Zooper Saturday (Bear Awareness Day) | Events

BUFFALO, NY— Visit the Buffalo Zoo for the Zooper Saturday Bear Awareness Day event on May 5, and have some Cinco de Mayo-themed fun while also learning about the Zoo’s Andean and polar bears! Highlights include informational tables, keeper talks and enrichment for the animals.

The event runs from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Activities (with the exception of raffles) are free with Zoo admission. Raffle tickets are $1 per ticket or $2 for three tickets.

The Buffalo Zoo thanks Goya Foods for sponsoring the bear exhibit.

The schedule of events is as follows:

11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.   Enrichment activities, raffles and Goya games

11:00 a.m.         Bear Feeding

11:30 a.m.         Bear Feeding

12:00 p.m.         Bear Enrichment

1:00 p.m.           Andean/Polar Bear Keeper Talk

1:30 p.m.           Bear Feeding

2:00 p.m.           Bear Enrichment

2:30 p.m.           Bear Feeding

2:45 p.m.           Raffle Winners Announced (You do not have to be present to win.)

Please note: Informational tables and the raffle will be moved inside the M&T Bank Rainforest Falls Visitors Center if inclement weather occurs.

For more information about this event, please call (716) 995-6133 or visit www.buffalozoo.org.