ZooLights! returns to Hogle Zoo on December 1st with thousands of sparkling lights, 160+ animated light displays and

more. Stroll under the magical 135-foot long lighted tunnel spanning the bridge and be

immersed among the festive trees, pathways and animated displays transforming our newest addition, Rocky Shores, into a

holiday wonderland.

Welcoming the Party Animalsat Rocky Shores!

The 6th Annual ZooLights! at Utah’s Hogle Zoo is bigger and better than ever! Make it a part of

your family holiday traditions!

ZooLights is open nightly(except Christmas Day)through December 31.

For operating hours and admission prices, including Zoo member discounts, plus nightly event information, visit

hoglezoo.org.

Join us for Zoolights!

Member Nights on December 4th

and 5th!

See Santa and his reindeer

nightly December 1st through 24th!

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A barrel, a ball, a cardboard box. Walking through the Zoo, you might see a variety of seemingly “out of place” items. Whether it’s a giraffe working its amazing tongue to get a tasty treat from a puzzle feeder, monkeys using their skills on a colorful toy, or a training session with

the seals… all of these techniques are part of our Behavioral Enrichment program.

At Hogle Zoo, our animals are given opportunities to learn, interact and express natural behaviors using enrichment—a term used to describe the activities used by keepers to enhance the animals’ environments.

In their natural environments, animals live in an ever-changing world. Their goal is to simply survive. But animals in a Zoo live the easy life. Without the need to find food, protect territory, or avoid predators, animals can spend their time developing a wider range of behaviors. They have time to explore many other abilities using enriching activities provided by our zoo keepers.

Our enrichment goal is to stimulate our animals’ minds and bodies using natural and artificial means. We enhance their environments with challenges, novelty and unpredictability. Providing enrichment can increase activity, reduce some of the stresses associated with zoo life, and improve overall health and welfare. With these techniques, we strive to provide the animals with an element of choice and control in their lives.

BY DAWN NEPTUNE, BEHAVIORAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR

Enrichment 101

Although a fun and exciting part of our work, providing enrichment is a challenging job. It’s not as simple as throwing a ball in with the bears and calling it good. It’s a daily process based on goal setting, safety assessments, documentation and observation. Keepers routinely provide enrichment from 5 categories:

One of our female Orangutans, Acara, interacting with an enrichment item.

The next time you stroll Zoo grounds, be sure to study these key principles and look for enrichment around every corner. You never know…there just might be a pop quiz. (For your own enrichment, of course!)

SENSORYScents, sounds and

sights: olfactory stimuli (spices,

perfumes, snake sheds), auditory stimuli (sounds of nature

recordings), visual (mirrors, bubbles, videos), tactile (rubbing posts,

grooming tools).

FOODS/FEEDING

Task-oriented puzzle feeders which

provide challenge and extend feeding

times.

MANIPULATIVE/TOYS

Items that can be manipulated in some way via the hands,

horns, head, etc. for simple investigation

and play, e.g., boomer balls, kong toys (large plastic balls

and toys), burlap bags, boxes, barrels.

ENVIRONMENTALItems that add

complexity to the animal’s exhibits

and enclosures, e.g., swings, climbing structures, hiding

places, visual barriers.

BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL

Visual access to other animals (animal ambassadors like birds,

snakes, rodents) or artificial animals

(decoys, piñatas, etc.). Also includes our animal training programs and

keeper playtime (hose

games and tug of war).

While animal training takes knowledge, practice and skill, the relationship between the keeper and the animal is equally

important. Nowhere is this more true than with some of our special needs animals. These animals are challenged in some way. They may be physically restricted, elderly, or have learning limitations. The variety is huge! Big Guy, our sea lion, is completely blind. Dari, one of our three elephants, is in her twilight years. Kazek, our tiger, struggled with irritable bowel syndrome and liver issues. Training these animals takes a unique approach that incorporates trust, empathy, creativity and patience.

