Bear Aware Mother's Day, Moms FREE at the Zoo

Treat your mom to FREE ZOO ENTRY all day on Mother's Day, May 12th! All other visitors pay regular rates or use zoo memberships. Annual memberships are a great gift idea for mom, too. The zoo will be open from 9am-6pm, with event activities from Noon-4pm. We will have partner booths including a bear spray booth by Campbell Creek Science Center. Cotton candy will be for sale by zoo volunteers, petting zoo will be open, Kape Espresso Tayo Zoo Coffee Shop open for business as well as the Zoo Gift Shop for mom gifts. We will be holding our annual bear resistant container tests with zoo black and brown bears as well. You can join us in person at the zoo or on Facebook Live at 1pm for the black bear testing and 3pm for the brown bear testing. Will the containers survive the ultimate test? The bears will be the judge of that! Event partners in attendance at booths from 12-4pm: Members of the Anchorage Bear Committee including but not limited to, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska Zoo, BLM Campbell Creek Science Center, Alaska Zoo, Eagle River Nature Center, Defenders of Wildlife, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. We are partners committed to promoting bear safety and awareness to support co-existence in bear country. Let's keep Alaska's bears wild!

Category: Kids / Family