Fur Ball + Get Ready For Boo!

Thu Oct 12 09:31:27 PDT 2023

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ZOO HIGHLIGHTS
Boo at the Zoo Presented by First 5 California is Almost Here!
Join us for family favorite, Boo at the Zoo Presented by First 5 California on two consecutive weekends, Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22 and 28-29!  Come dressed in costume for our daily 12 noon costume parade and contest in the categories of Best Animal, Best Family, Judge's Favorite, and Best Toddler Costume. And throughout each day, you won't want to miss Halloween treats and pumpkins for the animals!

As a special treat, Chuy Gomez from 102JAMS will host our costume contest on Saturday, October 21st and Daryl "Guru" Johnson from 95.7 The Game will be on hand here on Saturday, October 28th! Boo at the Zoo is free with paid Zoo admission.
Hay Maze & More!

It's beginning to look a lot like...Halloween! You can get into the Halloween spirit any day leading up to Boo at the Zoo! A not to miss attraction is the Happy Harvest Hay Maze, located by Great Ape Passage!

The whole family will enjoy the largest hay maze in San Francisco! Navigate through the stacked hay bales to find animal fun facts, try to bypass the dead ends and find the giant hay pit! The hay maze is open daily.
Clancy's Pumpkins and Save!

Our friends at Clancy's Pumpkins are back and Zoo Members receive 10% off with your membership card! Visit their web site (https://sfzoo.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05b8326f4402b997fe7a097e3&id=c1e3506875&e=7683a9aed3) for hours and information.

Throughout the month of October, visit Clancy's Pumpkins in the Zoo's expanded parking lot located on the corner of Sloat and Skyline Boulevards. As a family-run business, Clancy's beloved pumpkin patch has been rooted in the community since 1949 as family time and tradition are things that Clancy's values greatly. We hope you will visit Clancy's and experience their pumpkin patch, making memories for a lifetime.

A big thank you to Clancy's Pumpkins for providing pumpkins to the Zoo each Fall for Boo at the Zoo!
Guests to Fur Ball Can Support SF Zoo in "Lucky Draw" Raffle

Even if you're not attending Fur Ball 2023 on Saturday, October 14th, you can bid on a "lucky draw" featuring one-of-a-kind prizes! These include an exciting behind-the-scenes tour of the Zoo, a gift basket from specialty foods company 50Hertz, renowned for their "tingly" spices, and a luxury cosmetics gift basket with a generous selection of beauty brands such as Dior, Rare Beauty, Urban Decay, Drunk Elephant, and more! See link below to bid.

And there's still time to get your general admission tickets!  Fur Ball is ZooII and SF Zoo's most festive after-hours event of the year, especially for young professionals (and the young at heart). Come dressed in your best animal-themed attire and dance the night away to live music by Neon Velvet! Enjoy an unlimited open bar and delicious food provided by the hottest food trucks, including Chairman Bao, Curry Up Now, Curveball Sliders, El Sur, Conchinta and Savory Pear. Photo booth, live poetry, illuminated roller skaters and hoop dancers, and the Eugene Friend Carousel are all on-site for your enjoyment! Get your tickets now before they're gone, as this event always sells out! For tickets & information: Furball23.Givesmart.co (https://sfzoo.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05b8326f4402b997fe7a097e3&id=8da084647b&e=7683a9aed3) m (https://sfzoo.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=05b8326f4402b997fe7a097e3&id=5542ce5e87&e=7683a9aed3)
HAPPENING THIS MONTH!
World Migratory Bird Day
World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated twice a year, in the Spring and in the Fall, on October 14th. On your visits to the Zoo, you may see many wild birds at a stopover here, hanging out at our upper and lower lake areas, even Penguin Island! This year's theme is Water: Sustaining Bird Life, which focuses on the importance of water to migratory birds, whether it is a wetlands habitat, river, stream, pond, marsh or ocean. These water sources allow the migratory birds to feed, drink and nest and refuel. Every year, bird watchers participate in our annual bird count to keep track of bird species visiting the Zoo, noting those that may be winter residents or sometimes seen infrequently. Roughly half of the world's bird species migrate, an estimated 3.5 billion birds, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, back into the U.S. from their southern wintering grounds, about 20-40% of the approximate 10,600 known bird species. (Photo by May Woon)
National Wolf Awareness Week
The third week of October marks National Wolf Awareness Week, and one of the most remarkable conservation stories is that of the on-going recovery of the Mexican gray wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, which was on the brink of extinction in the 1970's before intervention by conservationists and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

SF Zoo works in partnership to house non-releasable individuals, such as our four female siblings. Currently, from near extinction to today nearly 240 wild Mexican gray wolves live in the U.S. and approximately 45 in Mexico, with 380 in captive breeding programs, the road to a successful recovery remains slow, but steady for the most endangered wolf subspecies in the world. Wolf Awareness Week is an important time to learn about wolves and their importance as a keystone species playing an important role in their ecosystem.

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