Akron Zoo to Celebrate Earth Day
By Amanda Piekarz, Arts & Entertainment Editor
April 16, 2019
The Akron Zoo is celebrating Earth Day on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with 25 vendors throughout the park sharing information on conservation, green energy and sustainable living efforts in the Akron community. Doug Piekarz, President and CEO of the Akron Zoo, said that “Party for the ...
Akron Zoo Nationally Recognized as Sensory Inclusive
By Amanda Piekarz, Arts & Entertainment Editor
October 10, 2018
The Akron Zoo is the first zoo in the state of Ohio and only the second in the country to become sensory inclusive as it maintains measures to ensure safe and quiet places for guests with invisible disabilities impacted by sensory. Nationally recognized by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums at...
Akron Zoo Welcomes Two Baby Animals
By Amanda Piekarz, Arts and Entertainment Editor
September 5, 2018
On Aug. 24, 2018, the Akron Zoo introduced and announced the publicly-voted names for their two new babies during a naming ceremony. Akron Children’s Hospital sponsored the “Oh Deer! Waddle We Name Them?” contest in order to give the public a say in naming a baby Humboldt Penguin and a Siber...
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