{"id":41295,"date":"2014-06-05T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T02:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=41295"},"modified":"2020-12-26T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T23:36:01","slug":"summer-events-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1-480x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo logo\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34846\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 7-Aug 3 &#8211; Creature Features<\/strong><br \/>\nMeet your favorite animals and the people who care for them at Keeper Chats and Feeding Demonstrations all summer.  Get a schedule at the gate when you enter.  Free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 9 &#8211; Military Appreciation Day<\/strong><br \/>\nTo honor those who serve our country, active duty military, retired military, National Guard members, Reservists and their immediate families receive free zoo admission on June 9 with a valid military ID.  Immediate family includes spouse\/partner and children age 18 and under.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 12 &#8211; World Oceans Day<\/strong><br \/>\nEven though we live in Indiana, we depend on the oceans.  Learn how we are connected to the seas and discover the amazing animals that live there.  Activities run from 10 AM &#8211; 3 PM and are free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 21 &#8211; World Giraffe Day<\/strong><br \/>\nMeet the zoo keepers who care for our giraffes and discover how you can help endangered giraffes throughout Africa.  Activities run from 11 AM &#8211; 2 PM and are free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 26 &#8211; Animals Got Talent<\/strong><br \/>\nHollywood&#8217;s got nothing on our animals &#8211; each one has special abilities that help it to survive and thrive in the wild.  Activities run from 10 AM &#8211; 3 PM and are free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 10 &#8211; Backstage Pass<\/strong><br \/>\nGo through the doors that say &#8220;Employees Only&#8221; to learn how the zoo operates.  Tours are available from 10 AM &#8211; 3 PM and are free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 22 &#8211; I Wanna Be a Zoo Keeper<\/strong><br \/>\nKids can discover what it&#8217;s like to be a zoo keeper with special activities from 10 AM -3 PM.  This event commemorates National Zoo Keeper Week and is free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 30 &#8211; Teacher Appreciation Night<\/strong><br \/>\nTeachers can enjoy behind-the-scenes tours, workshops, and special activities at this free event, which includes 3 PGP points.  Preregister by calling 260-427-6808.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 1 &#8211; Jelani the Giraffe&#8217;s Birthday<\/strong><br \/>\nThe zoo&#8217;s tallest resident turns 16 years old this week!  Help us celebrate with special activities from 10 AM &#8211; 3 PM.  Activities are free with zoo admission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For event details and updates, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/kidszoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kidszoo.org<\/a> or facebook.com\/kidszoo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo is northeast Indiana&#8217;s largest tourist attraction, hosting more than 500,000 guests annually.  The zoo was voted Indiana&#8217;s #1 &#8220;Gotta-Do Summer Attraction&#8221; and is consistently named one of the nation&#8217;s Top Ten Zoos for Kids by national media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo is a conservation leader, contributing more than $80,000 annually to local, regional, and international efforts to protect wild animals and habitats, and participating in cooperative management programs for 15 endangered species.<\/p>\n<p>As a self-supporting facility, the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo receives no tax dollars for operations.  The zoo&#8217;s operations are funded entirely by earned revenue and donations.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo is open 9:00 AM &#8211; 5:00 PM daily through October 12, 2014.  Admission is $14.00 for adults; $10.50 for seniors age 60+; and $9.00 for children ages 2-18.  Babies age 1 and under and Zoo Society Members are admitted free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kidszoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' 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='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' 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='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' 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. Courtesy photo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6757\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/colobus_monkey1.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_colobus_monkey1.jpg\" data-title=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother\" data-description=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother. Courtesy photo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6757\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_colobus_monkey1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/colobus_monkey2.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother. Courtesy photo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6758\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/colobus_monkey2.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_colobus_monkey2.jpg\" data-title=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother\" data-description=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother. Courtesy photo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6758\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_colobus_monkey2.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/indah_bugara0.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Indah the Sumatran tiger tackles her brother Bugara at the Cameron park Zoo in Waco, Texas. The pair are coming to Fort Wayne later this month. Photos by Sheri Hemrick and courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6819\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/indah_bugara0.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_indah_bugara0.jpg\" data-title=\"Indah and Bugara\" data-description=\"Indah the Sumatran tiger tackles her brother Bugara at the Cameron park Zoo in Waco, Texas. The pair are coming to Fort Wayne later this month. Photos by Sheri Hemrick and courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Indah and Bugara\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Indah and Bugara\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6819\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_indah_bugara0.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/indah_bugara1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Indah (left) and Bugara will come to Fort Wayne later this month as part of an effort to boost the population of endangered Sumatran tigers. Photos by Sheri Hemrick and courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6820\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/indah_bugara1.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_indah_bugara1.jpg\" data-title=\"Indah and Bugara\" data-description=\"Indah (left) and Bugara will come to Fort Wayne later this month as part of an effort to boost the population of endangered Sumatran tigers. Photos by Sheri Hemrick and courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Indah and Bugara\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Indah and Bugara\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6820\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_indah_bugara1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/javan_gibbon_baby1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Rare Javan gibbon baby born at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6913\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/javan_gibbon_baby1.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_javan_gibbon_baby1.jpg\" data-title=\"Javan gibbon baby\" data-description=\"Rare Javan gibbon baby born at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Javan gibbon baby\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Javan gibbon baby\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6913\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_javan_gibbon_baby1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/javan_gibbon_baby2.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Rare Javan gibbon baby born at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6914\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/javan_gibbon_baby2.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_javan_gibbon_baby2.jpg\" data-title=\"Javan gibbon baby\" data-description=\"Rare Javan gibbon baby born at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Javan gibbon baby\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Javan gibbon baby\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6914\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_javan_gibbon_baby2.