Closure Alerts

Christmas Day: The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo will be closed on Wednesday, December 25th, for both day admission and ZOOLIGHTS, presented by Olympia Trust Company. Normal operations will resume on December 26th.

New Year’s Eve: On Tuesday, December 31st, last entry for day admission and members will be at 3 p.m. with grounds cleared at 4 p.m. to accommodate set up for our Zoo Year’s Eve event, presented by Orange Frog.

Thank you for your understanding.

Animal Viewing Impacts

Land of Lemurs Walkthrough & Outdoor Gorilla Amphitheatre: The two outdoor animal viewing areas will close for the season beginning on October 15. Lemurs and gorillas will be viewable in their indoor habitats.

African Savannah Yard: Our Hartmann’s mountain zebras and ostriches will be off-view until early 2025 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 Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo animals. With your support and symbolic adoption, we feed our animals specially designed diets, and create enrichment activities that encourage the behaviour a species would display in the wild.

Due to the ongoing Canada Post job action, $50 ZooCare adoption packages will be delayed until service resumes. $100 ZooCare adoption packages will be delivered via alternative carriers within the Calgary Metropolitan Region, while those outside this area will ship through Canada Post once operations resume.

Please note digital certificates will be provided free upon request for any delayed $50 or $100 ZooCare adoption packages.  We apologize for this delay and hope you will still choose to support the Wilder Institute Calgary Zoo and the over 4,000 animals in our care this holiday season.

Animal Adoption Packages

$25 E-Adoption Package

We'll email you a personalized adoption certificate and bio-fact PDF. You'll be helping us save both paper and postage feeds -- 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 bio-fact 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 bio-fact collector card, photo magnet and window sticker you will receive a plush toy.

Once you choose the animal selection you will be able to see which packages are available for your animal selection 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"

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**Please note we do not ship outside of Canada. Additional charges may apply when shipping to remote locations.

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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