Come And Watch Woodland Park Zoo's Animals Receive Their Holiday Retreats

By Gigi Allianic

Seattle, WA - Take a break from holiday shopping and see how the animals at Woodland Park Zoo celebrate the winter. Winter Celebration offers holiday-themed treats to the animals such as wreaths trimmed with fish or assorted fruit, evergreen trees with ornamental fruit or wrapped boxes filled with favorite tidbits.

Winter Celebration is part of the zoo’s ongoing enrichment program to help enrich the lives of the zoo’s animals, promote natural animal behavior, keep animals mentally stimulated and engage visitors.

WHEN: Monday-Wednesday, December 22-24 and December 29-31, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Monday, December 22, 29 Tuesday, December 23, 30
11:00 a.m., Sun bears 11:00 a.m., Orangutans
Noon, Pigs Noon, Otters
Noon, Grizzlies 1:00 p.m., Golden lion tamarins
2:00 p.m., Elephants 2:00 p.m., Tiger

Wednesday, December 24, 31
11:00 a.m., Emus
1:00 p.m., Gorillas
2:00 p.m., Australian birds and keas

WHERE: Woodland Park Zoo: South Entrance at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N. or West Entrance at N. 55th St. & Phinney Ave. N.

INFO: Winter Celebration is free with zoo admission. Winter hours: 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. daily. The zoo is closed on Christmas day, December 25. Admission: Adult (13-64) $11; Child (3-12) $8; Toddler (0-2) Free. Seniors and people with disabilities receive a discount and zoo members receive free zoo admission year-round. Parking: $4.50.

For more information or to become a zoo member, call 206.548.2500 or 206.548.2599 (TTY), or visit www.zoo.org.

Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting international standards for zoos all over the world. The 21st century zoo is helping to save animals and their habitats in Washington state and around the world. By inspiring people to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future. 

Photo credit: Ric Brewer