Denver Zoo Launches Virtual Experience With Videos, Activities

DENVER, CO — The Denver Zoo has announced the virtual version of itself — an 'online zoo' with daily videos and activities.

While the zoo's staff are busy caring for nearly 3,000 animals, the Zoo to You: Virtual Safari will be updated daily with new animal videos, wildlife-themed activities and other ideas that families can do at home, zoo officials said.

Highlights of the 'virtual zoo' include:

• Live streams and Denver Zoo TV videos: The zoo will feature a new animal and area of the zoo every day at 1 p.m. on Facebook Live, which will give viewers a chance to interact directly with animal care staff. There will also be new animal videos posted across the zoo’s social channels — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube — and Zoo to You: Virtual Safari throughout the week.

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• Daily family activity ideas: The Denver Zoo Learning Experiences team will share daily nature play and wildlife-themed activities to help parents keep their kids busy, entertained and engaged during school closures. The activities will include options such as Giraffe Yoga and dozens of nature play ideas.

• Conservation from Home: Families can become citizen scientists and help save wildlife with the Denver Zoo’s Colorado Corridors Project. Participants can identify local wildlife in photos captured by remote cameras along I-70, and then visit Zooniverse to participate in other conservation projects around the world.

Zoo to You: Virtual Safari visitors are also encouraged to make a donation to the zoo’s Emergency Support Fund during its closure to help cover the costs of caring for its nearly 3,000 animals. For more information visit DenverZoo and ZootoYou.

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