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Get Bear Aware at the Houston Zoo!
Bear Awareness Day 2011 Saturday, October 1, 2011
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During Bear Awareness Day, our zookeepers will offer camping tips during “Good Camper/Bad Camper Theatre” presentations with dramatic assistance from our spectacled bears. In humorous skits, keepers will demonstrate how to make your campsite “bear proof.” And if you’d like to know what bears eat, then visit our booth filled with “beary” yummy treats!
Representatives from U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Texas Forest Servioce, Keepers, Zoo Docents and volunteers and staff from our conservation department will be on-hand with informational booths to speak with Zoo guests and answer your questions.
Bear Awareness Day is designed to educate the public about the integral role that bears play in nature, as well as the importance of respecting biological diversity. There are eight species of bears around the world. Here in North America we are fortunate to have three of them: polar bear (Ursus maritimus); grizzly (brown) bear (Ursus arctos); and the American black bear (Ursus americanus).
Representatives from U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Texas Forest Servioce, Keepers, Zoo Docents and volunteers and staff from our conservation department will be on-hand with informational booths to speak with Zoo guests and answer your questions.
Bear Awareness Day is designed to educate the public about the integral role that bears play in nature, as well as the importance of respecting biological diversity. There are eight species of bears around the world. Here in North America we are fortunate to have three of them: polar bear (Ursus maritimus); grizzly (brown) bear (Ursus arctos); and the American black bear (Ursus americanus).
Activities:
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Carnivore Keeper Presentations: NOT TO BE MISSED!
11:00 a.m. - Grizzly Bear Exhibit Keeper Skit (what to do if you encounter a bear)
2:00 p.m. - Andean Bear Exhibit Keeper SKit (dos and don'ts of hiking) - Do you have what it takes to be a bear? Try our our Bear Maze to find out!
Booths:
- Texas Forest Service at Okapi Lawn with big blow up Smokey the bear, so bring your camera
- Fish and Wildlife
- Bio Facts Table - skulls and furs
- Houston Zoo info table - Educators Guide, Camping guide, Hiking guide
- The Houston Zoo Commissary - displaying a variety fo foods that bears eat!
Do you have what it takes to be a bear? Try our our Bear Maze to find out!
Funding for the Houston Zoo's Black Bear education and outreach programs generously funded by the Magnolia Charitable Trust and Defenders of Wildlife.
