Woodland Park Zoo Blog

Posted by Lauren Carroll-Bolger, Communications Photos: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo Calling non-profits and human service organizations! Woodland Park Zoo provides over 100,000 free tickets each year to community partner organizations to support access to the zoo through its Community Access Program (CAP). Applications are now open for CAP and the zoo invites non-profit and human service organizations across the Puget Sound to apply to become a CAP partner for 2026. Applications for 2026 are now open through Nov. 25, 2025, and can be completed at zoo.org/community . Applications are only accepted during the designated time periods. A longstanding Woodland Park Zoo program, CAP works with over 400 non-profit and human service partners each year so that the organizations can distribute tickets to the individuals and communities they serve, particularly to those who may have traditionally faced economic, ability or cultural barriers to visiting the zoo. To ensure equitable dis...

Posted by the 2019 Jungle Party Co-Chairs Amy Alcala, Diane Shrewsbury, Alyssa Sunderland and Jill Walker On behalf of all of us at Woodland Park Zoo, thank you for joining us at the 43rd annual Jungle Party, Our Zoo, Our Oasis - Ensuring a Fierce Future!   We are honored to announce that collectively, more than $2 million was given for Woodland Park Zoo’s pioneering work and conservation mission. As a leading conservation zoo, we believe that saving wildlife and their habitats is our imperative. To achieve this, we are embarking on nothing less than a historic transformation that will redefine the relationship between people, our planet and all its creatures through a broad, social movement for wildlife conservation. Your support at Jungle Party and throughout the year enables us to build upon our proud history of innovation and leadership while embracing a rapid metamorphosis necessary for our times. We invite you to spend a few moments with our new s...

Whether you’re a member, donor, visitor or community partner, your continued support reflects your belief that in an increasingly urban and technology-driven society, zoos matter more than ever. Here is where we weave together face-to-face encounters with animals, hands-on environmental learning and action-based programs that engage our community in vital, global efforts to protect wildlife and wild places. Here is how you make that possible. Check out the full 2015 Community Impact Report  including achievements like these: 1. You helped welcome Yola to the world and ensured she developed a strong bond with mom, Nadiri Your generosity helped fund 24/7 care of baby gorilla Yola when first-time mom Nadiri did not initially show strong maternal behaviors. Through daily interactions, mom and baby have now bonded and little Yola is thriving with her gorilla family! Yola is a natural climber. Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/Woodland Park Zoo. 2. You helped stop wildlife po...