Woodland Park Zoo Press Release

What:
It’s that time of year for the annual Fall Fecal Fest when garden enthusiasts enter a drawing in hopes of being selected to purchase Woodland Park Zoo’s highly coveted Zoo Doo. The pungent piles of poop make up the richest, highly aromatic, most exotic compost in the Pacific Northwest.

Photo: Ryan Hawk

Also available is Bedspread, a product that made its debut during the Spring Fecal Fest, which is a composted mulch made from the manures and bedding of the zoo’s non-primate herbivores. Bedspread is like Zoo Doo but contains higher amounts of wood chips and sawdust. It is excellent fertile mulch for perennial beds and woody landscapes such as native gardens, rose beds, shrubs, tree rings or pathways, and is an ideal mulch and soil builder for Northwest gardens.

When:
Dr. Doo is accepting entry cards for Zoo Doo or Bedspread from September 7 through September 21 only. Entry cards will be randomly selected according to supply and demand. Dr. Doo will contact the lucky entries only. The Fecal Fest traditionally sells out.

Pick-up dates begin October 6 through October 21. The lucky winners load the compost, using shovels provided by the zoo.

Only one postcard per person is eligible for the drawing. Phone orders will not be taken.

PRICES:
Zoo Doo: Pick-up truck 8x4 bed is $60, 6x4 bed $45 and 6x3 bed $35. Garbage cans are $8 to $10 and bags $4 to $6 depending on size. Limit one full truck per person. Two-gallon and pint-sized buckets are available in the ZooStore for $14.95 and $4.95, respectively.

Bedspread:Pick-up truck 8x4 bed is $50, 6x4 bed $35 and 6x3 bed $25. Garbage cans are $8 to $10 and bags $4 to $6 depending on size. Limit one full truck per person. .

Info:
For more information, call the poop line at 206.625.POOP or visit the zoo’s Web site at www.zoo.org.

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.