Event Details
- Date:
- Venue: Toronto Zoo
- Categories: Museums & Zoos
10 am–4 pm
Celebrate International Polar Bear Day and show your love for polar bears by joining in at the Toronto Zoo’s very ‘cool’ Polar Bear Festival. Visitors will be able to take part in fun and educational activities that help raise awareness and support this threatened Canadian species.
Polar Bear Fest includes polar bear themed children’s activities and crafts (indoors!), silent auction with a chance to win a special behind the scenes tour for four people, and much more!
Free with Zoo admission.
Limited space is available! Register today!
Special Presentation: Conserving the Polar Bear
(*Pre-registration required) 1–3 pm $5 per Member, $8 per Non-Member plus General Admission fee (*proceeds will support polar bear conservation.)
Join the Zoo for a special presentation to meet two of the Zoo’s very own polar bear keepers as they share stories of the Zoo’s family of polar bears, the importance of enrichment, their experiences in Churchill, and how the Zoo is helping to support polar bear conservation in the wild. Following the Toronto Zoo’s keeper presentation, Luana Sciullo, from York University will share her exciting research on wild polar bears which investigates their success at finding food in relation to environmental change in Canada’s Arctic. PLUS, those who register to attend this presentation will have an exclusive opportunity to win a special Meet-the-Keeper experience for themselves and one guest at the Zoo’s polar bear exhibit!