Tayto Park ‘Love your Zoo’ week returns
Tayto Park ‘LOVE YOUR ZOO’ Week
returns from Saturday 25th May to Sunday 2nd June
Love Your Zoo Week returns to Tayto Park, Ireland’s only theme park and zoo this May (25th May – 2nd June) with a host of exciting activities for all the family to enjoy.
Take some time with the family to monkey around with a selection of primate themed events and talks where visitors can learn all about the six primates at Tayto Park.
Love Your Zoo week is an annual event where members of BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) hold a range of activities to promote the important work they do with regards to conservation, education and research. This year the campaign runs from Saturday May 25th to Sunday June 2nd and Tayto Park are offering a range of fun-filled activities to suit all age groups.
Families can meet the latest troop of lemurs in the newly opened lemur walk-through enclosure which has been a firm favourite in the park since it opened last month. Next up, visit the critically endangered macaques, the parks trio of tamarins and the boisterous squirrel monkeys which will all keep you amazed for hours. Finally, make sure to check out the parks smallest monkey, the Silvery marmoset, weighing in at a tiny 350 grams!
Get your hands dirty helping the Tayto Park zoo keepers prepare the Lemur enrichment and watch the excitement as the keepers deliver the creations to the ring-tailed troop!
Love a birthday party? Join the zoo keepers for a special birthday celebration as the critically endangered Sulawesi Macaque, Eka, turns 1-year-old! Take the little ones along to the arts and crafts hut where you can relax and enjoy complimentary arts, craft, puzzles and face-painting.
Don’t forget to check out the daily zoo keeper talks around the park. Check the timings online or on the parks notice board to hear all about meerkats, bush dogs, Sulawesi crested macaques, Amur Tigers and Amur Leopards!
Need to take five? Drop by the ‘World of Raptors’ arena where you can sit down, put the feet up and have the opportunity to see various species of birds of prey from all over the world at the parks open air seating arena. Feel the whizz of wind as an eagle flies past, enjoy aerial displays featuring the world’s largest eagles and fastest falcons, impressive vultures and iconic owls, and have the opportunity to meet and greet the Tayto Park falconers. Families will learn all about these majestic species with educational talks and feeding displays.
‘Love Your Zoo’ week is an annual campaign established by BIAZA (Britain and Ireland’s association of zoos and aquariums) to promote the organisation and educate the public on zoos, aquariums and wildlife centres. In 2018, Tayto Park donated over €21,000.00 to various wildlife conservations and initiatives and recently agreed to support the Wildcats Conservation Alliance programmes in the amount of €10,000.00 per annum for the next three years.
BIAZA is a conservation education and scientific wildlife charity, which acts as the principal professional zoo body representing the responsible zoo and aquarium community in the UK. With 100 members, its role is to develop and spread best practice within Britain and Ireland and international zoo community, combining lobbying and campaigning with the development of policy in collaboration with the government and scientific organisations. BIAZA members support around 700 projects every year by providing financial support in excess of £10 million and by supplying skills, staff and equipment for conservation programmes worldwide.