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Media Relations Manager
Janya Marshall
Telephone: 865.637.5331 ext. 353
jmarshall@knoxville-zoo.org
May
5/14 Knoxville ZooCamp – Spots Still Available!
Children who join Knoxville Zoo for a summer of excitement during ZooCamp will experience a wacky and wonderful time. (Complete story)
5/13 Touch-A-Truck at Knoxville Zoo
All children love to look at and touch big trucks. Bring your little one to Knoxville Zoo to see a variety of big trucks and machinery on Saturday, May 17. (Complete story)
5/07

Knoxville Zoo Hosts Bear Awareness Day
In honor of National Bear Awareness Week, as declared by Defenders of Wildlife, Knoxville Zoo will host Bear Awareness Day on Saturday, May 10. (Complete story)

5/1 Knoxville Zoo's Aldabra Tortoises Make their Annual Great Race for Spring
Spring is in full swing and the "Great Race" is on again at Knoxville Zoo. Big Al, the zoo's 120-plus-year-old Aldabra tortoise, his buddy Tex a youngster at more than 80-years-old, and the three Aldabra tortoise juveniles will make their annual trek outdoors in the zoo's Great Race for Spring at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 2. (Complete story)
April
4/28 Green Monkey Debuts at Knoxville Zoo
What in the world is a Green Monkey? Knoxville Zoo developed the Green Monkey brand to establish the zoo as one of the community's leading authorities on green initiatives and to promote conservation in East Tennessee. (Complete story)
4/24 Party for the Planet at Knoxville Zoo
Come and celebrate planet Earth with Knoxville Zoo while learning about conservation!(Complete story)
March
3/26 Knoxville Zoo's Feast with the Beasts named one of the "Top 20 Events" by Southeastern Tourism Society
Knoxville Zoo announced today that Feast with the Beasts has been selected as one of the Southeast Tourism Society's (STS) "Top 20 Events" for the month of August 2008. (Complete story)
February
2/21 It's Toadally Frogs at Knoxville Zoo, Dude
Come have fun with frogs and all of their fabulous friends at Toadally Frogs, a new exhibitopening Saturday, March 1 at Knoxville Zoo's Pilot Traveling Exhibit Center. (Complete story)
2/12 Work for More than Peanuts at Knoxville Zoo
Are you searching for an unique and adventurous summer job? Find out how to bring out the work animal in you by attending Knoxville Zoo's annual job fair on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Complete Story)
January 2008
1/28 Knoxville Zoo Hosting Volunteer Fair
Knoxville Zoo has several volunteer opportunities in a variety of areas for those with a passion and love for animals. (Complete story)
1/14 Knoxville Zoo saddened by Death of Legendary Crow
After years of conservation work and a small career in acting, Edgar, Knoxville Zoo's American crow, died after deteriorating health. (Complete story)
1/11 Record breaking year for Knoxville Zoo
Knoxville Zoo is excited to announce that 430,088 people visited the zoo in 2007, more than in any other year in its 60-year history. (Complete story)
01/01

Enjoy Penguin Discount Days at Knoxville Zoo
Winter has arrived, but bundle up and head over to the zoo. Knoxville Zoo remains open daily, and is currently hosting Penguin Discount Days, which includes half-price admission for all guests through Feb. 29, 2008.
(Complete Story)

01/01 Knoxville Zoo Mourns Death of Gorilla
Knoxville Zoo is saddened to announce the death of one of its favorite animals. BiBi, a female gorilla, died on Dec. 25. She was almost 40-years-old. (Complete Story)