Early Closures and Late Openings

Early Asian Highlands Closure: Last entry to Asian Highlands will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, and Sunday, September 27, to accommodate set up for Wild After Hours: Snow Leopards (18+). The area will be cleared by 5 p.m. Thank you for understanding.

Late Zoo Opening: The Wilder Institute’s Calgary Zoo will open to members and the day admission ticket holders at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, to accommodate our Wild Walk event. Thank you for your understanding.

Animal Viewing Impacts:

Black Bear and Grizzly Bear Viewing Impact: From Monday, September 21 through Wednesday, September 23, our black bears and grizzly bears will rotate through the grizzly bear habitat to accommodate maintenance work in the black bear habitat. Thank you for your understanding.

Polar Bear Viewing Impact: Our polar bears will not be viewable in the main habitat on Wednesday, September 23, to accommodate habitat maintenance. Thank you for your understanding.

PETRONAS Gateway to Asia Malayan Tapir Viewing: ‘Sempurna’ and her female calf ‘Nyawa’ have daily access to either the main indoor habitat or the outdoor habitat from 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. They’ll also have access to their behind-the-scenes space and may choose to spend time there, so viewing isn’t always guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding.

West Gate Closure

Due to significant construction activities in and around Imagine Asia, the zoo’s West Gate will remain closed for the 2025 season and is expected to remain closed until at least 2028/2029. This necessary step supports the safe movement of visitors while we undertake exciting improvements to animal habitats and visitor experiences.

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Introducing ‘Chip’ and ‘Dip’

August 16, 2023 | 1 minute read

Exciting news! We are thrilled to welcome two female greater rheas, two-year-old ‘Chip’ (white colouring) and six-year-old ‘Dip’ (gray colouring), from Parc Safari to their new home.

Chip and Dip have been getting settled into their new home in the South America zone. Our Animal Care, Health & Welfare team will be rotating access to the courtyard for the rheas and alpacas until the rheas are comfortable in their new surroundings and are ready to share a mixed species habitat.

In other rhea news, we also bid a fond farewell to our male greater rhea, ‘Tatu’, as he moved on to new adventures!

Greater rheas ‘Dip’ and ‘Chip’

Introducing ‘Chip’ and ‘Dip’

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