Press Releases

Current Press Releases

July 27, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO HOSTS THE CHILDREN’S CHORALE IN HARMONY FESTIVAL, FRIDAY JULY 30 - Do not miss special performances with 300 children in concert in the Elephant Exhibit, & 100 children singing as they fly above the Zoo on the Sky Ride –

July 16, 2010

“MOONLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN” **MIX AND MINGLE UNDER THE STARS AT THE ZOO’S ADULT ONLY EVENING**

June 24, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH: BACK FROM INDONESIA & BACK IN PANAMA

June 24, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO SWINGS INTO SUMMER WITH A SPECIAL ICE CREAM FLAVOR MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream Debuts Swingin’ Organutan Shindig--

June 18, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO SOARS IN DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS --Photo Opportunity, June 19, 10 -12 a.m., Vulture Wrap Installation, Vladimir Jones Building--

June 7, 2010

BRING YOUR BEST “STUFFED” FRIEND TO TEDDY BEAR DAYS AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO

May 24, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO STAFF MEMBERS TRAVEL TO INDONESIAN -- Visits Scheduled for Prime Orangutan Habitats --

April 30, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO UNVEILS NEW "QUARTERS FOR CONSERVATION" PROGRAMS THIS MORNING -- Funding total for past year also to be announced to media --

April 7, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO FINDS EVIDENCE THAT MISSING OTTER IS STILL IN AREA -- OTTER WATCH 2010: Day 14 -- -- OTTER HOTLINE / 648-7348 --

April 5, 2010

BRING YOUR BEST “STUFFED” FRIEND TO TEDDY BEAR DAYS AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO -- Now Scheduled for June 26 & 27, 2010 --

April 1, 2010

ONE WEEK IN, CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO CONTINUES SEARCH FOR THE MISSING OTTER -- OTTER WATCH 2010: Day 8 -- -- OTTER HOTLINE / 648-7348 --

March 31, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO CONTINUES SEARCH FOR THE MISSING OTTER -- OTTER WATCH 2010: Day 7 -- -- OTTER HOTLINE / 648-7348 --

March 30, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO KEEPS SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING OTTER -- OTTER WATCH 2010: Day 6 -- -- OTTER HOTLINE / 648-7348 --

March 30, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO THANKS COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT HAVE HELPED IN OTTER SEARCH -- Pikes Peak Region Service Providers Were Invaluable -- -- OTTER HOTLINE / 648-7348 --

March 27, 2010

SEARCH SPREADS OUT: OTTER STILL MISSING FOR CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO -- Community Help Now More Important than Ever! -- -- Zoo Establishes OTTER HOTLINE / 648-7348! --

March 26, 2010

OTTER MISSING FROM EXHIBIT AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO

March 25, 2010

TWO GIRAFFES BORN AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO -- Brothers Back-to-Back: Two Days / Two Births --

March 19, 2010

“SPRING BREAK” AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE -- Your “Daycation” is Just a Short Drive Away! --

March 17, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO MOVES UP OPENING OF NEW FRONT GATE COMPLEX TO THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 18 -- Impending Snow Storm Causes Zoo to Move Up Ceremony--

March 12, 2010

KIDS CAN DECORATE EASTER EGGS FOR CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S ANIMALS AT THE ZOO ON EASTER SUNDAY

March 3, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO WINS “BEST OF SHOW” AT 2010 ADDY AWARDS

February 22, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO WINS “BEST OF SHOW” AT CHEF’S GALA

February 16, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’s CHAPTER OF AAZK PRESENTS AN EVENING OF LAUGHTER WITH Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald - Star of Animal Planet’s Emergency Vets

January 14, 2010

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO TO HOLD A DOUBLE BIRTHDAY BASH FOR PRIMATES - “Gorilla and Orangutan Birthdays Get One Big Celebration”

December 29, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S WINTER WILDLAND OPEN TONIGHT!

