{"id":112649,"date":"2022-07-05T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=112649"},"modified":"2022-07-05T20:13:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T00:13:23","slug":"zoo-kids-for-nature-play-day-tomorrow-20220706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2022\/07\/05\/zoo-kids-for-nature-play-day-tomorrow-20220706\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo: Kids for Nature Play Day tomorrow &#8211; 7\/6\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tFWC_Zoo_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tFWC_Zoo_logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tFWC_Zoo_logo-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tFWC_Zoo_logo-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fort Wayne Children\u2019s Zoo invites guests to learn about the behaviors and training of animals through fun activities during Kids for Nature Animal Enrichment and Training Day on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Annual Animal Training and Enrichment Day Events Planned<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Indiana (July 5, 2022) \u2013 The Fort Wayne Children\u2019s Zoo invites guests to learn about the behaviors and training of animals through fun activities during Kids for Nature Animal Enrichment and Training Day on Wednesday, July 6th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Come join the festivities with fun, engaging activities. These activities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Test your digging skills! Search for prizes just like animals do with food.<\/li>\n<li>See if you can solve a feeder puzzle that the animals here at the Zoo use.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about our farm animals and the food they eat with a matching game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enrichment activities are designed to bring out the natural instincts of animals and allows guests to observe these natural behaviors. Enrichment can include food puzzles, scents, and custom designed activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnrichment allows us to connect guests to natural behaviors and actions from the animals here at the Zoo,\u201d says Rachel Mensch, Section Supervisor of Central Zoo. \u201cIt also has the added benefit of helping us monitor the zoo animal\u2019s well-being and allows us to learn more about these amazing species in our care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Animal Enrichment and Training Day is free with paid zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Fort Wayne Children\u2019s Zoo<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Fort Wayne Children\u2019s Zoo is northeast Indiana\u2019s largest tourist attraction, hosting more than 600,000 guests annually. In 2021, the Zoo was voted Visit Indiana\u2019s \u201cSummer Bucket List Top Attraction\u201d and is consistently named one of the nation\u2019s Top Ten Zoos for Kids by national media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The Zoo is a conservation leader, contributing more than $360,000 annually to local, regional, and international efforts to protect wild animals and habitats. The Zoo cares for more than 1500 animals and participates in 63 cooperative species survival plans.<\/p>\n<p>As a self-supporting facility, the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo receives no tax dollars for operations. The Zoo\u2019s operations are funded entirely by earned revenue and donations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\">Return to the AroundFortWayne home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Our four sea lions frolic in the waters of Sea Lion Beach at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo  Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='285d81fa80baa8d1a9815f34c14c3dd7' data-image-id=\"5379\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\" data-title=\"Four Sea Lions frolic\" data-description=\"Our four sea lions frolic in the waters of Sea Lion Beach at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo  Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Four Sea Lions frolic\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Four Sea Lions frolic\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5379\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/tiny_cassandra.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='285d81fa80baa8d1a9815f34c14c3dd7' data-image-id=\"5380\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/tiny_cassandra.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_tiny_cassandra.jpg\" data-title=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere.jpg (1.07 MB)\" data-description=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere.jpg (1.07 MB)\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere.jpg (1.07 MB)\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5380\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_tiny_cassandra.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/three_weeks_old.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"At three weeks old, Tuck quadrupled its weight since hatching.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='285d81fa80baa8d1a9815f34c14c3dd7' data-image-id=\"6001\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/three_weeks_old.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_three_weeks_old.jpg\" data-title=\"Tuck at three weeks old\" data-description=\"At three weeks old, Tuck quadrupled its weight since hatching.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tuck at three weeks old\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tuck at three weeks old\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6001\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_three_weeks_old.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/colobus_monkey1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother. 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