Party for the Planet – An Earth Day Celebration!
WHAT: Celebrate Earth Day with a Party for the Planet at the Greenest Zoo in America! The Celebration kicks off on Thursday April 21, with a FREE concert during Tunes & Blooms, from 6-8:30 p.m.! This night of music in the garden will feature the sounds of local favorites; The Tillers and The Seedy Seeds! The party continues with 25+ exhibitors on hand to share their expertise and resources about living more sustainably within their communities. Topics include solar energy, composting, recycling, green building, rain gardens/barrels, sustainable food, green products, and many more. “Tunes & Blooms” is a collection of [...]
Easter is “Egg-citing” at the Cincinnati Zoo
WHAT: Hop on over to the Cincinnati Zoo for the annual Easter Celebration on Saturday, April 23rd, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. This egg-citing event for children young and old will feature treat stations, children’s activities, popular animal egg hunts and visits by the Easter Bunny. Animal Enrichment Egg Hunt Schedule: Monkey Island 10am Snow Monkey Easter Egg Hunt Jungle Trails 10:30am Bonobo Easter Egg Hunt Elephant Reserve 10:30am Elephant Easter Egg Smash DRAGONS! 11am Komodo Dragon Egg Hunt Lords of the Arctic 11:30am Polar Bears with Melons Spectacled Bears 11:45am Bears with Melons Black Bears 12pm Bears with [...]
Welcome Zuri!
CINCINNATI, OH (April 15, 2011) – The Cincinnati Zoo is excited to announce that the name “Zuri” has been voted the official name of the baby giraffe! After an exciting week of seeing name suggestions on the Zoo’s Facebook page, the Zoo left the final decision to the public and more than 9,000 people answered the call by voting online. Zuri was a clear winner, with 4,838 votes. Naming baby Zuri was not an easy task. After a LONG process of sifting through more than 4,000 name suggestions from all over the world, the Cincinnati Zoo narrowed the field down [...]
It’s a GIRL at the Cincinnati Zoo!
Help Name the Baby Giraffe CINCINNATI, OH (April 5, 2011) – It’s a GIRL! The baby giraffe, born Saturday, April 2 at the Cincinnati Zoo is a girl! Now, she needs a name. Name suggestions will be accepted on the Zoo’s Facebook page through this Friday, April 8, at which time the Zoo’s giraffe keepers will pick their favorites. “Obviously we’re excited to have a thriving, healthy calf with excellent parents,” said Thane Maynard, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Zoo. But now that we know ‘it’ is now a ‘she’, it’s time to give this little girl a name.” Mom [...]
Baby Giraffe Born at the Cincinnati Zoo
CINCINNATI, OH (April 2, 2011) – Tessa, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s four-year-old Maasai giraffe gave birth to her first calf this morning, April 2 at 9:40 a.m. in her indoor stall. This news is especially exciting considering that the last time the Zoo celebrated a giraffe birth was nearly 26 years ago! The Cincinnati Zoo’s history with giraffe births actually dates back to 1889 when it became the first zoo in the Western Hemisphere to have a giraffe born in captivity. “The Zoo is buzzing with excitement today with the birth of the baby giraffe,” said Thane [...]
Solar Canopy
Largest Publicly Accessible, Urban, Solar Array in the U.S is Under Construction at the Zoo! The greenest Zoo in America will soon generate power from the Sun! This Spring, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden visitors will be greeted by the largest publicly accessible, urban solar array in the country – a 1.56 megawatt system with 6,400 panels installed on a canopy structure over the Zoo’s Vine Street Parking Lot. The structure will provide shade for nearly 800 of the 1,000 spots available at the Zoo’s main entrance. Construction has begun and is slated to be completed by the end of [...]
Cincinnati Zoo Going for Number One at Number Two
CINCINNATI, OH – With a strong commitment to “green”, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden will now turn its efforts to “brown”. As the Greenest Zoo in America, the Cincinnati Zoo is a leader in wind power, solar energy, water conservation and storm water management. Now, there is much ado about poo. That’s right. The Zoo is going for the title of being #1 at #2! More than 1,100 pounds of elephant and giraffe dung, 900 pounds of Sumatran rhino, camel, takin, red river hog, gazelle and Przewalski’s horse droppings and 700 pounds of black and Indian rhino and zebra [...]
Endangered Ocelot Born Following Novel Artificial Insemination Procedure
First Successful Oviductal AI in Any Wild Cat Species CINCINNATI – (March 7, 2011) A Brazilian ocelot kitten was born on January 22, 2011 at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo following a laparoscopic oviductal artificial insemination (AI) procedure conducted by scientists from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Lindner Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW). This pregnancy and birth are the first ever in a wild cat species using this new oviductal insemination technique. Link to video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCbdf_4TTMI.) To produce this kitten, the Beardsley Zoo’s female ocelot, “Kuma”, was treated with two hormones (equine chorionic gonadotropin, eCG; [...]
Cincinnati Zoo Giraffe Expecting Soon
CINCINNATI, OH (March 2, 2011) – Tessa, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s four-year-old Maasai giraffe is pregnant, due within the next two months. This news is especially exciting considering the last time the Zoo celebrated a giraffe birth was 1985. The Cincinnati Zoo’s history with giraffe births actually dates back to 1889 when it became the first zoo in the Western Hemisphere to have a giraffe born in captivity. (NOTE FOR MEDIA: Media are invited to attend a photo opportunity at 11 a.m. on March 2 with Tessa. Thane Maynard, Executive Director of the Cincinnati Zoo will also be [...]
Discover the World’s Most Exotic Destinations
CINCINNATI – Whether you have a passion for travel, exotic destinations, or wildlife, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s 2011 Travel Series has the perfect voyage for you! From the rainforests of South America to the deserts of Africa, there is a world of wonder waiting for you to explore. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden offers exciting and educational wildlife travel adventures in 2011 escorted by Cincinnati Zoo staff. You can learn about travel packages from the African savannah to the remote region of the Amazon Rainforest for FREE on March 3, 2011 at 6 p.m. Or come enjoy [...]
