Wild Encounters
Create a space where guests of all ages will connect with animals through personal and up-close experiences, where they will practice empathy and where everyone will feel inspired to protect wildlife.
Be a part of Wild Encounters, the exciting transformation of Woodland Park Zoo’s Family Farm.
Your gift helps create upgraded homes for our goats, new Aldabra giant tortoises and ambassador animals and build new hands-on experiences that invite guests of all ages to care like a keeper.
We lead our field internationally by advancing empathy as a powerful conservation tool, and together we will inspire a lifetime of care for wildlife.
Upgraded Habitats and New Animals
Your gift helps create modern, sustainable habitats for goats, Aldabra giant tortoises, lorikeets and ambassador animals like porcupines, dynamic birds, and a dynamic cast of reptiles and amphibians full of personality; and spaces designed around choice, enrichment and exceptional care.
Create Hands-on Animal Experiences
Wild Encounters will offer more opportunities for kids and families to get close to animals, chat with our talented animal keepers and practice caring behaviors that build empathy and inspire conservation action.
Bring Animal Care to the Forefront
From a new animal keeper kitchen to see our amazing team prep individual diets in action to flexible animal habitats, Wild Encounters will pull back the curtain on nutrition, training and welfare, giving guests transparent, behind-the-scenes looks at what it takes to care for wildlife every day.
Inspire Care for Wildlife in Wild Encounters
With a gift of $2,500 or more to Woodland Park Zoo (any gift designation) in 2026, your generosity will be recognized on the Wild Encounters donor wall in 2027. Please consider helping us create upgraded homes for animals and more up close animal experiences for guests of all ages that spark empathy for wildlife.