What:
Beginning next week, Woodland Park Zoo’s Animal Contact Experience will continue daily except Wednesdays through September 5. Visitors have the opportunity to touch domestic farm animals and learn more about them in the Contact Area at the Family Farm. On Wednesdays, when the Contact Area is closed, there will be other animal programs available at the Family Farm. Locations of all summer programs are posted at South, West and North zoo entries.

When:
Animal Contact Experience 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. daily, except Wednesdays through September 5.

Where:
The Contact Area is located in the zoo’s Family Farm near the South Entrance off N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N.

Info:
Summer hours: 9:30 a.m.-6:00 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. Parking is limited. Please call Metro at 206.553.3000 for bus service to the zoo.

Visit the ZooStore near the South Entrance 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.