EARLY CLOSURE
The zoo will close early at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, 2024, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Press Room

Find recent press releases and submit media inquiries.

MEDIA INQUIRIES

 

Media requests for interviews, information or images, or requests to be added to Woodland Park Zoo's media distribution list, should be arranged through Woodland Park Zoo Public Relations:


Gigi Allianic

Senior Public Relations & Communications Manager
woodlandparkzoopr@zoo.org
206.548.2475

Craig Newberry

Public Relations Specialist
woodlandparkzoopr@zoo.org

 

Request Access to Photograph or Film at the Zoo

Looking to include the Zoo in your next film or photo project?


Rules, rates and requirements


Working press on verifiable assignments may contact Public Relations staff at woodlandparkzoopr@zoo.org. All others must complete one of the two forms below. Due to the volume of requests, initial responses may take up to five business days.


 

Press Materials


To receive hard copies of press kits and/or other information, please call the zoo’s media line at woodlandparkzoopr@zoo.org

Recent Press Kits

Butterfly Garden (2016)
Banyan Wilds (2016)

Background Fact Sheets

General zoo information
Awards and honors
Botanical highlights

Requesting Images


Media Representatives Only


For access to official zoo images for media use, please contact us at woodlandparkzoopr@zoo.org

RECENT PRESS RELEASES

 

November 21, 2024

Pregnant orangutan loses baby

Our Mission

Woodland Park Zoo saves wildlife and inspires everyone to make conservation a priority in their lives.

Land Acknowledgment

Woodland Park Zoo recognizes that these are the lands of the Tribal signatories of the Treaty of Point Elliott. We acknowledge their stewardship of this place continues to this day and that it is our responsibility to join them to restore the relationship with the living world around us.


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