Christmas Carolers to Perform this Weekend!

Fri Dec 20 13:16:22 PST 2024

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Christmas Carolers to Perform this Weekend!
Get into the holiday spirit on Saturday and Sunday, December 21 & 22 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to enjoy classic Christmas songs sung by The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers at Entry Village. Decked out in traditional Dickens attire, the carolers will delight you with your favorite holiday standards, so much so that you may even want to sing along to the songs we all know and love.

And while you’re here, be sure to check out the latest virtual reality experience with a holiday twist. Elf Power is available for a limited time only at the VR Zone along with Gorilla Trek and The Great Migration!
Dog Days at SF Zoo
Thanks for your interest in Dog Days at SF Zoo! We have reached capacity for the upcoming event on December 24th and are no longer accepting reservation requests. “Fur-unately,” our next tail-wagging event will be Saturday, January 11, 2025! For the safety of our animals, staff and guests, only a limited number of dogs can be on-site at any one time, so guests are required to reserve a time in advance to come with their dog.

Interested individuals must email during an announced timeframe to dogdays at sfzoo.org (mailto:dogdays at sfzoo.org)  to be eligible for a random drawing to select attendees. Please email with the following information on Friday, January 10, 2025. You will be notified that day if you are selected and placed on our reservation list.
* Name
* City
* Phone number
* Name of dog
* Dog breed
* Coat color
* Size (small, medium, large)

Guests are allowed just one dog per reservation and each dog must be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years of age.

Thank you for making Dog Days at SF Zoo the “ulti-mutt” experience for you and your pet!
Welcome Tiny Paws Pug Rescue

Tiny Paws Pug Rescue will be sharing information and adoptable pugs and pug mixes which you can meet in person as part of Dog Days at SF Zoo on January 11th. As a non-profit organization, their mission to rescue, rehabilitate and find forever homes for pugs and pug-mixes have changed the fate of over 1,000 homeless pugs and pug-mixes since 2016.

Named by Sniffspot as one of California’s Top 100 Dog Rescues and Shelters, we hope you will swing by and open your heart to a new family member. Visit Tiny Paws Pug Rescue (https://www.tinypawspugrescue.org/)  to learn more.
E-Waste Drive to Benefit Gorillas on the Line

https://www.sfzoo.org/gorillas-on-the-line/

After receiving new electronic devices as holiday gifts, you might want to consider donating your old cell phones and other small electronics to help save wild gorillas and their habitats. On Saturday and Sunday, January 4 & 5, drop off your electronic devices in the Gorillas on the Line (GotL) donation boxes located in the Gift Shop and Entry Village during our e-waste drive.
Acceptable items include: cell phones, chargers and adapters, tablets, handheld gaming, MP3 players, smart watches, and headphones. Sorry, batteries, laptops and larger electronics are ineligible for this program.

Cell phones contain coltran, a mineral mined in gorilla habitats in Africa. Because 80% of phones worldwide do not get recycled, gorilla habitats continue to be deforested for coltran. By recycling your phone and other electronics, the need for more coltran mining is reduced, protecting gorillas and their habitats. Gorillas on the Line works with ECO-CELL, an electronics recycling company, to tally and recycle old electronics devices with a portion of the funds generated through the recycling going to AZA’s Gorilla SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction).

Learn More (https://www.sfzoo.org/gorillas-on-the-line/)
New Virtual Reality is an Amazing Whale Tale!
https://www.sfzoo.org/vr-experience-rides/
You’ve traveled deep into tropical forest habitat to see mountain gorillas and become immersed on the African plains with millions of wildebeests, zebras and antelope. Now get ready to submerge underwater to see pods of humpback whales in the new “Swimming With Humpbacks.” This dynamic, educational journey follows a marine biologist who sets out to learn about the behavior of mother humpback whales and their calves.

Shot in stereoscopic 3D virtual reality, this completely immersive close encounter with one of the largest and gentlest mammals on the planet will give you goosebumps!

Special Members Weekend

The VR film experience will debut to the public on Saturday, January 11th. Members with a valid membership are eligible to see the new film for free on Saturday and Sunday, January 11 & 12th.

Learn More (https://www.sfzoo.org/vr-experience-rides/)
Give a Gift Membership for a Year’s Worth of Zoo Visits!
https://www.sfzoo.org/gift-memberships/?keyword=Gift%20Memberships
It’s not too late to give the gift of Zoo visits! Memberships come with benefits that includes special discounts, exclusive access to special events, previews and more! And importantly, your purchase benefits the Zoo by helping support our mission to connect people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature and advance conservation action. Gift memberships are available for all membership tiers and become active when the gift recipient redeems the gift at the ticket window or by emailing membership at sfzoo.org (mailto:membership at sfzoo.org) .

Learn More (https://www.sfzoo.org/gift-memberships/?keyword=Gift%20Memberships)
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