Trust –Trust is important in every animal/trainer relationship, but more vital with special needs animals. Since Big Guy can’t use his eyes to interpret his environment, he must trust his trainers’ intentions. Are they going to lead him somewhere scary or touch him when he’s not ready?

A solid history of positive reinforcement means the animal will be ready and willing to do what the trainer asks, knowing that nothing bad is going to happen.

Empathy – The trainer must understand the physical and mental limitations of the animal. How scary is it to be blind and asked to enter a new holding area? How much discomfort will it cause to ask them to climb something or stand up on their hind legs? This may not stop the trainer from working the behavior, but perhaps they can use smaller steps, better treats, or shorter sessions. Trainers try not to attribute human feelings or motivations to animals, but sometimes using their own experiences with painful joints or claustrophobia leads to creative training ideas.

Creativity – Special needs animals require special adaptations for training. Keepers know that there are as many ways to train a behavior as there are trainers to think them up! For example, deaf animals can be trained using a flash of light instead of a whistle. Big Guy, who can hear but not see, has a target stick that rattles. Sick or elderly animals may have lost their appetites for food rewards, but still enjoy praise or scratches!

Patience – Special

needs animals may require more time or alternative methods during training sessions. Expectations are adjusted based upon the animal’s needs. Trainers don’t allow themselves to give up on any animal; they not only care for them, but about them. When Kazek was ill, his keepers never gave up on his training. He has since made a full recovery, and is back to a more intensive training schedule. By continuing sessions throughout his illness, his trainers maintained their bond, despite a slew of medical treatments.

Training animals with special needs requires an exceptional bond between trainer and animal. Together, they can overcome any obstacle and lead a happier, healthier life!

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BY ELLEN VOSSEKUIL, ZOOKEEPER

Special Needs and Special RelationshipsThe Role of the Animal/Trainer Bond

Zoo keeper, Holly, and one of our giraffes.

Zookeeper, Katie, working with a green-winged macaw.

W hen you take your children to the doctor, do you face the dreaded tantrum during

the exam or vaccinations? Can you imagine if your children were orangutans? Think of all those squirming arms! Just as human children trust their parents, the animals at Hogle Zoo trust our veterinary and training staff. So much, in fact, that we can teach them to “open wide” for dental exams, sit still for their shots, and even give blood voluntarily.

Through our exceptional veterinary/trainer relationships and positive reinforcement training, we teach our animals to take medications, let us examine their feet or hooves, and let us check their overall body conditions. We can draw blood from our orangutans, our elephants and one of the giraffes. We even have some animals that will let us listen to their heart and lungs with a stethoscope. Soon we will be teaching our new bears to place their paws on mesh panels so we can trim their nails. Now that’s what we call a pedicure!

The primary focus of our training programs is to ensure the

best healthcare for our animals. Our veterinary staff is also very involved in the training process, allowing the animals to become familiar with us. That reduces the stress of our visits for routine check-ups, injuries or illnesses. The positive association builds trust, so they know that we mean them no harm.

Unique to Hogle Zoo, the Behavioral Programs department (which provides enrichment and training) is a part of our Animal Health Team. This means we provide a holistic approach to the animals’ care. The veterinary staff provides for the physical health and the behavioral programs address the mental well being of the animals. We believe that this balanced approach is essential to the optimal health of the animals at Hogle Zoo.

At Hogle Zoo, the Animal and Veterinary Care departments work as a team to ensure the best lives possible for the animals. Careful educational planning (training) and recreational opportunities (enrichment) give the animals a full and fulfilled life here at the Zoo!

BY DR. NANCY CARPENTER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR- ANIMAL HEALTH

Keeper scale trains a Golden Lion Tamarin.

The Role of Trainingin Veterinary Medicine

B oo at the Zoo, Feast with the Beasts, Ice-Block Day, Enrichment Day, Dari’s Birthday, Zooper Hero

Day, and Orangutan Superbowl Picks are all fun days at the Zoo. But what do all these special events have in common? ENRICHMENT! Are the animals just “monkeying around?” Sure, they’re playing with piñatas, puzzle feeders and frozen popsicle-like

treats, but are there any true benefits? Absolutely! It’s called ‘exploratory play’ and it’s been documented across the animal kingdom. Elephants, carnivores, primates, birds, marine mammals, and even reptiles like to play.

