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NEWS ARCHIVES
The Louisville Zoo will Celebrate Earth Day April 22 with $2
admission and an Earth Day Festival sponsored by LG&E and KU
“Tundra”, the Zoo’s polar bear mascot, and Kindergartners from
the Brown School donning their 4-D theater glasses and exclaiming
Vámonos! will help the Zoo open its new 4-D theater attraction on
Friday, March 30 with the first viewing of the two new movies : Dora
& Diego’s 4-D Adventure and Planet Earth: Ice Worlds 4-D Experience.
The Louisville Zoo will open a new 50-seat 4-D Theater March 30.
The new theater will have 3-D projection, surround-sound audio and
exciting 4-D special effects that fully immerse audiences, and
includes lots of surprises like bubbles, wind, water squirts, leg
ticklers and more. It debuts with two new movies Dora & Diego’s 4-D
Adventure and Planet Earth: Ice Worlds 4-D Experience. The 4-D
Theater is presented by Ford Motor Company.
The Louisville Zoo, thanks to Louisville Gas and Electric and
Kentucky Utilities, will celebrate Earth Day throughout April during
Party for the Planet: A Month-long Celebration of the Earth. Earth
Day is observed April 22 nationwide.
This past Summer Facebook fans helped the zoo win a Toyota Hybrid
Highlander in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program. The Highlander
now has its arctic-wrap and is ready to be unveiled by Zoo director
John Walczak with the help of Zoo mascot Tundra.
Adopt-a-Garden, the Louisville Zoo’s volunteer botanical
gardening program, is seeking experienced gardeners. Now in its
third year, the program will allow individuals, families (ages 18+)
and groups with green thumbs to adopt specific garden sites
throughout the Zoo.
Bart, one of the sea lions at Glacier Run, will call heads or
tails for the Papa John’s Superbowl free pizza coin toss. Through
some of the training behavior that Bart exhibits daily in public
demonstrations he will register his vote in the free pizza
promotion. If the public calls the coin toss correctly all Papa
John’s rewards members will receive a free pizza and a Pepsi max
from Papa John’s on Super Bowl Sunday.
This Valentine’s Day the Louisville Zoo has a unique way to send
a special message to loved ones and to help make a difference all at
once. Now through February 10 you can save $15 on a special
Valentine’s message package through the A.D.O.P.T.S. (Animals Depend
on People To Survive) program. A.D.O.P.T.S. participants partner
with the Zoo in the care of the animals by “adopting” an animal of
their choice for a full year.
The Louisville Zoo recently received a $40,000 grant from The UPS
Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS. The grant will be used to
help support School at the Zoo, a week-long “hands-on,” “minds-on,”
interdisciplinary experience designed primarily for fourth and
seventh grade students using the Zoo as a “living classroom.”
Guided tours of Louisville Zoo exhibit areas will be offered
beginning December 20 as part of a new pilot program called Tuesday
Tours. These 45-60 minute guided walking tours are designed to give
Zoo visitors detailed information and a different type of Zoo
experience.
Kids can get in on some New Year’s Eve fun in a wild way this
year when the Louisville Zoo hosts the first-ever “New Year’s Eve
Snooze” overnight camp. Youth ages eight to 12 can ring in the New
Year with animal-themed activities and games while parents celebrate
the turning of the New Year their own way.
The Louisville Zoo Youth Board was recognized by the Greater
Louisville chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
today during the 2011 National Philanthropy Day awards luncheon at
the Louisville Marriott Downtown.
The Louisville Zoo is teaming up with Dare to Care Food Bank for
the third year offering a special half-price Zoo admission now
through February 29, 2012 if guests participate in a canned food
drive. Zoo patrons have collected 8000 lbs of food in the past two
years, enough for 6000 meals.
The Louisville Zoo’s newest baby giraffe will now be called
“Amani” after a month-long naming contest. “Amani” means “peace” in
the Swahili language. Zoo visitors had until October 31st to vote
for their favorite name via coins and bills in the appropriate slot
at a naming kiosk on the Zoo’s front plaza.
The popular annual Holiday event is set for December 10-11 and
17-18, 2011 at 10 a.m., 12 and 2 p.m. This jolly party will
transform the Zoo’s Gheens Room in the Islands Pavilion into a
festive holiday wonderland and include a visit by Santa, his elves,
Frosty the Snowman and more — so be sure to bring a camera to
capture some wonderful holiday memories. A complimentary photo with
Santa will be provided to each family.
Be seen, not scared at the sweetest Halloween party in town this
October at the Louisville Zoo. On October 7-9,13-16,20-23 and 27-30,
2011 Meijer will present “The World’s Largest Halloween Party!”
where little ones can dress up in their wildest costumes and set off
on a magical journey through the Zoo.
Louisville Zoo staff have chosen three potential names for a
female baby giraffe born earlier this Summer. Zoo visitors will have
through October 31, 2011 to vote for their favorite name via a kiosk
on the Zoo’s front plaza.
Siku, a 585 lb nearly two year-old male polar bear
cub arrived safely in Louisville from the Toledo Zoo on September 6.
Siku is the second polar bear cub to move to the Louisville Zoo’s
newest exhibit, the arctic-themed Glacier Run which opened in April
2011.
