Welcome, Hiiro
What’s better than a celebrity couple? A royal couple! We’re thrilled to welcome our female red-crowned crane ‘Ruby’ back to zoo grounds along with her new habitat-mate, male ‘Hiiro’. In August, Ruby…
Read MoreThe Garden Gallery in the ENMAX Conservatory will be closed from Monday, November 11th, through to Thursday, November 14th, to accommodate setup for ZOOLIGHTS, presented by Olympia Trust Company.
Thank you for your understanding.
Wild Canada: On Tuesday, October 29th, travel through Wild Canada will be adjusted to accommodate tree removal near the black bear habitat. To view the snow leopard, located in the former cougar habitat, visitors may enter and exit through the South Entrance of Wild Canada but will not be able to proceed past the habitat. To view the rest of the Wild Canada animal residents, visitors can enter and exit through the zone’s north entrance.
Land of Lemurs Walkthrough & Outdoor Gorilla Amphitheatre: The two outdoor animal viewing areas will close for the season beginning on October 15. Lemurs and gorillas will be viewable in their indoor habitats.
PETRONAS Gateway to Asia: The building will have adjusted viewing from September 23 until mid-November while we complete mechanical upgrades to the Malayan tapir habitat. Komodo dragons will remain viewable indoors. Malayan tapirs and red-crowned cranes will be viewable in their outdoor habitats (weather permitting). White-handed gibbons will not be viewable for the duration of the project.
African Savannah Yard: Our Hartmann’s mountain zebras and ostriches will be off-view until the end of the year while we complete exciting upgrades in the African Savannah Yard, including the construction of a new Savannah Barn for the animals. Our giraffe tower will continue to be viewable throughout the project.
Thank you for your understanding.
Bite-Sized
Happy birthday to our American black bear, ‘Manuka’! Manuka came to us in 2013, and is turning 12 years old this month!
Did you know that black bears can come in different colours? Manuka is a black bear, but she’s a blonde black bear! Her white colouring comes from her origins in B.C., where the spirit bear population has recessive genes that cause white colouring. This gives Manuka her sandy blonde look that is similar to manuka honey!
You can often spot Manuka by looking up – she’s an agile tree climber! Manuka isn’t available for viewing while the bears are enjoying their winter slumber, but join us in wishing her a happy birthday and be sure to stop by to say hi once the bears wake up!