Coming this Halloween, Moorpark Colleges American Teaching Zoo proudly presents its yearly haunted event, Boo at the Zoo.
Watch as Moorpark’s teaching zoo gets transformed into a ghostly land of Halloween fun.
The zoo will have a kid’s zone area, which is going to have a number of Halloween themed games for kids.
The Exotic Animal Training and Management students themselves will be in charge of running the entire event. Attractions will include animal shows, face paintings, trick-or-treating with the animals, raffles, prizes and more. Shows will be taking place every hour on the hour.
Alisa Behar, Zoo operations assistant, said that this year they are going to have a creepy crawler’s booth where attendees can see and touch some of the zoo’s snakes, roaches and other creepy crawlers.
“Boo at the Zoo is for everyone,” said Behar. “I think that probably most of the activities that are going to be going on are a little bit more towards kids, but there will still be animal shows going on throughout the day.”
There are only two teaching zoos in America; Moorpark is one of them and the other is in Florida.
In addition to the many activities which will be taking place on this two day event, a costume parade for kids will be set up. This year, Boo at the Zoo is going to be having appetizers and drinks, which were not available last year.
Every area of the zoo will be decorated and themed differently to fit the Halloween season thrill.
The parrot area will be transformed into a parrot pumpkin patch, where as the primates are going to be pirate themed.
There is going to be a carnivore feeding which will be taking place on both days. During this particular show, visitors can come and see a hand full of the carnivores at the zoo being fed.
America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College has a variety of animals to come and see, including an African lion, two mountain lions, a hyena and a couple of baboons.
In addition, the zoo has an alligator for which they have built a new enclosure, which is now on display to the public.
Boo at the zoo will be taking place Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults are $5 to enter, seniors and children are $4, and children 2 and under are free.
“Students get in free as well, so it’s a cool thing for them to come up to the zoo especially, if they have never been here before,” said Behar.
For more information on Moorpark College’s Teaching Zoo or the Boo at the Zoo event, please visit www.moorparkcollege.edu and look for the icon entitled “Teaching Zoo” or call 805-378-1441.
