Early Zone/Building Closures

Exploration Asia will close at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, October 12th, to accommodate set up for Wild After Hours: Amur Tigers (18+).

Kitamba and the ENMAX Conservatory will close at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 18th to accommodate setup of the ZooDunnit event (18+).

Animal Viewing Impacts

Land of Lemurs Walkthrough & Outdoor Gorilla Amphitheatre: The two outdoor animal viewing areas will close for the season beginning on October 15. Lemurs and gorillas will be viewable in their indoor habitats.

PETRONAS Gateway to Asia: The building will have adjusted viewing from September 23 until mid-November while we complete mechanical upgrades to the Malayan tapir habitat. Komodo dragons will remain viewable indoors. Malayan tapirs and red-crowned cranes will be viewable in their outdoor habitats (weather permitting). White-handed gibbons will not be viewable for the duration of the project.

African Savannah Yard: Our Hartmann’s mountain zebras and ostriches will be off-view until the end of the year while we complete exciting upgrades in the African Savannah Yard, including the construction of a new Savannah Barn for the animals. Our giraffe tower will continue to be viewable throughout the project.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Welcome, ‘Vasili’

November 21, 2023 | 1 minute read

We’re grrr-inning with excitement to announce the arrival of a new set of stripes. On November 19, 11-year-old male Amur tiger, ‘Vasili’ arrived safely in Calgary – a testament to the hard work done by his care team at the Toronto Zoo to prepare him for the journey.

Though he came to us from Toronto, this is actually a homecoming! Vasili was born here in 2012 and is the brother of our current male, ‘Samkha’.

Vasili will spend at least 30 days in quarantine before being introduced to the tiger habitat where Samkha and female tiger, ‘Sarma’, reside. Though you won’t be able to view him for some time, join us in wishing Vasili a warm welcome back to the zoo family!

Photo courtesy of the Toronto Zoo.

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