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01/21/2024

Jerry 🤝 0.5 images

01/12/2024

Final Call! AAZK is seeking abstracts for Topical Workshops for the 2024 AAZK National Conference in Omaha. Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2024 (11:59pm EST).

Visit https://www.aazkomaha.com/ or email [email protected]

01/12/2024

Being zookeepers in Iowa is a personality trait (shoutout to Keeper Jen for this iconic meme)

But really - there do be a lot of snow 🥲

12/21/2023

Matty and Heyward are giving major American Gothic (1930) I mean it only makes sense since both are in Iowa

12/14/2023

ani + her biscuit are a top contender against taylor swift for person of the year (next year we rally for a bpz animal to sweep the competition)

12/12/2023

🐼 TODAYS THE DAY! 🐼 Don't forget to place your orders on Panda Express's app. or website with our code 919377 to help support our chapter! 😍

🐼 PANDA EXPRESS VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER 🐼

On Tuesday December 12th, our Iowa AAZK Chapter will be having a VIRTUAL fundraiser for our chapter! If you place an order at any time during December 12th while using our unique fundraising code 919377, our chapter will earn 28% of our total sales. This helps send our incredible members to conferences and helps us plan for our events! Please make sure to only order online at Panda Express's website OR use the Panda Express app. ‼️ No orders can be placed on third party apps. like DoorDash or GrubHub ‼️ You can also order from ANYWHERE that a Panda Express is located (it's nationwide y'all!)

Check out our flyer attached for all details! We appreciate you all so much for your support throughout the 2023 year 🤩

12/08/2023

Just a lil reminder that next Tuesday is our Panda Express virtual fundraiser! Check out all the details in our poster 😋🐼

🐼 PANDA EXPRESS VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER 🐼On Tuesday December 12th, our Iowa AAZK Chapter will be having a VIRTUAL fundraiser ...

11/28/2023

11/08/2023

got any grapes? she’s just a lil baby

11/02/2023

when you think about how much halloween candy you ate this week 👁️👄👁️

11/02/2023

ok but who wore it better? heidi or hei hei? 🦚

10/30/2023

us when we realize bat appreciation month is almost over 👻 (bats deserve to be appreciated year round to be quite honest)

09/29/2023

A few of our amazing chapter members will be at our zoo with a table this Sunday! Please stop by and say hi and learn why we do what we do in AAZK 🤩

09/24/2023

We were so lucky this week to be able to attend the 2023 AAZK National Conference this week in Akron, OH! 🐣 After our chapter took a hiatus due to the pandemic, we were essentially restarting with a whole new group of keepers and starting the chapter fresh. We were so glad that we got the opportunity thanks to our wonderful chapter members for spearheading events to get us to Akron and to Blank Park Zoo for sending an additional keeper even after our chapter took a year off! Both of us learned so much from our workshops that we attended and the phenomenal keepers and zoo staff that presented their successes this week. We connected with so many incredible people across the country and are ecstatic to bring back so much useful and key information back home to Iowa and our chapter. Thank you again to everyone that made this possible and thank you to Akron chapter for all your hard work as a great host! 🐥🐥

07/07/2023

eddie hearing the new vault sound tracks on speak now (taylor’s version) for the first time

06/20/2023

wisterias masterpiece > the mona lisa

06/19/2023

Thank you again to everyone who came out to our very first volleyball madhatter event for professional development for our Iowa AAZK chapter!

Our winners enjoyed some “sea lion poo” (I promise it’s just candy), a little stuffed seal, and even a behind-the-scenes tour of Blank Park Zoo’s pinnipeds area! 🤩🦭

We raised over $500 and are able to send someone to the National AAZK Conference in September thanks to all of your help! 🥹

Special shoutout to Brittany and Lynne for all of their hard work for making this event possible!

05/09/2023

jubei is looking at us like we look at free donuts they put on the table in the break room

04/25/2023

did someone say world penguin day is today? it’s world penguin day everyday according to these cuties 🫡

also shoutout keeper Kaylee for all these cute pictures!

04/23/2023

chicken is giving major slay girl boss queen

04/22/2023

04/14/2023

buzz said mmmm these photos are my time to shine and my beyoncé moment, so bilbo you’ve gotta go somewhere else. and nothing else has described buzz more

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7401 SW 9th Street
Des Moines, IA
50315

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When the guests are away, the Meatball will play! Meatball enjoying the great weather from last night’s rental event! 📸: Keeper Bekka

Have you ever wondered how our penguin artists create their masterpieces? It’s a very technical process requiring plenty of practice. 📸: Mikayla Dehnke @mikkie_d

PSA: lots of animals get the zoomies, including chubby unicorns 📸: Keeper Lauralynn

Snow + Red Panda

Any one else as excited as Basu about the snow?!

New clear PVC "sensory bottles" for the macaques. Fun to manipulate to view neat objects such as cool rocks, dried flowers, and acorn caps. - Keeper Jen

Not Sunday but See Me Sunday is... Chaz! Chaz is a 35 year old White Handed Gibbon. Gibbons are lesser apes, not monkeys. Chaz is a blonde color compared to Siam who is a brown color. Her favorite snacks are apples and bananas. She also loves to look at her reflection!

See Me Sunday is.. Butta! Butta is a 13 year old Meishan pig. She weighs around 150 kg (~330 lbs). Her diet consists of a tub of scraps but her favorite snacks are banana peels, melon skins, and squash. She receives a oil massage in the winter season everyday to keep her skin from getting dry. During the summer season, she receives a sunscreen massage everyday to keep her from not burning while out in sun. She is also target and scale trained. Butta really loves belly rubs!

See me Sunday is... Anastasia Anastasia is one of three Emus at the zoo. Her favorite snack is grapes. She loves to be misted by her keepers. She hatched at the zoo on May 2nd, 2006. Her and another female are named after the step sisters on Cinderella. She also lays dark green eggs! She did enjoy her birthday cake🎂

Tomorrow night is our next meeting! 5 pm in the break room Be there or be square - Woody

See me Sunday is... Peabody! Peabody is 9 years old. With no pain, he has a cataract in his left eye which makes him blind. His favorite treat is peanuts!

On World Monkey Day, we wanted to feature one of the Zoo’s Japanese Snow Macaques “Gigi” interacting with an enrichment device. Keepers utilize enrichment devices like this puzzle feeder to keep animals mentally and physically stimulated and healthy. 📸: Jen Penas