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Welcome to the El Paso Zoo's new
Zoo Adventure Program!

El Paso Zoo Adventure Programs have been created for every age group, from toddlers and schoolchildren to adults and seniors. Each program features an environment rich in discovery opportunities including special animal encounters. Zoo On Demand Programs also include curriculum based animal encounter programs at the Zoo or at local schools designed to help students discover the natural world that we share with the rest of the planet. Most encounter programs at the Zoo are held in the new El Paso Water Utilities Discovery Education Center. Other programs are held at other education areas including the Cisneros Paraje, Asia Discovery Center and behind the scenes.

New at the Zoo

The El Paso Water Utilities Discovery Education Center opened early in 2009 and features a classroom and exhibits for elementary school groups to learn about our Chihuahuan desert and water conservation. Zoo education specialists and volunteers present a variety of animal encounter programs for school groups on weekdays and zoo visitors and special groups on weekends. The center includes special displays about water conservation and the desert. During the summer of 2010 the center will open a desert spring exhibit featuring small animals that live in the water with a desert panorama background showing animals that come to drink at a desert spring.

The El Paso Electric Kalahari Research Center looks like a real Africa research station in Botswanna. A colony of meerkats, the playful mongooses seen on Animal Planet's Meerkat Manor, live in and outside the station. This summer other animals will come to live in this part of the zoo including critically endangered radiated tortoises, giraffes, zebras and various species of antelope. Solar and wind energy displays (summer, 2010) will provide power to the building, while educators and Zoo volunteers help visitors learn about renewable energy and stewardship important to people and wildlife around the world.

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El Paso's Zoo Mission
Our mission is to celebrate the value of animals and natural resources and to create opportunities for people to rediscover their connection to nature.