Zoo Blog

A Note To Our Community

Posted June 4, 2020 by Nancy Kluge, President & CEO & filed under From the President & CEO.

The death of George Floyd and so many others has been tragic and heartbreaking. These events have brought a spotlight to the issues around the long history of injustice and inequity of the… more ›

What Reid Park Zoo Learned from the Plastic Free EcoChallenge

Posted August 8, 2019 by Nancy Kluge & filed under Conservation, From the President & CEO.

Eliminating single-use plastic isn’t easy, but it’s important. Every year, an estimated one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles die from plastics in the environment. With our mission to protect… more ›

A Year of Transformation

Posted January 7, 2019 by Nancy Kluge & filed under From the President & CEO.

Reid Park Zoo has been a community treasure for over 50 years and we take pride in knowing we have our community’s full support with the 2017 passage of two propositions that work… more ›