Woodland Park Zoo Updates: Kitoko Moves, Jessie the Sloth, OktoBEARfest

SEATTLE — Woodland Park Zoo is preparing to transfer a young gorilla to a new facility while welcoming a second sloth and launches the sale of tickets for its OktoBEARfest. Kitoko, a 6-year-old male western lowland gorilla born March 4, 2020, will leave the zoo after August 31, the last day visitors can see him. […]

Woodland Park Zoo raises $2.36 million at its 49th annual Jungle Party to support its new Forest Trailhead exhibit and conservation efforts

SEATTLE—Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo raised approximately $2.36 million at its 49th annual Jungle Party held Friday, July 11 – the Zoo’s signature annual fundraising gala. The funds will help enable the zoo to update animal habitats, support its Fund Our Futures campaign, and fund one of the zoo’s most ambitious and sustainable projects to date: […]