December 28, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S WINTER WILDLAND CLOSED TONIGHT DUE TO WATER PIPE BREAK

December 28, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO HEADS INTO THE FINAL WEEK OF WINTER WILDLAND”--  The Wildly Festive Experience Continues  --

December 4, 2009

AMPHIBIAN RESCUE EXPEDITION DISCOVERS CHYTRID FUNGUS ON RESCUED FROGS IN PANAMA -- Panama amphibian rescue tainted by chytrid fungus --

November 6, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO REPARING FOR AMPHIBIAN RESCUE EXPEDITION TO PANAMA -- “Panama Expedition is scheduled from November 13 through 21” --

October 9, 2009

BOO AT THE ZOO OPENS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO

October 1, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S ENDANGERED BLACK-FOOTED FERRET KITS DEPART FOR NEW HOME

September 23, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S SILVERBACK GORILLA RECEIVES LIFESAVING CARE FROM COLORADO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS -- Medical volunteers stepped up to help save the Zoo’s gorilla --

September 4, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO RETURNS TO OFF-SEASON HOURS OF OPERATION

August 31, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO CELEBRATES THE VALUE OF VULTURES AT THE FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL VULTURE AWARENESS DAY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5! -- Vultures are circling, but the distressed species are themselves! --

August 27, 2009

BOO AT THE ZOO RETURNS TO CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO -- See the Original Creatures of the Night --

August 18, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO ADDS GIANT SNOW LEOPARD TO ITS CITYWIDE COLLECTION -- Snow Leopard Installation Completes the Current Series --

August 11, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO WELCOMES RETURN OF MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEKEND -- “Stars, Stripes and Sunscreen” --

August 3, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO ADDS A MEERKAT MOB TO ITS COLLECTION OF GIANT ANIMALS -- Meerkats Debut at Promenade Shops at Briargate Thursday --

July 22, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO ADMITS TO CREATING THE GIANT BUS-EATING SNAKE

July 15, 2009

DOES CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A GIANT BUS-EATING SNAKE?

June 26, 2009

CELEBRATE YOUR FOURTH OF JULY FROM THE SUMMIT OF CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S MOUNTAINEER SKY RIDE -- A great vantage point for the evening’s fireworks!--

June 24, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S “RUN TO THE SHRINE” SET FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 -- Zoo Brings Back Popular Run/Walk to the Region --

June 15, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE MYSTERIOUS GIANT FROG

June 8, 2009

BRING YOUR BEST “STUFFED” FRIEND TO TEDDY BEAR DAYS AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO

June 3, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S EARTHFEST 2009 IS A PARTY FOR THE PLANET!

June 3, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO INTRODUCES MOUNTAINEER SKY RIDE SUMMER SERIES -- Summer Mixer Series Features Music and Food for Young Adults --

May 15, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO ANNUAL PLANT SALE KEEPS GROWING

May 9, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO ANNOUNCE ORANGUTAN BABY’S NAME -- Results of Ballot and On-line Voting Determined Name --

May 8, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO STEPS UP TO SAVE PANAMA’S ENDANGERED FROGS -- The Zoo’s New Frog Rescue Exhibit Also Debuts --

May 8, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO'S NEW FROG RESCUE EXHIBIT DEBUTS -- Leaping to the Rescue --

May 6, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO WILL ANNOUNCE ORANGUTAN BABY’S NAME SATURDAY MORNING -- Results of Ballot and On-line Voting Will Determine Name --

April 28, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO INTRODUCES NEW QUARTERS FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS -- Dollar results of first year also to be announced Friday morning --

April 14, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO ANNOUNCES “NAME THE BABY ORANGUTAN” CONTEST -- Results of Ballot and On-line Voting Will Determine Name --

April 8, 2009

KIDS CAN TAKE EASTER EGGS TO CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S ANIMALS ON EASTER SUNDAY

February 25, 2009

“SPRING FORWARD” TAKES ON NEW MEANING AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO -- Sunday, March 8 is the day to “Spring Forward” at the Zoo --

February 24, 2009

NEW ORANGUTAN BABY TO BE INTRODUCED AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO WEDNESDAY

February 5, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO TIGER CUBS TO MEET MEDIA AT TIGER YARD -- “New tiger Billy Ray joins Zoya to explore permanent home” --

January 21, 2009

LEARN OF LOVE IN THE WILD WITH YOUR VALENTINE AT CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO -- “The Mating Game of Zoo Love Awaits” --

January 2, 2009

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO’S “WINTER WILDLAND” EVENT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT LOCAL FAMILIES -- Winter WildLand Visits Have Helped 300 Head Start Families --

 

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