Great Ape-ril: After Hours
Join us for an adults-only special access event to celebrate Great Ape-ril at the ABQ BioPark Zoo
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The ABQ BioPark's primate animal care team invites you to share a special evening with the chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, lemurs, and orangutans that call the zoo home. You'll learn about the individuals we care for as well as the importance of world-wide conservation efforts for their wild counterparts.
This adults-only After Hours event will open the doors for you to explore behind-the-scenes in the gorilla building and the new primate building in Asia. Chat with the animal care professionals who work one-on-one with all of our wonderful primate species, and learn at discovery stations located in Asia, Africa, and on the Ape Walk.
Each General Admission ticket includes one complimentary cocktail or mocktail; additional food and drink will be available for purchase. So grab a drink, and maybe a snack, and head out to explore a full schedule of exclusive experiences. Start your exploration in Asia, and work your way through featured primates at the zoo:
Asia Primates
- Open house inside the primate building: see one of the reasons Asia won an AZA exhibition award for the space, choice, and opportunities it offers the primates in Asia. Animal care staff will be there to teach you about the diets and enrichment, housing, husbandry, and conservation work that goes into the dedicated care of these magnificent animals every day.
- Discovery station
- Training demonstrations
Chimpanzees
- Animal care staff will be there to discuss training, enrichment, husbandry, conservation, and the complex social dynamics of chimpanzee troops!
- Discovery station
- Feeding
Lemurs
- Animal care staff will discuss the importance of ambassador species, conservation, and the husbandry and training of these charming prosimians
Gibbons
- Animal care staff will teach you about the dangers of the pet trade and the challenges the palm oil industries present to native animals, and how you can make responsible shopping choices to help all wildlife in these impacted areas. You'll also learn about the husbandry and training of these charismatic Lesser apes!
Gorillas
- Open house inside the gorilla building, including a first look at an exciting upcoming project!
- Discovery station at East Yard
- Feeding at West Yard with the family group
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