07/23 ~ Children's Farmyard Opens

Greater Vancouver Zoo – PRESS RELEASE

Date: July 23, 2010   
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHILDREN’S FARMYARD OPENS

Aldergrove – The Greater Vancouver Zoo is pleased to announce the opening of the “Children’s Farmyard” this week. This new interactive area will contain a variety of domestic farm animals and will focus on educating the youth about the relationships between these animals and humans.

Currently the Children’s Farmyard opens with Nigerian Dwarf Goats, people can enter this area and are able to touch the goats and get a chance to learn a little bit more about them through their dedicated zookeeper. The goats do have a quiet area as well, where they can rest and have some time to relax between all the attention that they will be receiving from our young guests.

This fun area will be open daily 10 am – 5 pm from June 1st to Labour Day each year and on weekends in September. Our plans for future development are to add a variety of domestic animals that may include: turkeys, chickens, rabbits and eventually other species.

Celebrating 40 Wild & Wonderful Years at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, for all the details on our anniversary celebration please visit http://gvzoo.com/Whats-New.


       



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Media Contact:                   

Jody Henderson                       
Marketing & Promotions Manager               
Phone:  604.856.6825 x 33                   
Email:  jhenderson@gvzoo.com               


To learn more about the good things we do at the Zoo visit us at:  www.gvzoo.com or better yet come visit us in person!

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The Greater Vancouver Zoo is an accredited zoo within the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA), which is a non-profit organization established to promote the welfare of animals and encourage the advancement of education, conservation and science.