Animal Viewing Impacts

Malayan Tapirs: Our Malayan tapirs will not be viewable on Tuesday, January 28th, and Wednesday, January 29th, while their habitat undergoes maintenance.

Land of Lemurs Walkthrough & Outdoor Gorilla Amphitheatre: The two outdoor animal viewing areas are closed for the season. Lemurs and gorillas will be viewable in their indoor habitats.

African Savannah Yard: Our Hartmann’s mountain zebras and ostriches are off-view  while we complete exciting upgrades in the African Savannah Yard, including the construction of a new Savannah Barn for the animals. Our giraffe tower will continue to be viewable throughout the project.

Thank you for your understanding.

Public Notice

Pesticide application to control the invasive species Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) will occur within the property boundary of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo under approval from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas. For full details or information on appeals, click here.
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Donations

ZooCare Adopt a Species - Show Your Love For Wildlife
Donations

The ZooCare Adopt a Species program helps us provide exceptional care to over 4,000 animals that call the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo home. With your support and symbolic adoption, we feed our animals specially designed diets and create enrichment activities that encourage natural behaviours.

Animal Adoption Packages

$25 E-Adoption Package

We'll email you a personalized adoption certificate and biofact PDF. You'll be helping us save both paper and postage fees -- which means more of your donation goes toward caring for the animals! If you don't see the animal of your choice in the menu, please make a note in the comments.

$50 Feature Animal Adoption Package

You package includes a personalized adoption certificate for your chosen animal, a full-colour collector biofact collector card, photo magnet and window sticker.

$100 Feature Animal Adoption Package

In addition to your personalized adoption certificate for your chosen animal, a full-colour collector biofact collector card, photo magnet and window sticker you will receive a plush toy.

'In the Heat of the Night' Zoo Care Adoption Package

Surprise your special someone with a symbolic $50 or $100 Zoo Care adoption in their name, and it will be ready and waiting at your table for when you arrive! Beyond being an extra surprise for your guest, your generous donation is also a special treat for the animals in our care, supporting their care, feeding, and enrichment.  

If you are purchasing this package, please indicate the date you are attending, your name, email address and any other special instructions in the form below!

Once you select an animal, you will be able to see which packages are available for your selected animal in the Donation Level dropdown.

To purchase more than one package, please fill out the form, add to cart. From the cart, select "add another ZooCare donation".

Is there anything else we should know about the gift (I.e. is this for the 'In the Heat of the Night' event, a special occasion or celebration)?

If you've purchased this package for In the Heat of the Night, please specify the date you're attending, your name, and email address below.

Do you wish to mail the ZooCare package to a different address?
**Please note we do not ship outside of Canada. Additional charges may apply when shipping to remote locations.

Do you wish to email the ZooCare E-Certificate to a different email address?
Please enter in the field below

You’ll be issued a charitable tax receipt for your donation as eligible by the CRA. Please allow up to ten business days for delivery. For more information, call us at (403) 232-7774 or email donations@calgaryzoo.com.

The Calgary Zoo is a registered charity. Our charitable registration number is 118824192 RR0001