Zoo Gets in the Valentine's Day Spirit

It reminds me a little of the Confuse-A-Cat services, but Saturday, February 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Woodland Park Zoo's animals are getting Valentine's Day treats. The break from the routine is good for the animals, and apparently figuring out how to get the smelt out of a frozen-juice heart is just what the river-otter doctor ordered in the way of stimulating leisure activities.

Besides the otters,  red pandas, gorillas, and snow leopards (see full list and feeding times below) will enjoy heart-shaped ice pops made of fruit juice, honey, strawberries, and cranberries, herbal bouquets, heart-shaped steaks, and more. 

• Golden lion tamarins 10:00
• Snow leopards 10:30                        
• Otters 10:30                        
• Jaguar 11:00
• Orangutans 11:00
• Lemurs 11:15
• Willawong Station 11:30                        
• Sloth bear 11:30
• Anoa 11:45
• Penguins 1:00
• Goats 1:15
• Gorillas 1:20
• Meerkats 1:30
• Pigs 1:30
• Keas 1:30
• Lions 2:00
• Elephants 2:00
• Red pandas 3:00

Photo: Tony Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo