visit the zoo’s Web home page under “Winter Celebration”. Coupon is valid December 21, 2005 through January 1, 2006.

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 at www.zoo.org

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.

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 Entrance 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, 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.