From our news partner, seattlepi.com: Officials at the Woodland Park Zoo were investigating Tuesday how a lion managed to escape its den just minutes before the zoo closed. The zoo’s emergency response team kept the female African lion contained in the feline house after it walked away from its sleeping den and wandered into a service hallway about 3:55 p.m., according to a news release. “The lion was contained inside the building and at no time were visitors or the staff in any danger,” zoo officials said in the news release. The 12-year-old lion was safely tranquilized and secured about…
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Halloween 2011 in Green Lake
Updated Saturday, 12:45 p.m. There’s a lot going on this Halloween in the Green Lake neighborhood. There will be a free Fall Pumpkin Swim at Evans Pool tomorrow evening (Friday, October 28, 2011), 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. The event features games, prizes and pumpkins in the pool. The Green Lake Tacos Guaymas is hosting their annual Halloween Costume Party tomorrow night (October 28). A Halloween Midnight Mystery Ride is planned for late tomorrow night (October 28). The costumed bike ride begins at 11:30 p.m. at the southwest corner of Green Lake, near the Aqua Theater. On Saturday (October 29),…
Seattle Park Board to hold public meeting about zoo, emergency preparedness and small craft centers
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners, a seven-member citizen board, will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7 p.m. at the Activity Resource Center at the Woodland Park Zoo (5500 Phinney Ave N). The meeting agenda includes an update on Woodland Park Zoo activities from Zoo Executive Director Deborah Jensen. The Woodland Park Zoo Society operates the zoo under a management agreement with the City of Seattle. There will also a briefing on Seattle Parks emergency preparedness. Parks staff will brief the Board on how Parks and Recreation is prepared to deal with natural or man-made disasters,…
Volunteer work party at the Seattle Sensory Garden
Last night, Merritt Hess posted a call for volunteers to My Green Lake’s Facebook wall. Merritt says that volunteers are needed for a work party at the Seattle Sensory Garden at the Woodland Park Rose Garden (750 N 50th St). Sensory gardens make use of all the senses. Plants and landscape elements are chosen for the garden based on not just their visual qualities, but also their smell, texture, sound and taste. In June, a crew of volunteers cleared the site of the Seattle Sensory Garden, marked the layout of the paths and beds, spread Zoo Doo and readied the site for planting, according to a Facebook…
Watch grizzly bear brothers live 24/7 via the zoo’s Bear Cam
Woodland Park Zoo has re-launched their popular Bear Cam. Live feed can be accessed at www.zoo.org/bearcam. The Bear Cam features 24/7 live online video of two grizzly bear brothers at the zoo. Viewers can also choose to join in on a social stream and chat room with other Bear Cam fans while tuning in at http://www.ustream.tv/woodlandparkzoo. To celebrate the re-launch, Woodland Park Zoo keepers will present the bears with piñatas filled with a special enrichment treat: coffee grounds donated by Caffé Vita. Tune into the feed on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 11:15 a.m. to watch the bears dig into the piñatas in search of the…
