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Animal Birthdays

We would like to thank our many visitors who help us celebrate our animals' birthdays. The keepers love decorating our animal's homes for the occasion, the animals' love their treats and the guests have proven that they love to sing "Happy Birthday." Though we can't celebrate all the animal's birthdays, we do celebrate a whole bunch.

Please note: All parties go from 1 to 3 p.m., with a "Happy Birthday" song and treats for the birthday animal at 2 p.m. There will also be a docent-run touch table station available.

Our 2012 Animal Birthdays are:

 Name  Animal  Birthday  Age
 Roscoe  White rhino
 Feb. 4
 Turning 8
 Heather & Sara
 North American river otters
 March 3
 Turning 9
 Katya & Anastasia
 Amur tigers
 May 19
 Turning 7
 Lilac  African elephant
 May 19
 Turning 34
 Shyla  Snow leopard
 May 26
 Turning 3
 Flounder, Puff, Marina & Lily
 California sea lions
 June 16
 Turning 21, 6 & 3
 Tracker, Lookout & Malik
 Male meerkats
 Aug. 4
 Turning 6
 Bill  White rhino
 Aug. 25
 Turning 8
 Dara  Bornean orangutan
 Sept. 22
 Turning 13
 Kumang  Bornean orangutan
 Oct. 13
 Turning 35
 Genny C
 African elephant
 Oct. 20
 Turning 35
 Aurora & Zero
 Polar bears
 Nov. 3
 Turning 23



If you'd like to bring a gift to the party please do so. Our animals can always use:

  • Unopened spices or herbs
  • Unopened boxes of low-fat cereal
  • Perfumes/colognes
  • Flat bedsheets

Do some of these gift requests sound strange? Let us explain ...
While some of the enrichment items we ask for may not be used by the guest of honor of that particular party, the items are used by other animals that don't have a party. For example, the tigers (and cats in general) enjoy the spices and perfumes. Keepers use the spices and perfumes to add new smells to their enclosures. The tigers come out and mark over the smells to cover it up or they roll around in it to get it on them. Cats like scents that are very strong so the smellier the perfume the better!

Have questions? Contact PR & Marketing Coordinator Kelli O'Brien at kobrien@senecazoo.org.