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.
Calf was born Saturday afternoon during High Park's busy cherry blossom weekend CBC News · Posted: May 07, 2018 4:19 PM ET | Last Updated: May 7 The High Park Zoo has welcomed a new addition to the family — only thing is they can't figure out whether it's a boy or [...]
Rush's Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart have received many honors during their long career, including induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, but a newly announced accolade from Toronto's High Park Zoo is perhaps the band's most unique. A trio of baby capybaras -- [...]
Toronto rock trio Rush has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. But you know you’ve really made it when three capybaras are named after [...]
Last May, a pair of capybaras (the largest rodents in the world, which CBC says “resemble oversize tail-less beavers“) decided to choose free will, escaping Toronto’s High Park Zoo, and their headlong flight lasted for weeks. One was caught last June 12, but the other anarchist stayed free for another [...]
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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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