$100 covers annual vaccines for penguin chicks
$250 feeds all our sharks for a day
$500 Purchases a heavy duty enrichment toy for our goats
$100 covers annual vaccines for penguin chicks
$250 feeds all our sharks for a day
$500 purchases a heavy duty enrichment toy for our polar bear
$1,000 feeds our elephant for one week
All donations help. Will you consider giving today?
Includes:
A Full Size Plush
Photo
Species Fact Sheet
Adoption Certificate
2 Society Face Masks
A Surprise Mini Plush!
We Support Species Survival Plans, Environmental, and Conservation Initiatives
Your contributions, whether they be financial, your time, or your influence, all directly impact the animals and their keepers at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. You are part of a movement that keeps the Zoo alive.
Have you ever noticed some of our sharks are always on the go, while others always look like they’re napping? Whitetip reef sharks have the ability to pump oxygenated water over their gills when stationary, while our blacktip reef sharks have to be constantly moving to breathe!
So next time you see one of our sharks motionless on the floor, don’t worry, they’re just relaxing ✨
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Oh, to be a seal gliding through the water, not a care in the world 🦭✨
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Happy Polar Bear Week 🐻❄️ Join us in celebrating these incredible, silly creatures!
Although we only have one polar bear now, nothing is more fun than watching our animals have fun with enrichment we provide support for ✨
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The Red Wolves are among our most beautiful and elusive animals. We feel so lucky when they allow us a sneak peak into their lives 🐾
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Our otters are so talented 🎶 We love to support enrichment for our animals at the Zoo!
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Balzak needed to say something important. Everybody LISTEN 🎤🤫
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You might have to turn up your brightness to see this little ballerina 🩰
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Only the luckiest are chosen to be cleaned by our Pacific cleaner shrimps 🦐
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It’s Shark Week, and we are not biased in the slightest. 🦈
Did you know these sharks can only breathe if they are continuously swimming? This aquarium was built large enough to allow just that!
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Our 2025 Long Table Event, Wild Greens, was a hole in one! ⛳️ We want to thank everyone who attended and helped us raise over $132,000! This money will go directly towards our field trip scholarship program at @ptdefiancezoo to increase access to the Zoo for all kids.
The night started with happy hour and mini golf, an incredible putt-off, and later as guests participated in our live auction, they enjoyed a three-course meal cooked up by incredible, local chefs.
Thank you everyone for your continued support of our organization! We hope to see you at the Zoo soon ✨
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Although they don’t always agree on everything, one thing Balzak and Lakina ALWAYS agree on is their love for enrichment!
Through our Adopt-A-Species program, you can adopt your own walrus, and the donation will go towards enrichment just like this seafood box! 🐙
Click the LinkTree in our bio for more information ✨
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Baby Ume discovering a whole new world in the large waterfall habitat with mom, Yuna, for the first time! ❤️
Don’t miss Ume and Yuna explore the waterfall habitat again this Saturday and Sunday, July 12 & 13 @ptdefiancezoo ☀️
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