We Generate Community Support & Fundraising For Animal Care, Education, & Conservation At Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

Look and listen. The #walrus is an amazing animal! Come visit them @ptdefiancezoo

Mar 15

Look and listen. The #walrus is an amazing animal! Come visit them @ptdefiancezoo

There`s still time to `Care a Latte` about Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and consider a gift of $25.

For the cost of a week`s worth of lattes ☕, you can help provide support for animal care, conservation, and education @ptdefiancezoo

Gifts of $25 or more, made by March 15th, will be entered to win 4 tickets to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Click the link in our bio to donate.

Mar 14

There's still time to 'Care a Latte' about Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and consider a gift of $25.
For the cost of a week's worth of lattes ☕, you can help provide support for animal care, conservation, and education @ptdefiancezoo
Gifts of $25 or more, made by March 15th, will be entered to win 4 tickets to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Click the link in our bio to donate.

Any one else up for a #rainymonday swim 🏊🏼‍♂️? One of our Asian small-clawed otters @ptdefiancezoo is having a great time in the water 💦 ! #asiansmallclawedotter

Mar 13

Any one else up for a #rainymonday swim 🏊🏼‍♂️? One of our Asian small-clawed otters @ptdefiancezoo is having a great time in the water 💦 ! #asiansmallclawedotter

FUN FACT FRIDAY!

Green sea turtles are the largest hard-shelled sea turtle, growing up to 4 feet long and weighing up to 350 pounds. They eat mostly seagrasses and algae which gives their fat a green color. #funfactfriday #greenseaturtle

Mar 10

FUN FACT FRIDAY!
Green sea turtles are the largest hard-shelled sea turtle, growing up to 4 feet long and weighing up to 350 pounds. They eat mostly seagrasses and algae which gives their fat a green color. #funfactfriday #greenseaturtle

If you’re crabby because it’s Monday, come and visit us @ptdefiancezoo and cheer yourself up! #mondaymood

📷 Japanese Spider Crab

Mar 6

If you’re crabby because it’s Monday, come and visit us @ptdefiancezoo and cheer yourself up! #mondaymood
📷 Japanese Spider Crab

Will you `Care a Latte` about Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and consider a gift of $25?

For the cost of a week`s worth of lattes ☕, you can help provide support for animal care, conservation, and education @ptdefiancezoo

Gifts of $25 or more, made by March 15th, will be entered to win 4 tickets to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Click the link in our bio to donate.

Mar 3

Will you 'Care a Latte' about Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and consider a gift of $25?
For the cost of a week's worth of lattes ☕, you can help provide support for animal care, conservation, and education @ptdefiancezoo
Gifts of $25 or more, made by March 15th, will be entered to win 4 tickets to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Click the link in our bio to donate.

It`s a bird! It`s a plane! Wait! It`s a spotted eagle ray!😮

#eagleray #aquarium

Mar 2

It's a bird! It's a plane! Wait! It's a spotted eagle ray!😮
#eagleray #aquarium

Mesmerizing Mondays with the comb jellies @ptdefiancezoo

#jellies #mondays #natureisamazing

Feb 27

Mesmerizing Mondays with the comb jellies @ptdefiancezoo
#jellies #mondays #natureisamazing

FUN FACT FRIDAY!

Sea otters have the thickest fur of any animal with between 600,000 to 1,000,000 hair follicles per square inch.

They also love to eat! Sea otters consume 25% of their body weight in food every day. That`s a lot of sea food! 🦀

#seaotter #funfacts

Feb 24

FUN FACT FRIDAY!
Sea otters have the thickest fur of any animal with between 600,000 to 1,000,000 hair follicles per square inch.
They also love to eat! Sea otters consume 25% of their body weight in food every day. That's a lot of sea food! 🦀
#seaotter #funfacts

Did you know that the red wolf had nearly vanished from the wild in the 1970s, reduced to just 14 animals? Thanks to @ptdefiancezoo and other groups, this species has been brought back from the brink of extinction. ❤️

Celebrate National Wildlife Day!

