Detroit Zoo Family Fall Get Together Event Cache

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Robert & Gloria (and Gucci, TB5CAK5)
Sterling Heights, Michigan

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Hidden : Sunday, October 9, 2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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The event is from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Meet at the posted coordinates at 10:00 AM, which happen to be next to the paw print shown in Google Maps, on the circle in front of the ticket booths, and then take a group picture at 10:10 AM, and then enter the zoo together as a group at 10:15 AM, and then spend the day together exploring the zoo and having fun until the zoo closes at 4:00 PM.

General Admission Prices:
$14 for adults (15+ years old)
$10 for children (2-14 years old)
$10 for seniors (62+ years young)
$10 for active military (with ID)
FREE for children under 2 years old
+ Parking is $6 per car for all Zoo Members and guests

There are six geocaches hidden inside the zoo, but you will have to pay the zoo entrance fee to enter the zoo to be able to find these six geocaches.
Here is a bookmark to the six geocaches at the zoo:
Detroit Zoo Geocaches (shared, public) (visit link)

I was asked to add nearby EarthCaches, so here are eight of them:
EarthCaches Near Detroit Zoo Edit (shared, public) (visit link)

Some things to know about spending the day at the zoo:
Picnic Areas
Guests are welcome to bring their own food and beverages into the Zoo.  Several picnic areas are available throughout the Zoo.  Tables are on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved.  No personal grills or alcoholic beverages are permitted.  Please refrain from bringing drinking straws and Styrofoam products into the Zoo.  Open fires on the ground are not permitted.

Reusable Bottles and Bags
As part of our award-winning Greenprint initiative, the Detroit Zoo no longer sells bottled water, a decision that is keeping 60,000 plastic bottles out of the waste stream annually.  Visitors may bring their own water bottles or purchase inexpensive reusable bottles at Zoo concessions, which can be refilled for free at one of 20 filtered-water stations throughout the grounds.  Additionally, the Zoo no longer provides plastic bags for gift shop purchases; visitors are encouraged to bring their own bags or purchase wildlife-themed reusable bags at Zoofari Market, Arctic Outpost, Drake Passage Gifts or any of the souvenir stands.

Convenience Rentals
Single and double strollers, wagons, wheelchairs and Electronic Convenience Vehicles (ECV) are available for rent at the Main Train Station (near the front of the park) and at the Africa Train Station (in the far corner of the park when the train is operating).  Rented items cannot be taken on the Tauber Family Railroad.

Lost Children
We advise the use of name tags for small children to facilitate their return to parents or guardians. Please have a designated spot in the Zoo to meet if you and your group are separated.  Lost children are taken to the Park Safety Office at the west underpass near Rackham Fountain.

Refreshments
There are several concession stands conveniently located throughout the park (locations open seasonally).

Detroit Zoo Facts:
•Situated on 125 acres with many naturalistic habitats for 2,400 animals from aardvarks to zebras and features award-winning attractions such as the National Amphibian Conservation Center, Great Apes of Harambee and Arctic Ring of Life. The Zoo’s newest attraction is the spectacular Polk Penguin Conservation Center, the largest facility for penguins in the world.
•Major exhibits include the Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Arctic Ring of Life, Australian Outback Adventure, Great Apes of Harambee, National Amphibian Conservation Center, Holden Reptile Conservation Center and Butterfly Garden
•Largest paid family attraction in Michigan with more than 1.4 million visitors annually
•64,000 member households
•Home to more than 2,400 animals of 255 species
•220 employees including full and part-time
•More than 1,100 volunteers, docents (trained volunteers who have to attend annual training) and gardeners who donate more than 100,000 hours of service each year
•Mission of Celebrating and Saving Wildlife
•Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Timeline of the Detroit Zoo:
1928 – Detroit Zoo opens to the public on August 1.  Habitats include bear dens, lion dens, bird house, elk yard, raccoon and wolverine habitats, African veldt and completely stocked lakes.
•1928 – Zoo closes on December 3 for the winter, having entertained 1.5 million visitors in its first four months.
•1930-32 – New animals and habitats are added, including elephants, rhinos, giraffes, bison, Baboon Rock, Prairie Dog Village, a farmyard and the first reptile habitat.
•1931 – Miniature railroad opens, donated by The Detroit News.
•1932 – First chimpanzee show debuts, starring the famous Jo Mendi.
•1933 – Zoo begins truck gardens to help alleviate Depression food shortages.
•1933-34 – Civil Works Administration and Federal Emergency Relief Administration provide funds and manpower to build hippopotamus house, beaver habitat and other animal habitats.
•1935-37 – The federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) builds animal hospital and administration building and provides major landscaping.
•1939 – Horace Rackham Memorial Fountain is dedicated.
•1940 – Paulina the elephant retires after 500,000 riders.
•1955 – Holden Amphitheater and Great Ape House open.
•1960 – Holden Museum of Living Reptiles opens.
•1962 – Regular TV broadcasts of “Sonny Eliot at the Zoo” begin.
•1968 – Penguinarium opens, the first zoo building in the world designed entirely for penguins; includes underwater viewing and continuous swim loop for the penguins.
•1969 – Detroit Zoo opens to the public year-round.
•1977 – Bird House free-flight wing built with funding from Matilda R. Wilson.  Docent (volunteer teacher) program begins.
•1982 – Chimpanzee shows end as Zoo’s philosophy about animal management changes.
•1989 – Chimps of Harambee habitat opens.
•1993 – Dinosauria! exhibit debuts at Detroit Zoo.
•1994 – Mandrill habitat opens. Renovated giraffe house opens to the public after 32 years.
•1995 – Wildlife Interpretive Gallery opens, a renovation of the original bird house.
•1997 – Edward Mardigian, Sr. River Otter habitat and Gerry Rissman PlayVenture open.
•2000 – Amphibiville, home of the National Amphibian Conservation Center, opens in June.
•2001 – Wild Adventure Ride, the nation’s first zoo simulator, opens in May. Arctic Ring of Life, North America’s largest polar bear habitat, opens in October.
•2001 – Berman Academy for Humane Education is established.
•2002 – Detroit Zoo receives the 2002 AZA National Exhibit Award for Amphibiville.
•2004 – Ruth Roby Glancy Animal Health Complex is completed.
•2005 – Ford Education Center opens.
•2005 – Elephants Winky and Wanda are moved to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in California.
•2006 – Detroit Zoological Society assumes daily operations and financial management of Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo.
•2006 – Australian Outback Adventure opens.
•2008 – Detroit Zoo celebrates 80th anniversary.
•2008 – Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county voters approve property tax millage to help support Detroit Zoo operations.
•2012 – Cotton Family Wetlands and Boardwalk opens.
•2012 – Jane and Frank Warchol Beaver Habitat opens.
•2015 – Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness opens.
•2016  – Polk Penguin Conservation Center opens.
•2016 – Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county voters renew property tax millage for 10 years.

Wildlife Conservation
The Detroit Zoological Society helps save wildlife locally, nationally and internationally through a comprehensive program that includes:
•The care and rescue of animals that ultimately live at the Detroit Zoo. Their stories help to enhance conservation knowledge and action by the more than 1.4 million people who visit the Zoo each year. Many animals at the Zoo are also part of critical assurance populations to guard against extinction
•Numerous field research and conservation projects with amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and butterflies to study and conserve wild populations
•Support of other conservation organizations in the field as well as related education initiatives at and outside the Zoo
•Response to environmental emergencies where our specially trained staff rescue and rehabilitate wildlife affected by disasters such as oil spills

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