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Our giant pandas love bamboo and we’re thankful WestJet does too!

In September an airline announced it was discontinuing direct flights from China to Calgary starting October 31st. For travellers this news was inconvenient, for the Calgary Zoo and our giant pandas...

The Conservation Dance

Meet Monty! Monty arrived at the Calgary Zoo as an unhatched egg from Montana and joined the zoo team at the Snyder-Wilson Family Greater Sage-Grouse Pavilion in spring 2019. The sex of greater sage...

Canadian Fishers get Passports

And... they're off! 18 Alberta fishers were relocated from northern Alberta to the Northern Cascades in Washington State this month. The fishers were humanely captured in northern Alberta, where there...

CAZA recognizes the winners of the outstanding achievement awards of Canada’s Accredited Zoos and Aquariums

Canadian accredited zoos and aquariums across Canada welcome millions of people to their facilities every year. This past weekend, their accrediting organization, Canada’s Accredited Zoos and...

Calgary Zoo and Pembina Pipeline Corporation partner to save wildlife and wild places

Calgary, AB - Calgary Zoo and Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced earlier today that they have partnered to protect wildlife and wild places. Pembina’s founding sponsorship of the Calgary Zoo...

The Calgary Zoo introduces its new male western lowland gorilla

The Calgary Zoo announced that its new male western lowland gorilla, “Jasiri”, has finished his 3-month quarantine and made his public debut in the TransAlta Rainforest. The zoo released a short video...