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Archive: Detroit Zoo Welcomes More Than 1.5 Million Guests in 2017
Wild Lights contributes to second-highest attendance ever
January 3, 2018
ROYAL OAK, Mich.,
The Detroit Zoo saw its second-highest attendance ever in 2017, attracting 1,560,981 visitors. Wild Lights – the Zoo’s annual holiday light display presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions – drew 151,202 guests, boosting the year’s total. The Zoo achieved its all-time attendance record of 1,698,053 the previous year as visitors flocked from around the globe to […]
Read Archive ReleaseArchive: Holtzman Wildlife Foundation Helps Fund New Red Panda Habitat at Detroit Zoo
$500,000 gift will support major expansion
December 13, 2017
ROYAL OAK, Mich.,
It’s red panda-monium at the Detroit Zoo as construction is set to begin on a major expansion of the home of these charismatic creatures, thanks in part to a $500,000 grant from the Holtzman Wildlife Foundation. The Holtzman Wildlife Foundation Red Panda Forest will provide a larger and more stimulating naturalistic environment that ensures the […]
Read Archive ReleaseArchive: Wildlife Photographer of the Year Makes U.S. Debut at Detroit Zoo
Exhibition begins November 18 at Ford Education Center
November 10, 2017
ROYAL OAK, Mich.,
Britain’s foremost natural history museum has selected the Detroit Zoo as the site of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition’s U.S. debut for the 12th consecutive year. The show begins November 18, 2017, at the Ford Education Center and runs through May 13, 2018. It is free with Zoo admission. “Words don’t do justice […]
Read Archive ReleaseArchive: Amphibiville Mayor Issues Executive Order to Protect Michigan Frogs
November 9, 2017
ROYAL OAK, Mich.,
The Detroit Zoo’s Mayor of Amphibiville, Trinity Favazza, 10, of Shelby Township, has issued her first Executive Order, calling for legislators to vote “no” on Senate Bill 316.
Read Archive ReleaseArchive: Vote for Detroit Zoo’s Wild Lights in Best Zoo Lights Competition
Annual holiday light display starts November 18
November 8, 2017
ROYAL OAK, Mich.,
Fans of the Detroit Zoo’s Wild Lights have the opportunity to show that their hometown zoo’s spectacular holiday light display is the best of the best. USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards has selected the Detroit Zoo as a contender in its Best Zoo Lights contest. Twenty zoos throughout the country are in contention for […]
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