This #VetTales Friday, we get a glimpse of how Keeper Aeriell and Vet Tech Linden work together to administer vaccines to animals like Beetlejuice the zebra! Positive reinforcement training (and plenty of snacks! 🥕) makes check-ups and procedures like this safer for everyone involved! ✅💉

Here is our 2025 OZ Wrapped...

What does your's look like? 

Today only for Giving Tuesday, your gift will be matched up to $25,000—thanks to the Bear’s Heart Fund—and go 2X as far to help fund a new climbing platform for our four rescued brown bears.

Double your impact before midnight tonight!
Donate here: tinyurl.com/4hubrxn4

Don't let this deal run away from you...Gift a year of wild fun and save 15% before MIDNIGHT!

Use the link below with code 25GS2T. Online only at Dual level or higher through 12/01/2025.

oaklandzoo.org/join

Happy Thanksgiving! Oakland Zoo is closed today.

Hope you’re able to spend time with loved ones and enjoy some time lounging like Pagi the sun bear ☀️ 🐻

video: Keeper Marisa

Which view do you prefer? (HINT: There are no wrong answers!) ✨

Nothing beats a satisfying crunch!

 📸: Keeper Stacie

It’s game on!!! Rainer’s defense strategy: dramatic whooping and elite-level bell pepper handling 🫑

✨Tickets to Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari lantern festival are now on sale! ✨

This highly popular event, running through January 25th, features hundreds of all-new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the zoo.

More info and buy tickets here:
oaklandzoo.org/glowfari

Time flies, but some things never change 🥹

📸: Keepers Nikki & Lisa

Happy Halloween from Oakland Boo to you and all your little pumpkins 🎃