Some little ones that arrived at the zoo! Help us select names for our newest Mouflon babies. Thank you for naming the single lamb born on March 19! The selected name is Lupin - named after a native flower found in High Park. [...]
Humans aren’t the only visitors! Do the High Park llamas get visits from other animals? Two years ago, I witnessed a muskrat entering the llama enclosure. The llamas had spotted her running alongside the fence and ran over. The herd was all excited, tails up and ears alert. When the [...]
Some little ones that have arrived at the zoo! Help us select names for our newest Mouflon babies.
● High Park Zoo project has been awarded $2.6 million in funding by the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) ● Project includes major infrastructure improvements at the Zoo ● Announced by the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; Arif Virani, Member of Parliament for Parkdale–High Park; [...]
ZOOVIEWS is Friends of High Park Zoo's live speaker series with the ability to ask questions of an expert! Join on Saturday, June 5 at 1:00pm EST, along with animal expert Helen Panter to learn more about bison. Have you ever heard about the free-roaming herd of Wood Bison making [...]
ZOOVIEWS is Friends of High Park Zoo's live speaker series with the ability to ask questions of an expert! Join on Saturday, May 15 at 9:00am EST, along with animal expert Dr. Emilio A. Herrera Perez to learn more about capybaras. This talk will be about the capybara - its [...]
ZOOVIEWS is Friends of High Park Zoo's live speaker series with the ability to ask questions of an expert! Join on Saturday, May 1 at 1:00pm EST, along with animal expert Dr. Taylor Chastain Griffin to learn more about llamas. This talk will be about the general effects of animal-assisted [...]
ZOOVIEWS is Friends of High Park Zoo's live speaker series with the ability to ask questions of an expert! Join on Saturday, April 17 at 1:00pm EST, along with animal expert Karly Savoy to learn more about caribou/reindeer. Karly Savoy is an educator and communicator for Parks Canada. She works [...]
The High Park capybaras enthralled the city after their famous escape. Now, they’ve embraced the quiet life As the decade comes to a close, the Star looks back at some of its most captivating stories and reveals what’s been happening in the meantime. The door to the yard swings open, [...]
Please join Friends of High Park Zoo and Green 13 on Saturday, March 30 for their Earth Hour Walk through High Park Zoo. Meet at the Grenadier Restaurant at 8 pm for some hot chocolate before the walk which starts at 8:30 pm.
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Friends of High Park Zoo (FHPZ) was formed in 2012 to raise the necessary funds to ensure that the Zoo remained open in the wake of City budget cuts for the 2012 and 2013 operating years. With the City restoring operating funding in 2014, FHPZ looks to raise sustainable funding from individuals, corporations and local businesses to enhance and sustain the Zoo.
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