YOU CHOOSE!
A generous donor paid $50,000 to name our giraffe calf, but wants you to help. And name a DFW school, too – we’ll pick one for a special Animal Adventures visit. Vote now!
THE RACE IS ON!
Your donations to our Annual Fund help us care for our animals. (They eat a lot!) This year, there’s a twist: vote for your favorite candidate to lead our Animal Board of Directors! Click here for all of the scoop.
A THANKSGIVING TRADITION
It’s Dollar Day again on Nov. 26, 2014, with $1 admission to the Dallas Zoo, plus $1 food and drink specials! It’s a great family tradition, so load up, get out of the house and come see the beautiful fall colors.
ZOO AFTER DARK
Come spend a night under the stars with some of your favorite animals! Registration is now open for family and group campout programs.
SMASHING RECORDS
Thanks to our amazing supporters, we’ve set another all-time attendance record for the fifth straight year, with more than 943,000 visitors!
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Nov 15 5:00 pm
Family Safari Night Hike
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Nov 26 9:00 am
Dollar Day
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Dec 06 9:00 am
Shed Your Winter Coat
Public gets to name Dallas Zoo’s baby giraffe
The donor who paid $50,000 to name the Dallas Zoo’s baby giraffe is opening the choice up for a public vote! Starting Wednesday, Nov. 5, we will launch a voting contest on our website (www.dallaszoo.com/naming), where participants can select from three names chosen by the donor.
New art piece to join iconic giraffe statue
The Dallas Zoo’s giant 67-foot-tall giraffe statue (you know, the one that you can see about a mile away on I-35) soon will have company to share her limelight.
IT’S A BOY! Meet our new long-legged baby
The Dallas Zoo has welcomed a leggy, 6-foot-tall baby giraffe, born Sunday to first-time mother Chrystal. The energetic male calf weighs about 120 pounds and appears to be healthy.
Palm oil debate: Saving rainforest homes
On the other side of the world, orangutans, tigers and many other animals are losing their rainforest homes so we can eat food and use products that contain a special ingredient that grows in their habitats – palm oil. Today, palm oil is found in about half the products sold in grocery stores, everything from cookies to toothpaste.
Meet the Zoo Team: Randy Johnson
Not many people can say they enjoy their first cup of coffee in the morning while listening to a lion’s roar echo in the distance. But that’s how Randy Johnson’s day starts off. Randy’s been the horticulture manager at the Dallas Zoo for just over a year, and he’s made quite an impression.
HOURS
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily *Closed Christmas DayGENERAL ADMISSION
$15.00 Adults (ages 12-64)$12.00 Children (ages 3-11)
$12.00 Seniors(age 65 and up)
FREE Children (age 2 and under)
FREE Members of the Dallas Zoological Society
PARKING
$8 per vehicleFREE Members of the Dallas Zoological Society
*All prices subject to change
LOCATION INFO
Dallas Zoo650 South R L Thornton Freeway
Dallas, TX
469.554.7500
