El Paso Zoo

El Paso zoo educates over an estimated 350,000 people a year many of them being students on school field trips. The Zoo offers many activity’s for volunteer work, and holds educational programs and tours including sleepovers, and a behind the scene tour on how and where the animals kept afterhours. If that’s not enough you can also get involved with the zoo by being a volunteer working with zoo keepers, interacting with public visitors and helping in special events held at the zoo, you can also donate to the zoo with all proceedings going to animal care and facility upgrades to further comfort the animals. I’m going to walk you through the experience I had walking through our zoo and talk about programs they offer. After walking through the main entrance gates past the gift shop you will find yourself waking into the Africa region of the zoo, walking up the pathway the first thing you can spot is a train station and a train that will take you on a ride around the Africa region. Boarding the train, after
Entering the Asia region you pass a café where you can stop and get something to eat and drink because by this point you will be tired of walking. Next door are the massive Asian Elephants slowly pacing around their exhibit. The Sumatran Orangutan Ape casually lays in his tree next to the Elephant and Amur Leopard, as I walked passed these exhibits I wondered how the animals react to each other when they get near each other in the real wild. Some of my favorite animals in the region were definitely the Malayan Sun Bear and the colorful Malayan Tiger. The entire walkthrough of the zoo took about two hours. The El Paso Zoo also hold other activity’s for people to get a better experience and knowledge on the animals such as field trips
Rubalcaba 3 for students and Badge programs for scouts. The El Paso Zoo is a great spot for family fun and an amazing source of