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Our Cubs Are Growing Fast—Plan Your Visit
Have you met our lion cub quartet yet? There’s no better time to plan a visit to DZCA! Meet incredible animals, learn about wildlife conservation, and make unforgettable memories.
Run to Raise Funds for DZCA
Exercise for you—enrichment for animals! Every step, mile and donation makes an impact for our animals.
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Snuggle a Wild One
Adopt your very own animal today! Add an adoption kit to your plush purchase for a symbolic adoption that makes an impact.
Valor’s Journey: From Injury to Ambassador
Boi Can See Clearly Now: Cataract Removal for our Younges…
DZCA President & CEO Announces Departure After 7 Succ…
@DenverZoo in the Wild
Jasiri, our five-year-old reticulated giraffe, is temporarily heading south to spend a few months with our friends @cheyennemountainzoo to support giraffe conservation efforts! 🦒
This move is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Giraffe Species Survival Plan (SSP), a collaborative program that carefully matches animals across AZA-accredited zoos for breeding to maintain healthy, genetically diverse giraffe populations in human care. Zoos accredited by @zoos_aquariums, including DZCA and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, regularly participate in these recommended animal moves to support the long-term future of the species.
Last month, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s 17-year-old breeding bull, Khalid, passed away. With an active SSP recommendation in place for several females in their herd, timing and genetics made Jasiri an excellent match for this recommendation.
Reticulated giraffes are classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and we’re proud to play a role in supporting this incredible species through collaborative conservation efforts like the SSP.
We’re proud to support a long-standing partnership with Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and wish Jasiri all the best in this next (temporary!) chapter. He is expected to return to Denver later this year. Stay tuned for updates!
Happy 56th Birthday, Groucho! 🐘
Earlier this year, our beloved Asian elephant Groucho celebrated an incredible milestone turning 56 years young.
Groucho is the heart of our elephant program and as Maura, our Large Animal Curator shared:
“He has challenged every caretaker to think differently and he pushes the young bulls to be better each day. There’s no doubt that we have asked Groucho to take on a lot… to shape these rowdy juveniles into grown and mature adults, but he has risen to the task and blown all of our expectations out of the water.”
Groucho has helped push our teams to rethink and advance geriatric elephant care, and thanks to that dedication, he’s in some of the best shape for his age and is thriving well beyond the average life expectancy for Asian elephants.
We’re endlessly grateful for the lessons, patience, and leadership Groucho brings every day. 🐘
#DenverZooConservationAlliance #SavingWildlifeTogether #Elephant #AsianElephant #ElephantCare
Reminder that our next Free Day is Friday, January 9! Free Day ticket reservations are only available on our website on a first-come, first-served basis and will not be available at the Zoo entrance. Please only plan on arriving if you have tickets.
Couldn`t make it this time around? Don’t worry, we have more Free Days planned throughout the year! Learn more through the link in bio.
Last year, the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Hospital welcomed a special patient: Boi, our one-year-old, red-necked wallaby. 🦘
Over the year, our Animal Care Specialists noticed our youngest wallaby suddenly developed a cataract in his right eye. Thanks to an incredible collaboration between our Veterinary Medicine team and eye-care experts across Colorado, Boi received successful cataract surgery at our Animal Hospital. After a few weeks of recovery with mom, Boi is back in Wallaby Way and thriving with the rest of the mob!
We’re thankful to our partners who donated their time, expertise, and specialized equipment—including Johnson & Johnson and BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital – Lafayette—which helped make this procedure possible. We’re especially grateful to BluePearl Specialty + Emergency Pet Hospital – Lafayette for donating an operating microscope that has become an invaluable addition to our state-of-the-art Animal Hospital, helping us continue to provide exceptional care for the animals who call DZCA home. And lastly, thank you to Veterinary Ophthalmologist Dr. Trevor Arnold, DVM, MS, DACVO from BluePearl Vet Hospital and Colorado State University who performed Boi`s surgery and helped facilitate the donation of the operating microscope.
Visit the link in our bio to read more.