More intricate and complex in some species than others, play behaviors imparts important benefits. Animals that play gain physical

strength, endurance and skills used for survival. They learn flexibility and inventiveness through investigation and play. It also promotes social bonds and aids in development.

We are very fortunate here at Hogle Zoo to have a wide variety of enrichment activities to stimulate the animals and promote interesting

BY DAWN NEPTUNE, BEHAVIORAL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR

It’s Not All Fun & Games…or is it??

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behavior through sometimes creative means. We often use non-natural items to stimulate natural behavior. Colorful toys, animal decoys, bubbles, hula hoops and even iPads can play an important role in our behavioral enrichment program. We use this form of fun “entertainment” to make that educational connection to SCIENCE - the animal, the behavior, the benefits.

We know the majority of guests come to the Zoo for entertainment. But while you’re busy having fun, our goal is to slip in some education along the way. We hope to send you home with information, inspiration and motivation to protect the natural world. By utilizing enrichment activities at our special events, we can highlight how amazing animals truly are.

So the next time you see a keeper carving a pumpkin for the meerkats, throwing a yummy frozen treat to the polar bear, or covering the tiger windows with Valentines, you’ll know it’s enrichment. Keepers might make a GIANT elephant-sized “cake” or simply blow bubbles to an animal on Enrichment Day. We use countless creative options to encourage our animals to think, learn, and explore their world every day. The beauty is that with animal play and enrichment, we can teach our guests about animals through exceptional animal care, recreation AND education!

Please check out our upcoming Special Events at www.hoglezoo.org.

Grizzly bear being enriched by a frozen treat.

A s a parent, you love giving your kids fun, new toys that encourage learning or activity.

As a zookeeper in the Small Animal Building, I do the same thing for the animals. They get something new and exciting every day. Enrichment and training are just as important for bats and meerkats as they are for elephants and orangutans. It could be something that you would recognize immediately, like a ball or a colorful toy. Or, it could be something you wouldn’t notice, like a new log, sand, or even a scent.

Keepers have to consider an animal’s natural behavior when choosing enrichment. Canines, like the bat-eared foxes, have a strong sense of smell. They relish rolling in fresh herbs or hay from other Zoo animals. Felines, such as the sand cats, enjoy logs to climb and new beds and hiding places. Parrots, like our Moluccan cockatoo, are intelligent and have strong beaks, so we keep them busy with puzzles and objects to chew. Porcupines will turn a tree branch into a pile of bark, just like a wood chipper! Meerkats are very curious and playful and they love small toys, tunnels and anything with BUGS in it. Reptiles enjoy objects they can climb in and out of and simply explore. Enrichment is also enriching for the keepers. Coming up with all the creative ideas can be a challenge, and moving logs and sand is hard work!

Training small animals is also challenging because they can have high energy and short attention spans.

There’s also sheer size to consider. To a meerkat, a human is a GIANT, so we train behaviors that allow us to take better care of them and make our presence more positive. We monitor their health by teaching them to stand on a scale, and train them to walk into a crate so trips to see our veterinary staff aren’t as stressful. We even train them to let us look in their mouths and at their teeth, clip their nails, or stand up so we can check their bellies or paws.

We even train our reptiles! Due to their enormous size, getting our Aldabra tortoises (members of the reptile family) from one spot to another can be tricky, so we train them in a very useful behavior - targeting. They will touch (target) their nose to a ball on a stick, so trainers can move them easily from A to B. These are all things we couldn’t do without their voluntary cooperation—and they earn yummy treats for it!

Training and enrichment is important for all animals, no matter their size. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sea lion or a shew (a very small mammal). So the next time you visit, don’t forget about the little guys!

