CT's Beardsley Zoo's Amur Leopard Cubs Birthday!
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 01/25/2020
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It's a birthday party for Amur leopard cubs Kallisto and Orion! Please join us on Saturday, January 25th to celebrate the cubs' first birthday.
9:00 a.m. First 100 guests at the gate receive a free Zoo calendar magnet
10:00 a.m. Visit education tables set up at the leopard habitat to learn more about the endangered Amur leopard and their status in the world.
11:00 a.m. Get the Spots Shots! Zoo Photographers Jack and Melanie Bradley share their inside secrets on taking great photographs of the leopards. Jack's recent photo of Orion appeared as a full page in the AZA's Connect Magazine. Find out how he gets the "spots shots!"
12:00 Noon: Enrichment birthday gifts given to the cubs by their Animal Care Specialists. Watch Orion and Kallisto have fun exploring their birthday "presents," enrichment items designed to encourage exploration and play.
12:00 Noon: Enjoy birthday cake and hot cocoa, free to all Zoo guests.
1:00 p.m. Head over to the Research Station for an encore presentation of Fostering Felines Part II, the story of the cubs birth and first months, shared with photos and video by their
Animal Care Specialists and hands-on baby whisperers, Bethany and Chris.
20% discount on all Gift Shop purchases all day!
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