El Paso Zoo

12/08/2024

Welcome to ZUMANITY SUNDAYS! Each Sunday, we will bring you some light-hearted comics based on our animals behaving like humans or the other way around.

¡Bienvenidos a LOS DOMINGOS DE ZUMANIDAD! Cada domingo te traeremos algunos cómics alegres basados ​​en nuestros animales comportándose como humanos o al revés.

12/08/2024

Splash Pad is now a Winter Pad space for kids and parents to take pictures. Join us at the Zoo! We're open Wed-Sun from 10-4. Closed Mon & Tue.

De Splash Pad a Winter Pad! Niños y padres, tomen fotografías en el Zoo. Abrimos de miércoles a domingo de 10 a 4. Cerrado lunes y martes.

12/07/2024

Come join us at the Rhino Hockey Game tonight at 7PM. We will be raffling Zoo Admissions and our adorable Rhino Key Chains!

Vengan al juego de hockey de los El Paso Rhino esta noche a las 7 p.m. ¡Estaremos rifando entradas al zoológico y nuestros adorables llaveros de Rinoceronte!

12/06/2024

Registration is now open for the Zoo's new holiday season "Winter Zoo Camps" for children 5 - 10 years old!

Half-day camps on Dec 21 - 22.
It gives parents a chance to finish up their holiday shopping.

Full-day camps from Dec 30 - Jan 3.
Days of fun and memorable activities while kids are out of school.

Activities, encounters, and survive in the wild.

Check out the different camp sessions available
https://www.elpasozoo.org/learn/zoo-camps/

12/06/2024

12/05/2024

Obi, our beautiful 1 ½ year-old male giraffe, is leaving us next week.
Obi, nuestra hermosa jirafa macho de 1 año y medio, nos dejará la próxima semana.

Obi is the offspring of a fully Reticulated Giraffe and a success story of our captive breeding program that safeguards species from extinction through the Species Survival Plan (SSP). Here are some pictures from his 1st week of life (April 2023).

Obi es descendiente de una jirafa completamente reticulada y una historia de éxito de nuestro programa de cría en cautiverio que salvaguarda a las especies de la extinción a través del Plan de supervivencia de especies (SSP). Aquí hay algunas fotos de su primera semana de vida (abril de 2023).

11/29/2024

This Sunday, December 1, the Zoo will host Low Sensory Sunday. Guests will enjoy a peaceful and supportive environment for individuals with sensory needs, such as those with autism, dementia, PTSD, and similar conditions.

The Zoo staff underwent specialized training by KultureCity professionals to recognize and assist guests with sensory sensitivities, resulting in designated quiet zones and headphone zones throughout the Zoo.

Guests can request a sensory bag from the Gift Shop or Hunt Family Endangered Species Carousel during their visit to the Zoo. They are filled with items that can help lessen sensory overload like noise-canceling headphones and fidget devices.

Visit El Paso Zoo’s KultureCity Certification page to learn more about the Zoo’s inclusion initiatives.
https://venue.kulturecity.org/venues/el-paso-zoo

11/27/2024

People who participated in the Adopt-An-Agave program from the Zoo can return them this Friday – Sunday (Nov 29 – Dec 1). Your agave will be picked up and transplanted in the wild to help establish more habitat for endangered Mexican long-nosed bats. A first of its kind in the world conservation program involving hundreds of people in El Paso.

The El Paso Zoo in partnership with Bat Conservation International (BCI) support the “Adopt an Agave” program to help bring an endangered bat back from the brink of extinction. The Mexican long-nosed bat is one of only three pollinating bat species found in the US and the only endangered bat in Texas.

Best times to deliver your agave are from 9am - 3pm at the El Paso Water Discovery Education Center to the right of the Zoo Entrance Gate.

If no one is available to open the door, please drop off your agave outside at with a note on the container with your name.

If something went wrong and your agave did not survive that is okay, let us know so we will not reserve a spot on the truck your agave will be traveling on.

The Zoo is closed on Thanksgiving Day.

For more information or questions you may text the Zoo Education Programs Manager Rick LoBello at 915-217-4233.

Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeding on agave flowers.Copyright Bat Conservation International

11/26/2024

Join us for our Zoo Membership Drive at Cielo Vista Mall - Nov. 25 to Dec. 24th. Receive a beautiful free plush with purchase. We'll be there during regular mall hours!

Acompañanos en estos dias festivos durante nuestra campaña de membresía del zoológico en Cielo Vista Mall - 25 de noviembre al 24 de diciembre. Recibe un hermoso peluche gratis con tu compra. ¡Estaremos allí durante el horario regular de Cielo Vista Mall.

11/26/2024

Hello, El Paso! Give the GIFT of Adventure to someone you love for the holidays! This present will last all year long, AND you will be supporting our conservation effort to protect wildlife and help certain species avoid extinction, like our orangutans, Mexican wolves, and TAJ, our Greater One-Horned Rhino!

¡Hola El Paso! ¡Dale el REGALO de Aventura a alguien que amas durante esta temporada! Este regalo durará todo el año Y estarás apoyando nuestro esfuerzo de conservación para proteger la vida silvestre y ayudar a ciertas especies a evitar la extinción, como nuestros orangutanes, lobos mexicanos y a TAJ, nuestro rinoceronte mayor de un cuerno!

11/25/2024

The El Paso Zoo wishes everyone a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.

To allow our staff time to spend with their loved ones, the zoo will be closed on Thanksgiving Day but will reopen on Friday, 11/29, for regular hours from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

11/11/2024

Happy 8th B-Day TAJ!
Thank you to our guests, our own El Paso Hockey Rhinos, and to our loving, caring, wonderful zoo employees who made this a wonderful event!
We are grateful to our visitors and partners who support our zoo. THANK YOU for your patronage and support!

11/10/2024

EP Zoo WORD OF THE DAY.
ENRICHMENT: the action of improving or enhancing the quality or value of something.
Marvel the penguin marveling at the loving care his keepers show by making his food experience
a novelty!

11/09/2024

The El Paso Zoo honors all Veterans this Veterans Day. We express our gratitude to all veterans for their service and sacrifice. Your courage and commitment have made a lasting impact, and we celebrate you.

November 11
Veteran's will receive the same price as Active Duty & Spouses: $ 10.95 (ID required)

Ask for the Veterans discount in person at the ticket booths or buy online by choosing the Active Duty & Spouses ticket option.

11/07/2024

Join us as the El Paso Rhinos Hockey Team helps us celebrate TAJ's 8th Birthday!
SUNDAY, November 10th from 11:30AM - 1PM.
150 Free Hockey Game Tickets will be given out by the team members.
Coloring and Play-Doh tables for kids and adults. Piñatas for TAJ!
https://elpasozoo.home.blog/2024/10/17/a-year-of-hope-for-rhinos/