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/bugara.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Vote for Bugara the Sumatran Tiger in the Kroger Zoo Day balloting. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6917\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/bugara.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_bugara.jpg\" data-title=\"Bugara the Sumatran Tiger\" data-description=\"Vote for Bugara the Sumatran Tiger in the Kroger Zoo Day balloting. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Bugara the Sumatran Tiger\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Bugara the Sumatran Tiger\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6917\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_bugara.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/fishbone.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Vote for Fishbone the Sea Lion in the Kroger Zoo Day balloting. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6918\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/fishbone.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_fishbone.jpg\" data-title=\"Fishbone the Sea Lion\" data-description=\"Vote for Fishbone the Sea Lion in the Kroger Zoo Day balloting. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Fishbone the Sea Lion\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Fishbone the Sea Lion\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6918\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_fishbone.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/jelani.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Vote for Jelani the Giraffe in the Kroger Zoo Day balloting. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6919\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/jelani.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_jelani.jpg\" data-title=\"Jelani the Giraffe\" data-description=\"Vote for Jelani the Giraffe in the Kroger Zoo Day balloting. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Jelani the Giraffe\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Jelani the Giraffe\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6919\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_jelani.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/kids4nature-1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Kids4Nature. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6940\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/kids4nature-1.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_kids4nature-1.jpg\" data-title=\"Kids4Nature\" data-description=\"Kids4Nature. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Kids4Nature\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Kids4Nature\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6940\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_kids4nature-1.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/kids4nature-2.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Kids4Nature. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6941\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/kids4nature-2.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_kids4nature-2.jpg\" data-title=\"Kids4Nature\" data-description=\"Kids4Nature. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Kids4Nature\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Kids4Nature\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6941\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_kids4nature-2.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/jim_anderson.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Jim Anderson, director of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo. Courtesy image.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='433873e0fb5b4fe5b83dab357f4655f4' data-image-id=\"6953\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/jim_anderson.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_jim_anderson.jpg\" data-title=\"Jim Anderson\" data-description=\"Jim Anderson, director of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo. Courtesy image.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Jim Anderson\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Jim Anderson\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6953\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_jim_anderson.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1170],"tags":[23,40,9874,9875],"class_list":["post-41295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions-community-calendar","tag-fort-wayne-indiana","tag-fort-wayne-zoo","tag-world-giraffe-day","tag-world-ocean-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo - AroundFortWayne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo - AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-06T02:00:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-26T23:36:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1023\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"slparker67\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"slparker67\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"slparker67\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381\"},\"headline\":\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-06T02:00:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-26T23:36:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\"},\"wordCount\":536,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Fort Wayne Indiana\",\"Fort Wayne Zoo\",\"World Giraffe Day\",\"World Ocean Day\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Attractions\/Community Calendar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\",\"name\":\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - AroundFortWayne\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-06T02:00:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-26T23:36:01+00:00\",\"description\":\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg\",\"width\":1023,\"height\":426,\"caption\":\"Fort Wayne Children's Zoo logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"description\":\"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"AroundFortWayne\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381\",\"name\":\"slparker67\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"slparker67\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/slparker67\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - AroundFortWayne","description":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - AroundFortWayne","og_description":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.","og_url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/","og_site_name":"AroundFortWayne","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","article_published_time":"2014-06-06T02:00:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-26T23:36:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1023,"height":426,"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"slparker67","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_site":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"slparker67","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/"},"author":{"name":"slparker67","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381"},"headline":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo","datePublished":"2014-06-06T02:00:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-26T23:36:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/"},"wordCount":536,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg","keywords":["Fort Wayne Indiana","Fort Wayne Zoo","World Giraffe Day","World Ocean Day"],"articleSection":["Attractions\/Community Calendar"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/","name":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo - AroundFortWayne","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg","datePublished":"2014-06-06T02:00:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-26T23:36:01+00:00","description":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Zoo_logo1.jpg","width":1023,"height":426,"caption":"Fort Wayne Children's Zoo logo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/06\/05\/summer-events-zoo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Summer events at the Fort Wayne Children&#8217;s Zoo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","name":"AroundFortWayne","description":"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization","name":"AroundFortWayne","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AroundFortWayne"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381","name":"slparker67","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"slparker67"},"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/slparker67\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}