Author's Note: This content is 1 year old and may not be up-to-date.Greetings! For those of you I haven’t had the opportunity to meet yet, my name is Heidi Rahn. Last year, I took on the role of Oregon Zoo director, and while the title is a new one, I’ve been with the...
Here are a few examples of the work your generosity sustained this year. raised $9.6M for a new zoo Through the Heart of the Oregon Zoo campaign, which launched in 2018 and ended in June of 2021, you supported new habitats, animal welfare, conservation and education....
Author's Note: This content is 1 year old and may not be up-to-date.With two new residents at Rhino Ridge, some might say this expanded new habitat was made for royalty! King, a 3,000-pound male rhinoceros, came to us from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo in September; he was...
Author's Note: This content is 3 years old and may not be up-to-date. Three-year paid apprenticeship builds skills and community for area youth. Zoo Apprenticeship Program, or ZAP, employs young people as educators at the Oregon Zoo. ZAP teens serve for three years,...
3 bat babies are living proof that people can make a difference for wildlife. In 2021, three Rodrigues flying foxes — Phil, Prince and Rocky — were born at the Oregon Zoo, adding to the growing population of a bat species once considered the most imperiled on the...
