Zoo News Sunday: The Columbus Zoo

Let’s go visit the Columbus Zoo today. Hi, Zebee here.

This is a really fun site. The home page covers three different attractions in Columbus, OH.
The Zoombezi Bay Waterpark, the Z Safari Golf Club and the Columbus Zoo. We are going to the zoo, so hop on board and away we go!

This is where Jack Hanna is based out of. He’s the one taking you around the home page there. So, lets’ start exploring. I see a calendar of events with some days in a different color than the rest. When I move my cursor over it up pops a special event that day with a link for more information.

You can sign up for their newsletter and keep up to date on everything going on.

Lots of education here! Check out Habitat Hollow. This looks to be a whole bunch of fun for the younger set.

Scout and community programs offers things like camp-ins overnight and senior safaris.

There are at least a dozen Family programs to check out.

Play along on Animal Tracks. This guide gives you all the information you want to know about the animals at the Columbus Zoo.

The Columbus Zoo is involved with Conservation Grants. Over the past 5 years they have distributed $3.8 million in conservation grants. Read about what all they do.

I say this is a pretty cool zoo, don’t you? Thanks for going along with me on this trip today. Come back Tuesday and visit with me at the ‘V Zoo’ won’t you?

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: National Zoological gardens of South Africa

Good Sunday morning to you, Zebee here. Want to go on a trip with me to a far away zoo? Well, at least it is for me. Today we’re off to the National Zoological gardens of South Africa. This zoo has lots to be proud of. First off they are 111 years old. They are also on of the top 10 ranked international zoos in the world. So, let’s get going.

Their tours look interesting. They have aquarium tours at night, camping tours, a two hour night walking tour and a variety of organized group tours.

They have a really god education section. They have daily school programs, holiday courses and even a ZooMobile that comes to your school!

Friends of the Zoo host a monthly Zoo Fun Run/Walk. The event raises money for the Friends of the Zoo as well as gets you into the park early in the morning to walk and run around looking at the animals before the general public gets in!

The zoo does a lot for conservation of the species. They have two different game breeding centers.

Don’t forget to sign up for their newsletter.

I had fun, didn’t you? But it’s time for me to go home. So, I’ll see you all back here Tuesday for more fun ‘V Zoo’ happenings.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: The Portland Zoo

Good Sunday morning all my fans in Bloggerville. Zebee here.

Today and for the next several weeks I will be going to only one zoo and telling you all about it. Why the change? My boss Joy and her husband Julio are underway sailing their boat from Puerto Rico to Florida. She didn’t want either this blog or her blog to go silent for all that time. So we got together and wrote posts for about 6 weeks. (She has to do the typing. Can you picture me typing? Hoofs don’t do well on a keyboard!) They are all done and waiting to pop up on the right day. So please do continue to stop by. It will be lots of fun here at the ‘V Zoo’, I promise.

Okay, on with today’s zoo. My boss Joy’s mom lives in Portland, OR. When Joy’s children were little, they lived there too. Zoo visits were a regular outing. Come with me into the Portland Zoo where they are “Inspiring our community to create a better future for wildlife.”
Hop into the Portland Zoo.

Let’s poke around the zoo and see what’s there.

If you live in the area, you really must sign up for their newsletter. You can do this right from the home page. Also on the home page you can click on links to things like:

Animals - Read animal fact sheets, take a virtual tour behind the scenes and much more.

Conservation - See what the Portland Zoo is doing about helping to conserve the world’s wildlife and environment.

Education - Read about school field trips for schools, homeschool program, family adventures available and more.

Groups Scoop - Learn all about having a group event at the zoo. Guess what? You can plan an overnight at the zoo! How cool is that!?!

Kidzone - Here you can play games, meet the zoo babies, learn how you can help out with conservation and lots more fun stuff.
And lots more.

Coming this summer, the zoo is opening a new exhibit, Predators of the Serengeti. Check out the virtual tour and read about what animals are going to be there.

Want to keep up with all the special events at the zoo? Go to the Events page and pick the month you want to visit. I picked April. During that month they have:

Keeper talks daily so you can learn about their animals.
Zoo’s Gone Wild Spring Break Party from March 23 – April 5
Rabbit Romp on April 11
Second Tuesday on April 14
Elephantastic! on April 18
Party for the Planet on April 26
Run for the Cheetah on April 26
Go to the April Events to read about all these great events. I want to go. Will you take me?

I guess we’ve traveled all over the Portland Zoo today. I don’t know about you but I need a rest, right over there under my favorite tree.

See you back here on Tuesday with some more fun from the ‘V Zoo’.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Laughing Zebra – Books for Children
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