AMBASSADOR ANIMALS
An All-Star Team of Wildlife Icons
Animal Connections
Up-Close Encounters
Ambassador animals offer visitors fun, engaging experiences and up-close encounters with a variety of charismatic critters.
This team emphasizes choice, positive reinforcement, and voluntary behavior training. The trust built between animal keepers and these animal superstars is key to an engaging experience for our guests.
Make Memories with Ambassador Animals
Check out this season’s animal encounter programs to plan to see your favorite ambassador animals up close during your next visit.
Daily Experiences
Our dedicated animal keepers work closely with these ambassadors every day, caring for them, practicing daily routines, learning their specific preferences, interacting with the public, showcasing natural behaviors, and highlighting how we can better coexist with their wild counterparts.
The ambassador animal programs and pop-ups showcase an array of “natural talents,” from the highly-social flamingo flock walk to the surprisingly agile climb of a porcupine.
Wild Encounters
Help Us Complete the Exhibit!
Your gift helps create upgraded homes for our goats, new Aldabra giant tortoises and ambassador animals and build new hands-on experiences that invite guests of all ages to care like a keeper.
Empathy for Wildlife
We believe that empathy is at the core of conservation attitudes, and our ambassador animals offer visitors an unforgettable opportunity to develop empathy for wildlife and take action to protect precious habitat. We are moved to protect them and the wild spaces they represent.