Travis moved into his new habitat yesterday, June 17, 2015 and is ready to greet visitors. Red ruffed lemurs are native to Madagascar and are critically endangered. Travis was privately owned and surrendered to us this spring. You can find Travis near the Mountain Coatimundis by the Bear Deck.
Our Black Bear Cub Keeper Talk has moved from 1:30pm to 11am daily to beat the summer heat. Our other Keeper Talks will be held at their usual times each day: Primates – 11:30am, Tortoises – 12:30pm, and Alligator Keeper Talk – Tuesdays and Saturdays 2:30pm.
KidsOutAndAbout.com nominated us for their Top 20 Places To Take Kids In Austin! If you would like to see Austin Zoo be thing year’s Favorite Nature Center, please take the survey here. You only have until June 15th, so vote soon!
You can complete this patch on your own, or with some friends, or even with a larger group such as through scouting, a school class, or homeschoolers. Download and complete our specifically designed scavenger hunt to learn more about animals and the important mission of the Austin Zoo as a forever home for rescued animals….
Thank you to the great group of volunteers from Fox Service Company who came and helped our Zookeepers today. In just a few hours, they moved new substrate into Red Foxes Mik and Nik’s habitat and got all of the hoof stock yards raked clean. After the work was done we got everyone together for…
Here is Alpaca Pearl with her before and after looks.
Thank you to Stephanie Pettiette’s Girl Scout troop for designing and building these beautiful bird baths for some of our birds. The Scouts did this project to earn their Bronze Award which is the highest Junior Girl Scout award. Chattering Lories Fatman and Little Gal and Rainbow Lorikeet Cosmo love their beautiful bird baths!
Thank you Kendra Scott for hosting the Kendra Gives Back Party for our animals. We raised over $950 to use towards the purchase of a variety of enrichment items. Serval Nsomi loves the pink flamingo toy and African Grey Howie is thrilled with her new bird toys! We appreciate your generous support!
Looks like their Zookeeper must have buried some treats under the Romaine lettuce. Clark is especially fond of peanuts!
Thursday May 28th, Studio 512 invited us to bring a couple of our animals on their show, talk about our 25th anniversary, and plans for the future here at Austin Zoo. Safari Greg introduced Berber the Jungle Carpet Python and Jax the Hedgehog to show host Amanda Tatom. Watch what happened next….