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The Zoo is Open Year-Round!
The Zoo is open from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. every day! Closed only Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day.
And, while Kansas City, MO residents will continue to enjoy complimentary admission during regular operating hours through November 30, 2009 (with valid ID and proof of residency), everyone can take advantage of the Zoo’s $5 admission rate through February 28, 2010! As always, Friends of the Zoo (FOTZ) members enjoy unlimited complimentary admission. Join today and save!
Although some animals may not be exhibit due to weather conditions*, you can still enjoy plenty of fun events and year round comfort while watching the active primates in the Tropics, and the always busy meerkats inside the Discovery Barn.
Visit the Zoo and check out the new Blue Monkey baby born in the Tropics on November 4, 2009.
Visit today and enjoy the most affordable family fun in Kansas City!
*Please check at Guest Relations upon your arrival for details.
The Great Pumpkin Smash!
Saturday, November 7
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Take advantage of $5 admission and visit the Kansas City Zoo this Saturday as Zoo Keepers toss and roll pumpkins to the Zoo’s animals. This enrichment activity is fun for the whole family!
Follow the schedule and keep up with the Keepers to see how a variety of animals - including elephants, hippos, rhinos, meerkats and more - interact with these orange globes.
2010 Friends of the Zoo Memberships are On Sale Now!
Join Friends of the Zoo (FOTZ) today and get $5 off a 2010 membership, and also receive a limited edition polar bear photo! Five randomly selected new members will also receive a lucky “Polar Bear Silver Ticket.” This special ticket can be redeemed for a Polar Bear Gift Pack and an exclusive invitation to the VIP Opening of the new Polar Bear exhibit in 2010!
ADDED VALUE: Join today and enjoy all of your FOTZ Membership benefits through March 31, 2011! That’s like getting nearly half a year FREE!
With FREE Zoo Admission, special discounts, member-only events, and more - a FOTZ 2010 Membership is valued at more than $500. Use discount code HOL10 to join today and save an additional $5!
The Polar Bear Returns to Kansas City Summer 2010!
Construction is ongoing for the $10 million Polar Bear project – thanks in large part to the Kansas City, Missouri voters who passed a bond package in 2004 to bring these large white bears back to our city.
Working in partnership with the Association of Zoos and Aquarium Species Survival Program, a nearly-600 pound, two-and-a-half-year-old male polar bear from the Toledo Zoo will be the "star" of the Zoo’s new awesome arctic adventure opening Summer 2010.
Read more in the Kansas City Star.
With multiple indoor and outdoor viewing angles, recreated glaciers, and a 140,000 gallon pool guests will admire these magnificent northern species through 2.25 inch thick glass windows.
Experience a day in the life of a Kansas City Zoo Keeper. Rebecca Prewitt recently spent a week learning about Polar Bears and climate change at the Zoo Keeper Leadership Camp hosted by Polar Bears International (PBI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of Polar Bears through research and education.She traveled to the bear's natural habitat in the arctic tundra near the famous Polar Bear capitol of the world, Churchill, Manitoba to experience these majestic creatures and learn what we can do to save them.
Read her journal entries and see the photos she took during her life changing journey.
Support the Kansas City Zoo with your Credit Card Purchases
With each purchase you make on your Kansas City Zoo credit card, you will be supporting a growing non-profit. Choose your favorite card image – a cheetah or a lion – and with just a swipe of your wrist you will be greatly benefiting the countless programs, classes, exhibits and operations of the Kansas City Zoo. Help us become the most family friendly Zoo in the country, anchoring Kansas City as the “edu-tainment” capital of the Midwest! 
To apply online, click here.
Kansas City Zoo Virtual Tour
Click the logo to see several 360 degree tours of the Zoo! Courtesy of 360kc.com.