BY CELESTE CAMBARERI, ZOOKEEPER

Big Fun for Little OnesEnrichment & Training for Hogle Zoo’s Small Animals

Enrichment for our Striped skunk.

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Just as the dust settles on the opening of Rocky Shores, all eyes turn toward Africa!

Hogle Zoo is excited to announce that we will break ground this fall on a new, four-acre African Savanna - a mixed-species area that will see the return of African lions. It will also include a better home for our giraffes, which will walk freely alongside zebras, ostriches and a number of yet-to-be-determined African hoofstock. Imagine peering from an overlook and viewing these beautiful animals gathering at a watering hole. Or, taking an immersive ride on the train alongside the Savanna’s perimeter. How about capturing video your child feeding a giraffe at the giraffe-feeding station?

Those experiences, along with nose-to-nose viewing of the King of Beasts, is what African Savanna will be all about. It’s an up-close and educational look at some of the Dark Continent’s most incredible and unique inhabitants.

All this will be a wonderful reality for you and your family to explore in the spring of 2014.

In the meantime, please pardon our dust as construction commences in early September 2012.

The playground is popular for many Utah families, and we’re pleased to announce that it will be moving to the grassy area on the north side of the Great Ape building. Some exciting new interactive playground equipment will be added, along with some of the

equipment kids have known and loved for many years.

These projects will replace Discoveryland and many of the animals now found there will have new homes at Hogle Zoo. Others will be re-located to other accredited zoos.

Please bear with us through this final construction period. Before long, Hogle Zoo will be introducing a beautiful state-of-the-art African wonderland on the east end of Hogle Zoo. It’s the latest grand addition to the “new” Zoo!

For more details about African Savanna, including construction updates, visit us at hoglezoo.org or follow us on Facebook.

BY BRAD C. PARKIN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MARKETING SERVICES

LISTEN FOR THE LION’S ROAR:A NEW, EXPANSIVE AFRICAN SAVANNA SET TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL!

All of our zoo memberships come with loads of benefits, and our newest membership level

is no exception. We’re thrilled to introduce yet another membership that gives our members the

biggest bang for their buck.

$350 Friend• Specialsocietycard• LanyardtowearwhileexploringyourZoo• CertificateofMembership• VIPtreatmentatourspecialevents• InvitationtoourSocietyNight• DiscounttoandspecialrecognitionatZooRendezvous• Invitationtoourlectureseries• RecognitionasaZooExplorerFriendattheZoo• Anup-closeanimalencounterforyourfamily• OneBuddyPasstogivetoafriend

Benefitsofa“Friend”membership,PLUS:• Limitedreservedseatingatouranimalprogramsuntil10minutesbefore

the show starts (guaranteed with an hour’s advanced notice)• GuidedtouroftheentireZooforyourfamily• AtotaloftwoBuddyPassestogivetofriends

$500 Partner

Benefitsofthe“Friend”and“Partner”memberships,PLUS:• Aframedanimalpawprint• Aspecialanimalencounter,alongwithreservedseatingatanimal

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$750 Benefactor

$1000 ChampionBenefitsofthe“Friend,”“Partner,”and“Benefactor”memberships,PLUS:• ChauffeuredcarttourwithaHogleZoodirectorforuptofiveguests• AtotalofsixBuddyPassestogivetofriends

Ifoneofthesemembershipsdoesn’tfityourneeds,don’t be discouraged. We have a variety of different

membership levels that start at only $67 for the entire year—whatabargain!Formoreinformationaboutourmembership opportunities, please visit our website at

www.hoglezoo.com and follow the link.

What’s the BEST wayto visit the zoo?

With a membership,of course!

ZooExplorerSocietyMembership

In 1990, the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) began its flagship conservation program, Bowling for Rhinos (BFR). This fundraiser has now raised $4 million entirely through volunteer efforts and generous community support. This has made it possible

to help protect all five species of rhino through programs in both Africa and Indonesia. In addition, the BFR program is now contributing to cheetah conservation in Kenya, Africa.

