Moms Enjoy FREE Admission at the Cincinnati Zoo
Come Celebrate Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12 WHO: Moms can enjoy FREE admission on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, at the Cincinnati Zoo, courtesy of Coldwell Banker West Shell. In addition, the first 750 who stop by the Coldwell Banker West Shell booth in the Zoo’s Vine Street Village will receive a free tote bag. WHAT: Get ready to meet the adorable new faces at the Cincinnati Zoo during Zoo Babies. With more than a dozen babies already born, and more on the way, this year’s Zoo Babies is sure to make you go “aww!” Guests are invited to come [...]
Petco Hosts Mega Adoption Event at the Zoo May 19th
Greet Loving Animals In Need Before Heading Into The Zoo! NOTE: Animals adopted at the Petco Whiskers & Wags Adoptathon may not be brought into the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden or left in any vehicles per Zoo policies. WHAT: Before heading in to see the lions, tigers and bears (oh my!) at the Cincinnati Zoo on Sunday, May 19, 2013, make sure to stop by the mega adoption event taking place right outside its doors. Petco™ is teaming up with the famed Cincinnati Zoo to bring awareness to local animals in need and there will be 50 plus pets [...]
What’s New at the Zoo in 2013
Cincinnati Zoo Improving the Guest Experience CINCINNATI (May 8, 2013) – Just in case you needed an excuse to visit the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in 2013, here are 10 NEW ones. This was a very busy winter for the Zoo preparing for the 138th season since it opened its gates in 1875. Guests will definitely notice the changes as they stroll around the park, including a fantastic renovated Base Camp Café, significant enhancements to the Reptile House, Giraffe Deck and Jungle Trails, and more! More improvements are on the way when Africa, the Zoo’s all-new exhibit, opens June [...]
It’s Baby Madness Time!
We’re kicking off Zoo Babies with our Cutest Baby of All Time: Sweet 16 people’s choice contest. All babies are cute, but we’ve had some baby faces over the years that would make a Komodo dragon melt. Help us pick the winner! We’ll post one baby “face-off” on our Facebook page each day, May 1 – May 15, and the babies who get the most votes advance to the next round. You can complete your own bracket (printable version – pdf) to predict the winner or make an office competition out of it. We’ll update the bracket as regional winners [...]
Celebrate Cincinnati Zoo’s Most Famous Elephant’s 40th Birthday
40-year-olds get FREE Admission! CINCINNATI – Happy 40th Birthday to “My-Thai”, the Cincinnati Zoo’s oldest and most recognized Asian elephant! On Wednesday, May 1, at 10:30 a.m., the Zoo will celebrate My-Thai’s BIG milestone with a larger than life pachyderm cake, singing and friends new and old alike. The cake, which consists of frozen gelatin, Kool-aid, and mountains of fresh produce and fruit, including watermelon, pineapple, grapes and more, was made just for the celebration by the Zoo’s animal nutritionist and commissary staff. (Photo Opportunity – Media are invited to see My-Thai receive her cake while being serenaded by Zoo [...]
Baby Gorilla’s Public Debut
CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Zoo is thrilled to announce that its 3-month-old Western Lowland gorilla, “Gladys,” will be making her public debut in her outdoor yard on Tuesday, April 30, at 10:30 a.m. Over the next month, Gladys will be spending time in her outdoor yard with human surrogates, as part of Phase III of her “gorillafication.” Surrogates will allow her to explore all areas of the outdoor yard, climbing trees and ducking into caves, to ensure Gladys is familiar with the yard and comfortable when she goes outdoors with her gorilla surrogate in the near future. Beginning Wednesday, May [...]
“Awws” and “Oohs” for Babies at the Zoo!
Zoo Babies, presented by Coldwell Banker West Shell CINCINNATI (April 25, 2013) – Get ready to meet the adorable new faces at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden when it kicks off the 27th annual Zoo Babies, presented by Coldwell Banker West Shell on Wednesday, May 1. With more than a dozen babies already born, and more on the way, this year’s Zoo Babies is sure to make you go “aww!” This year, guests are invited to come see babies of all shapes and sizes. Some of the babies that will be highlighted this year including the Zoo’s most recognized [...]
Bloom into Spring at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Zoo Blooms Presented by Macy’s CINCINNATI – (April 19, 2013) The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is in full bloom with more color and tulips than ever before! As one of only two accredited botanical gardens in Ohio, the Cincinnati Zoo offers one of the largest tulip displays in the Midwest. This year the Zoo will showcase more than 100,000 tulips! Zoo Blooms also features more than one million daffodils, hyacinths, flowering trees, shrubs and other spring bulbs exploding with color. To accompany the beautiful backdrop, the Cincinnati Zoo features FREE concerts every Thursday evening from 6 – 8:30 [...]
Cohen will Recycle Your e-waste at the Zoo on 4/18
Cohen, the official electronics recycling partner of the Cincinnati Zoo, is sponsoring an e-waste collection event during Party for the Planet. Recycle your unwanted e-waste with the Zoo’s certified e-waste recycler, where your electronics will be recycled in a responsible way and all data storage devices cleared properly. For every item donated, Cohen will make a donation to the Zoo’s Project Saving Species. A convenient drive through drop-off will be set up in the Zoo’s parking lot on the corner of Erkenbrecher and Vine Street. Guests can drop off their items between 4 and 8pm before heading into the Zoo to [...]
Free Concerts Thursdays in April
Tunes & Blooms Concert Series – Presented by Macy’s CINCINNATI – (April 4, 2013) The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden features FREE concerts every Thursday evening in April from 6 – 8:30 p.m. Admission is free after 5 p.m. (Parking not included). The Tunes & Blooms concert series is a compilation of Cincinnati’s finest and most-respected music veterans playing together in the Zoo’s beautiful gardens. This year’s concert series is sure to rock the gardens! Kicking off on April 4, performances will include Comet Bluegrass All-Stars and Magnolia Mountain, followed by Jake Speed & the Freddies and The Turkeys (April [...]