#nationalwildlifeday #redwolf #conservation

Feb 22

Did you know that the red wolf had nearly vanished from the wild in the 1970s, reduced to just 14 animals? Thanks to @ptdefiancezoo and other groups, this species has been brought back from the brink of extinction. ❤️
Celebrate National Wildlife Day!
#nationalwildlifeday #redwolf #conservation

It`s reported that 100 million sharks are killed each year for their fins. That`s one shark every three seconds.

By donating (link in bio) to The Zoo Society`s Dr. Holly Reed Wildlife Conservation Fund, you are actively making a difference. This fund currently supports multiple shark conservation programs. One is the tagging and tracking of female scalloped hammerhead sharks to better understand their habitat and behavior, while the other is a collaborative effort with @maralliance to develop education strategies, curriculum and community engagement to foster stewardship for sharks and other marine animals.

#sharkconservation #savetheocean

Feb 16

It's reported that 100 million sharks are killed each year for their fins. That's one shark every three seconds.
By donating (link in bio) to The Zoo Society's Dr. Holly Reed Wildlife Conservation Fund, you are actively making a difference. This fund currently supports multiple shark conservation programs. One is the tagging and tracking of female scalloped hammerhead sharks to better understand their habitat and behavior, while the other is a collaborative effort with @maralliance to develop education strategies, curriculum and community engagement to foster stewardship for sharks and other marine animals.
#sharkconservation #savetheocean

Happy Valentine`s Day from The Zoo Society! ❤️

#zooanimals #valentines #siamang #cloudedleopard

Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day from The Zoo Society! ❤️
#zooanimals #valentines #siamang #cloudedleopard

It`s hard for everyone to get up on Monday mornings, even the animals here @ptdefiancezoo

#mondays #tired #muskox

Feb 13

It's hard for everyone to get up on Monday mornings, even the animals here @ptdefiancezoo
#mondays #tired #muskox

FUN FACT FRIDAY!
Did you know walruses can sleep in the water? They come equipped with pharyngeal pouches - inflatable sacs on their throats 😯. These pouches can fill with up to 13 gallons of air which creates a pillow that hold the walruses vertically in the ocean, keeping their heads above water 🌊. Isn`t nature amazing?!

#walrus #oceanlife #funfacts

Feb 10

FUN FACT FRIDAY!
Did you know walruses can sleep in the water? They come equipped with pharyngeal pouches - inflatable sacs on their throats 😯. These pouches can fill with up to 13 gallons of air which creates a pillow that hold the walruses vertically in the ocean, keeping their heads above water 🌊. Isn't nature amazing?!
#walrus #oceanlife #funfacts

THERE`S STILL TIME! Amazon will be ending their Amazon Smile program on February 20th, but you can still support The Zoo Society through this program for the next 12 days 😍. Copy the link below and paste it in your browser, and then click on AmazonSmile to add us as the charity you`d like to support.

https://thezoosociety.org/get-involved/amazon/

#amazonsmile #zooanimals #charity

Feb 9

THERE'S STILL TIME! Amazon will be ending their Amazon Smile program on February 20th, but you can still support The Zoo Society through this program for the next 12 days 😍. Copy the link below and paste it in your browser, and then click on AmazonSmile to add us as the charity you'd like to support.
https://thezoosociety.org/get-involved/amazon/
#amazonsmile #zooanimals #charity

ENRICHMENT is an important part of the health and well-being of our animals @ptdefiancezoo While this may just look like a big cat eating whipped cream off a ball (well…that’s exactly what it is 😊), it also encourages our Sumatran tiger’s natural instincts to pounce and hold down prey — whipped cream is the tasty prize. Keeping our animals engaged with ever-changing enrichment activities promotes a fulfilling life at the Zoo.

Animal enrichment is one of the many ways The Zoo Society supports PDZA. You can donate to our animals’ enrichment through the link in our bio and selecting “Animal Care” as your donation type.

#sumatrantiger #animalenrichment #zooanimals

Feb 8