Two Cans for Toucans Food Drive

Third Annual ZooLights!!!

Get away from the traffic and spend a quiet evening at the Zoo with your family. Go for a stroll through brilliantly lit pathways, take a photo with Santa, and enjoy live entertainment. Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies will be served.

NEW! This year, see the holidays through a whole new light with HoloSpex® glasses*. Choose from 4 patterns of holographic lenses that bend the light creating a magical pattern from every bright point of light.

ZooLights is sponsored by K-Jewel 99.3FM, KYNO 940AM & MATT Construction.

ZooLights will run Nov 25-27, Dec 02-04, 09-11, & 16-23 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm each night.

Admission prices:

Fresno Chaffee Zoo members:
$4 Adult, $2 Child (ages 2-11)

Non-members:
$5 Adult, $3 Child (ages 2-11)

Children 1 year and under are FREE

*Holospex® Glasses will be available for $2 each.

Halloween Candy List for Orangutan Friendly Sustainable Palm Oil

This information is meant to be a helpful guide for consumers that are concerned about orangutan conservation and deforestation due to non-sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia. The companies listed below are members of the RSPO (Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil) and are committed to using certified sustainable palm oil. Please support companies that are doing their best to make a difference for orangutans.


Company Name Snack Name
Nestle Baby Ruth
Nestle Butterfinger
Nestle Crunch Bar
Nestle 100Grand
Wonka (Nestle) Sweetarts
Wonka (Nestle) Bottle Caps
Wonka (Nestle) Laffy Taffy
Wonka (Nestle) Nerds
Wonka (Nestle) Pixy Stix
Wonka (Nestle) Bit O Honey
Wonka (Nestle) Gobstoppers
Wonka (Nestle) Fruit Runts
Wonka (Nestle) Fun Dips
ConAgra Fiddle Faddle
ConAgra Crunch & Munch
ConAgra Poppy Cock
Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Treats
Kellogg’s Fruity Snacks
Kellogg’s Pop Tarts
Kellogg’s Famous Amos Cookies
Kellogg’s Austin Peanut Butter Crackers
Kellogg’s Austin Cheese Crackers
Kellogg’s Keebler Brand Cookies
PepsiCo (Frito Lay) Cheetos
PepsiCo (Frito Lay) Dorritos
PepsiCo Grandma’s Cookies

Note: Any products made by Nestle, Kellogg’s, PepsiCo (Frito Lay), and ConAgra (even if not listed above) are good choices as they are all members of the RSPO.

Products made by Hershey’s and Mars are not orangutan friendly choices, as they are not members of the RSPO. Both companies have products that are consumer favorites like Snickers, Three Musketeers, Heath Bars, Reese Peanut Butter Cups, M & M’s and many more. If one of your favorite candy bars is produced by Mars or Hershey’s, take action by writing a letter and asking them to join the RSPO and be committed to using certified sustainable palm oil.

If you do not find your favorite snack/company on this list, take action by writing a letter and asking the company to join the RSPO and be committed to using certified sustainable palm oil. For a sample letter and more information on how you can Make a Difference for Wild Orangutans visit: www.cmzoo.org/conservation/PalmOilCrisis.

Stomp 'N' Chomp - Animal Enrichment Day

Get ready for pumpkin pandemonium at Fresno Chaffee Zoo!

Halloween at the Zoo is for the animals too! On Saturday, October 29 from 9am to 2pm, some of the animals will feast on pumpkins during Stomp 'n' Chomp. Throughout the day animal caretakers will give selective residents palate pleasing treats as part of the Zoo's enrichment program designed to stimulate natural behaviors in the animals such as foraging and play. Elephants, orangutans, and birds will be among the animals that will get a chance to pound, pulverize and partake of pumpkins.

The "gourd"geous treats is part of the Zoo's ongoing enrichment program to help enrich the lives of the Zoo's animals, promote natural behaviors, keep the animals mentally stimulated and provide added enjoyment for visitors.

Stomp ' n' Chomp is FREE with regular admission to the Zoo. Fresno Chaffee Zoo Members receive FREE admission.

Animal Schedule coming soon!

FOUR Nights of ZooBoo!

Join us for our eleventh annual ZooBoo celebration, now with FOUR nights to choose from! It's a safe, fun, not-so-scary way for families to enjoy the fall holiday. The entire Zoo will be decorated for this special evening of trick-or-treating, carnival games, live entertainment and animal attractions. Get lost in the hay maze, do the pumpkin walk and dance the night away to kid appropriate music.

Now FOUR nights to choose from:

• Friday, October 21, 5pm-8pm
• Saturday, October 22, 5pm-8pm
• Friday October 28, 5pm-8pm
• Saturday October 29, 2011, 5pm-8pm

ZooBoo Activities:

•   Trick-or-Treating through the Zoo
•   Costumed characters
•   Live entertainment
•   Costume parade
•   Carnival games
•   Animal attractions

Children are encouraged to dress in costumes. (Non-scary costumes are appropriate for this event - please select a costume that is appealing to children and does not contain horror elements of any kind.)

Only adults accompanied by a child or children under 13 years of age will be permitted to wear costumes on Zoo grounds. Adults, please do not wear a full face mask or have your face completely covered.

ZooBoo Ticket Prices:

Fresno Chaffee Zoo Members:
$10 Adults, $8 Child (ages 2 - 11)

Non-Members:
$12 Adults, $10 Child (ages 2 - 11)

Day of Event (if not sold out):
$14 Adults, $12 Child (ages 2 - 11)

Children 1 and under are FREE

Tickets are available online at  www.fresnochaffeezoo.org. Tickets purchased after October 14 will be held at Will Call.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Zoo admissions window or at the Marketing/Membership office near the Education building.
For more information, please call 559-498-5921

ZooBoo 2011 is sposored by:

ABC30HD, 93.7 KISS Country and Pumpkin King Pumpkin Patch