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Waste Management Earth Day
April 18 and 19
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
It’s a Party for the Planet and you’re invited!
Join the Houston Zoo and Waste Management as we highlight Mother Earth. Learn how you can help protect the planet by recycling and conserving in your everyday life. Event activities include our Recycling Relay Race, Can You Run as Fast as a Cheetah?, Give Mother Earth a Hand, and Meet the Keeper Talks focused on what the Houston Zoo does to help our planet.
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Waste Management Earth Day Activities |
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| Earth Day DJ | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Reflection Pool |
| Recycle Ben | 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Various locations |
| Recycling Juggler | 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. | Werler Stage |
| Zooper Challenge | 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. | Children’s Zoo Butterfly Stage |
| Story Safari | 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. | Children’s Zoo Butterfly Stage |
| Sea Lion Show | 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. | McGovern Marine Mammal Marina |
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Meet the Keeper Talks and Animal Enrichment Presentations
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| 10 a.m. | Bats | Natural Encounters Building |
| Cuban Crocodile (Sat. Only) |
Reptile House | |
| Lace Monitor (Sun. Only) | Reptile House | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Fruit Bat Feeding | McGovern Children’s Zoo Bat Cave |
| 11 a.m. |
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Sat. Only) |
Reptile House |
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Panamanian Golden Frog (Sun. Only) |
Reptile House | |
| Piranha (Sun. Only) | Natural Encounters Building | |
| Okapi (Sat. Only) | Okapi Exhibit | |
| Tiger | Tiger Exhibit | |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Cinereous Vulture (Sat. Only) |
Vulture Exhibit |
| 11:30 a.m. | African Lion | Lion Exhibit |
| Eland and Warthog | East Hoof Run Exhibits | |
| Pelicans (Sun. Only) | Duck Lake | |
| 12 p.m. | Tree of Life Presentation | Natural Encounters Building |
| 1 p.m. | Bongo (Sat. Only) | Bongo Antelope Exhibit |
| Armadillo | McGovern Children’s Zoo | |
| 1:30 p.m | Aquarium Presentation | Kipp Aquarium |
| Elephants | McNair Asian Elephant Habitat | |
| Sifaka | Wortham World of Primates | |
| Animal Presentation | McGovern Children’s Zoo | |
| 2 p.m. | Babirusa | Wortham World of Primates |
| 2:30 p.m. | Orangutans | Wortham World of Primates |
| Clouded Leopard | Small Cats Exhibit | |
| 3 p.m. | Bongo | Bongo Antelope Exhibit |
| Spectacled Bears | Spectacled Bear Exhibit | |
| Pelicans | McGovern Children’s Zoo | |
| 3:15 p.m. | Flamingo | Flamingo Pool |
| Laughing Kookaburra (Sat. Only) | Birds of the World | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Tropical Bird House | Rainforest Aviary |
| Snakes | Reptile House | |
| 4 p.m. | Meerkats | Natural Encounters Building |
