It's time to say BOO! at The Calgary Zoo

We thought the zoo's animals should enjoy some Halloween fun on Sunday, October 28 too!
Enrichment is a regular part of animal care each day at the zoo, but holidays provide zookeepers with a chance to get creative and work with the theme surrounding each holiday. Area curator, Dr. Malu Celli explains, "Every day zookeepers are challenged to find new ways to provide enrichment to the animals in their care. Halloween pumpkins provide a unique enrichment opportunity because some animals like to play with them and some like to eat them so we've planned a full-day of enrichment activities using them."
"We're proud to provide the Zoo with these pumpkins for their enrichment activities" says Sarah Boutron, events and promotions manager for Calgary Co-op. The local grocer generously donated approximately 100 pumpkins for the event.
The schedule for Sunday's pumpkin enrichment activities are:
Lions (Savannah) 9:00 am (outdoors)
Rocky Mountain Aviary (Canadian Wilds) 9:00 am (outdoors)
Canadian Wilds Hoofstock 9:00 am (outdoors)
Gorillas (Rainforest) 9:15 am (indoors)
Meerkats (Savannah) 10:00 am (indoors)
Bats (Rainforest) 10:30 am (indoors)
Penguins (Penguin Plunge) 10:45 am (indoors)
Wolves (Canadian Wilds) 11:00 am (outdoors)
Red River Hogs (Savannah) 11:00 am (in/out)
Hooded Vulture (Savannah) 11:00 am (indoors)
Macaques (Eurasia) 11:30 am (outdoors)
Giraffe (Savannah) 11:30 am (indoors)
Snakes (Savannah) 12:00 pm (indoors)
Tigers (Eurasia) 12:30 pm (outdoors)
Bears (Canadian Wilds) 1:00 pm (outdoors)
Alpacas (near Kitamba Café) 1:30 pm (outdoors)
Fallow Deer (Eurasia) 1:30 pm (outdoors)
Cougars (Canadian Wilds) 2:00 pm (outdoors)
Gibbons or deBrazzas (South America) 2:30 pm (in/out)
Bring your camera and join the Boo Daytime fun and see what the animals do with their pumpkins!

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This must be your annual Halloween event for families who visit you every year in October.