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Boo at the Zoo Events All Across The Country

by Jennipher Walters (Subscribe to Jennipher Walters's posts): Oct 15th 2010 2:00PM Filed Under: Pets News

Instead of doing the normal trick-or-treating this year, why not celebrate Halloween with a little fun at the zoo? Zoos around the country are holding Halloween-themed parties, special events and more Perfect for the family or an evening out with the animals, here are a few events that promise to be a spooktacular time.

Bronx Zoo
If you're in the New York City area, you can't miss Boo at the Zoo at the Bronx Zoo. Held weekends in October, this event includes a number of events for the family, including puppet shows, hay rides, a costume parade and a spooky extinct animal graveyard. Be sure not to miss the 3-D Haunted Safari that takes you through a bat cave, the belly of a snake and a rain forest swamp. Check out our first-hand account from last year's Boo at the Zoo, and a photo gallery from this year below.

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Boo at the Zoo

The Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" in celebration of Halloween, and zoogoers can't get enough!

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Zoo goers take part in the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

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Reynaldo Cordero, aka Batman works the gates at the Bronx Zoo on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

Zoo goers take part in the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

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Helen and Alice Hickey ride on the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

Zoo goers take part in the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

Milda Morales rides on the Lost Hayride at the Bronx Zoo on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

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A zoo worker lies in wait to scare zoo patrons on the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

A zoo worker lies in wait to scare zoo patrons on the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

A zoo worker lies in wait to scare zoo patrons on the Lost Hayride on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

Todd Pugsley demonstrates pumpkin carving for the kids at the Bronx Zoo on October 9, 2010. In celebration of Halloween, Bronx Zoo holds "Boo at the Zoo" with various activities such as Haunted Safari Adventure, Lost Hayride, Costume Parade and pumpkin carving. ( Damon Dahlen, AOL )

Boo at the Zoo

The Bronx Zoo's 'Boo at the Zoo'

by Evan Jacobs (Subscribe to Evan Jacobs's posts): Oct 28th 2009 3:00PM Filed Under: Exotic Pets

Halloween installation at the Zoo picture

Evan Jacobs

If animals could speak, certainly they would ask to participate in Halloween. "We're already dressed up," they would say. "As animals."

Many zoos around the country have answered this hypothetical request by offering Halloween-themed exhibits and activities during the season. A partial list includes:

Of course, if your local zoo isn't on the list, just check out its Web site and see if it is participating in the festivities.

New York's Bronx Zoo has for the past decade participated in the hair-raising holiday with their Boo at the Zoo spooktacular. During the month of October, the zoo's staff scatters square bales of hay, corn husks, and pumpkins around the grounds, and garnishes all of it with fake spiders, plastic skulls, cobwebs, and other Halloweeny items.

This year, the zoo offers several activities for those who have the courage to go on a haunted hay ride, explore a scary safari, or see some animals having fun with pumpkins. So last weekend, I headed to the Bronx Zoo to face my fears and perhaps get my face painted.

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