The Louisville Zoo will soon have two polar bear cubs who call
Glacier Run home. In early Fall Siku, a two year-old male polar bear
cub from the Toledo Zoo will join Qannik, the seven month-old
rescued Alaskan cub, and Arki, an adult female polar bear, along
with the grizzly family of Inga, Otis and Rita. Siku’s name means
“ice” in the Iñupiaq language and was chosen by schoolchildren on
Alaska’s North Slope. Qannik’s name means “snowflake” in the Iñupiaq
language and was also the name of the ConocoPhillips Oil field where
she was found.
The Friends of the Louisville Zoo will host the eighth-annual
Brew at the Zoo & Wine too! fundraiser on Saturday, August 27 from 4
to 9 p.m. at the Louisville Zoo Oasis field. All
proceeds will benefit the Zoo’s newest exhibit Glacier Run.
Timmy, the oldest male western lowland gorilla in North America, passed
away today at the age of 52. The average lifespan for most male
gorilla’s is early-to-mid 40s. Timmy had experienced chronic medical
problems in recent years including heart disease (cardiomyopathy), heart
arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation) and chronic osteoarthritis.
Qannik, the Alaskan orphaned polar bear
cub, has reached her new home at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky thanks
to UPS. Qannik arrived in Louisville Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 12:40
a.m. on a climate-controlled UPS Boeing 747-400 with an entourage of
animal experts from the Alaska and Louisville zoos who cared for her
during the six hour flight.
An opportunity to meet the experts in
logistics and animal care who made up the “Operation Snowflake” team
that helped get the five month old orphaned Alaskan polar bear cub
Qannik, from Alaska to her new home at the Louisville Zoo. This is based
on the anticipated arrival on June 28. If there are changes we will
advise you early Tuesday morning.
The Louisville Zoo will soon be home to
the orphaned polar bear cub that received national attention when she
was found on Alaska’s North Slope in April by employees of
ConocoPhillips. The five-month old Qannik (pronounced Ken’ick) is
scheduled to arrive in late June and will subsequently be off public
exhibit for a period of time for quarantine and to adjust to her new
surroundings.
The Louisville Zoo
recently received a $10,000 donation from the Greater Louisville United
Labor Picnic, Inc. for the Zoo Kids, Inc. program. Zoo Kids, Inc. offers
underserved young people affiliated with non-profits or Title I schools
in the community the chance to come to the Zoo at no cost to them or
their families. The program was designed to help send at-risk and
disadvantaged children on exciting educational adventures uniquely
provided by the Louisville Zoo.
Hope in the form of a pygmy hippopotamus
came to Louisville recently and is the newest addition to the Louisville
Zoo. Sixteen year-old Hope comes to Louisville from the Oklahoma City
Zoo. A world traveleler, she was born at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.
Hope will join 17 year-old Maji Kitoto, the Zoo’s male pygmy Hippo, in
their habitat in Gorilla Forest. She comes with a breeding
recommendation from the SSP (Species Survival Plan), though there is no
formal timeline set for a baby hippo just yet.
Today Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville Zoo
Director John Walczak, Louisville Zoo Foundation Chairman Mark Wheeler,
Polar Bears International senior scientist Dr. Steven Amstrup and others
broke a ribbon made of ice and officially opened the polar and grizzly
bear habitat and the town of Glacier Run.
Mayor Greg Fischer and other zoo officials
will officially open the town and bear habitat of Glacier Run to the
public when they literally break an ice ribbon and invite the general
public in to see the town and the polar and grizzly bears for the first
time.
The Louisville Zoo
celebrates Earth Day on April 23 with a festival for the planet that
will feature a press conference and tree-planting ceremony with Mayor
Greg Fischer, a wetlands restoration effort and $2 general admission
thanks to LG&E and KU.
Earth Day will be in full bloom April 23
when the Louisville Zoo hosts a festival for the planet that will
feature a news conference and tree-planting ceremony with Mayor Greg
Fischer, a wetlands restoration effort, $2 general admission and more.
Patrons can learn about the Zoo’s conservation efforts and visit dozens
of “eco-themed” exhibitors.
Gardeners, growers and green thumbs—mark
April 2, 9 and 16 on your calendars. Zoo Poopy Doo is back at the
Louisville Zoo with the most exotic blend of compost in the city! These
ZooPoopyDoo Sales days are part of Party for the Planet: A Month-Long
Celebration of the Earth, powered by LG&E and KU.
LG& E and KU are proud to present Party
for the Planet: A Month-long Celebration of the Earth at the Louisville
Zoo in April. We are celebrating Earth Day (which is observed nationally
on April 22) all month long. The celebration includes $2 admission to
the Zoo all day April 23 courtesy of LG&E and KU. Each weekday will
include keeper presentations and animal encounters and every weekend
will be filled with scavenger hunts, special characters and other
activities.
This Valentine’s Day the Louisville Zoo
has a unique way to send a special message to loved ones and to help
make a difference all at once. Now through February 14, 2011 you can
save $15 on a special Valentine’s message package through the
A.D.O.P.T.S. (Animals Depend on People To Survive) program.
The Louisville Zoo and WAVE3.com have
teamed up to create an exclusive online winter offer—a discounted
Frequent Fun Pass (Zoo Membership) to the Louisville Zoo that includes
some special bonus incentives.
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