Date/Time
August 12, 2023 to August 12, 2023
11:00 AM until 02:00 PM
Description
Features information stations, interactive activities for kids with prizes, photo opportunities hosted, Facebook live chats, animal enrichment and more. The fun concludes with a special elephant presentation at 2 p.m.
All World Elephant Day events are free with Zoo admission.
Schedule:
- Interactive Kids Activities: Learn all about the Zoo’s herd of Asian elephants through an activity card, an interactive spinning wheel and plinko game.
- Facebook Live Caretaker Chats at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. check them out here, Facebook.
- Story time with an elephant caretaker at 11:30 a.m. in the Inasmuch Elephant Presentation Pavilion at Sanctuary Asia.
- #AsianElephantAwarenessMonth: Write a message to our herd of elephants for them to enjoy during the 2 p.m. enrichment presentation. Show your love on social media for Asian elephants by posting photos, tagging @okczoo and using #AsianElephantAwarenessMonth.
- Sustainable Palm Oil Pledge: Learn all about the importance of purchasing items made by companies with sustainable palm oil practices. Download the PalmOil Scan app and show our caretakers to be entered to win an OKC Zoo Asian elephant Wild Encounter!
- Elephant enrichment presentation at the Inasmuch Elephant Pavilion at 2 p.m.