Father's Day at the Zoo
June 22, 2010
Sponsored by Chinet® & Pick 'n Save

Father's Day
Stella the Jaguar. Photo by Judi Smith

Come see animal families in their habitats as you spend time with your family. Enjoy Father’s Day at the Zoo this year, Sunday, June 20, as Chinet® and Pick’n Save sponsor dad’s special day – all fathers receive free admission, no coupon necessary.

To add to the day’s fun, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., visit the Northwestern Mutual Family Farm where kids can create a “Number One Dad” button using Chinet® paper plates. Show your creative side, and show pop he’s tops with his very own button he can proudly display!

Take dad on a prehistoric safari by following the dinosaur footprints to “Adventure Dinosaur!” sponsored by Lowe’s. The Zoo welcomes back the dinosaurs after a four-year hiatus. Crowd favorites of the touring exhibit of robotic dinosaurs will return: you can dodge the two-story-tall Tyrannosaurus rex with its child and nest full of babies, or get squirted with Dilophosaurus saliva that feels oddly enough like water. The figures are so “real,” moving and rumbling in their outdoor habitat, that it might be difficult to believe that dinosaurs are extinct!

“Adventure Dinosaur!” sponsored by Lowe’s, is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and located behind the Small Mammal Building. The exhibit is $2.50 per person after regular Zoo admission.

The Zoo is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Father’s Day.

Special thanks to our Father's Day sponsors:
Chinet Pic 'n Save