FEAST FOR THE BEASTS
- Date: Saturday, July 12
- Time: 09:00 AM
Saturday, July 12, 2008 FEED YOUR BEAST! Come out to the Oakland Zoo early for a hot breakfast of French toast sticks, eggs, bacon, and all the fixings for just $6. Zoo main entrance gates open early at 9:00 am.
FEAST FOR THE BEASTS EVENT DETAILS Guests are encouraged to bring fresh produce, such as apples, watermelon, grapes, carrots, lettuce or other delicious fruit and vegetables to help feed Oakland Zoo animals. Then, you’ll experience the once-a-year opportunity to enter the elephant enclosure, before the hungry herd! Leave your favorite elephant a special treat! Children love to watch as Donna, Lisa, Osh, and M'Dundamella, the Elephants here at the Zoo, gobble down delicious food!
You and the family can also help zookeepers craft enrichment items for the lions and tigers. Once the boxes are finished, see them play with your creation! Enrichment is a term that describes a vast array of activities provided for captive wildlife. These activities can stimulate natural behaviors, such as scent marking, aggressive posturing, vocalizations, or play behavior. Enrichment activities increase natural behavior and improve quality of life.
Be sure to swing by Flamingo Plaza for face painting by Under the Rainbow, great souvenirs from the Zoo Gift Shop, including a special poster designed just for today, and stop by the Children's Hospital Sports Medicine booth. Visit the Oakland Public Library Bookmobile, "Catch the Reading Bug," outside the Main Entrance. From 9:00am - 11:00am Movin' 99.7 will also be outside the Main Entrance.
The animal enrichment schedule is as follows and covers a variety of activities ranging from feedings, enrichements, and keeper talks.
9:45am First spread on Elephant exhibit* 10:15am Second spread on Elephant exhibit*
10:00am Bat 10:30am Elephant 11:00am Lemur 11:30am Giraffe 11:45am Meerkat 12:30pm Baboon 1:15pm Otter 2:00pm Alligator 3:00pm Hyena 3:30pm Monitor 3:30pm Tiger 3:30pm Sun bear
*Tickets required. Tickets available at the Enrichment Information Station in Flamingo Plaza.
This event is FREE with regular Oakland Zoo admission.
