Earth Day at the Zoo 2024
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/20/2024
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The Zoo will be hosting Earth Day activities onsite and offsite. Onsite, join a naturalist at our animal experiences to learn about conservation, come talk to our various community and conservation partners to learn about the earth and participate in some fun activities, or stop by the Trailside Café and check out one of our Earth Day special sustainable food options. Alternatively, join us offsite between 9am-12pm at Durand Eastman Beach to participate in a park cleanup to help keep our planet healthy.
Earth Day Animal Experiences
At our animal experiences come and learn about the threats animals at the zoo would face out in nature and find ways you can get involved to help!
10:30 a.m. – Polar Bear & Climate Change
12:00 p.m. – Elephants & Poaching
1:30 p.m. – Frog or Turtle Keeper Chat & Pollution
2:30 p.m. – River Otters, Pollution & Hunting
3:30 p.m. – Baboons & Impact of Predator Loss
* Animal demos/enrichment are always subject to change/cancellation without notice due to to the care and comfort of the animal.
Offsite-- Earth Day Cleanup!
Join the Seneca Park Zoo for our annual Earth Day clean up at Durand Eastman Beach! Last year with the help of 260 volunteers we removed over 600lbs of trash from the beach.
Sign up here
- Location: Durand Eastman Beach
- Date: April 20th, 2024
- Time: 9am-12pm
- Address: 1342 Lakeshore Boulevard Rochester NY, 14617
- Meeting location: Parking lot B
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.