Since 1990, when the Utah Chapter AAZK held its first Bowling for Rhinos event, we have contributed $128,000 towards the BFR program, making us one of the top ten money raising chapters in the country. We could not have accomplished this without the support of friends, family, and local businesses who support Utah’s Hogle Zoo and our chapter of AAZK. Thank you!

This year’s Bowling for Rhinos event was held Friday, June 22nd at Olympus Hills Lanes and we are thrilled to report that nearly $9,000 was raised! All proceeds go directly to conservation programs that have been making a difference in saving all five species of rhino, as well as preserving vital habitats for countless other plant and animal species that share these habitats.

Now, more than ever, rhinos need our help! Statistics show that more than one rhino is illegally poached daily in South Africa alone. For more information you can follow us on Facebook (Utah Chapter of American Association of Zoo Keepers) and check our website www.utahaazk.org.

BY BETHANY BINGHAM AND DEANA WALZ, UTAH CHAPTER AAZK CO-OFFICERS

Celebrating theRhinoceros

In the last edition of Safari we included an envelope for you to make a “housewarming gift” donation to our new Rocky Shores area. We are thrilled to say that those donations helped us purchase many supplies and materials to ensure our animals have enriching environments! Our Rocky Shores animals and their keepers extend a sincere thank you for your generosity!

Housewarming Giftsa Wonderful Success!

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Enchanted Evening Explorations (P)($)7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

S is for Seals and Sea Lions (P)($) 9:30 a.m. – Noon

Mammal Study Merit Badge (P)($) 6 – 9 p.m.

Environmental Science Merit Badge (P)($) 6 – 9 p.m.

Educator Night (F)4 – 7 p.m.

Boo at the Zoo (F)9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Zoo Rendezvous (P)($) 6 – 11 p.m.

Radio Disney Safety Safari (F) 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo (F) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Wild Stampede 5k (P)($)8 – 10 p.m.

Zooper Hero Day (F)10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Wolf Awareness Day (F)10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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A Reason for theSeason (P)($) 9:30 a.m. – Noon

Polar Pals (P)($) 9:30 a.m. – Noon

Curious Cats (P)($) 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Project WILD (P)($) 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Career Day (F) 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Feast with the Beast (F)9 a.m. – Noon

Military Appreciation Discount (F)All Day

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It’s Baaack!Join the Fun at

This Holiday Season,Reserve Your Wild Place at

Before Your Feast, at Least See the Beasts Feast!

Saturday, October 27from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

It’s all about the goodies! Children 12 and younger may visit 25 community

booths and load up on fun treats.

For more information, visit hoglezoo.org or follow us on Facebook. “Boo at the Zoo” is free with your valid Hogle Zoo member

card or with paid Zoo admission.

AT UTAH'S HOGLE ZOO

Thanksgiving Dayfrom 9 a.m. – Noon

For a schedule of the animals’ dinner times or for more information,

call 801.584.1769, visit hoglezoo.orgor follow us on Facebook.

Throughout the year, Utah’s Hogle Zoo offers truly unique settings where memories are made. But at Christmas time, the Zoo comes alive with a million lights and hundreds of lighted displays. And since the holidays are all about family traditions and memories, consider holding your company or family party at ZooLights!

We have a variety of catering options from elegant to our famous hot chocolate bar. And with Rocky Shores now open, there are even more animals and lights to greet your guests.

For information, visit hoglezoo.org or call 801.584.1792.Begin a new tradition at ZooLights! at Ho-Ho-Hogle Zoo this year!

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Do you enjoy things that go bump in the night? What about the things that hoot, howl or hiss? This year, celebrate Halloween with your friends at the Zoo! You’ll enjoy a guided tour of the Zoo after dark, and a special encounter with Spiderella and her favorite creepy crawly critters. Please come in costume for some frightful fun for all ages. Tour begins promptly at 7:30.

An Evening Halloween Event

$10 per person Five SpooktacularEvenings:

Friday, October 19

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Saturday, October 27