And Buy Her a “Wild” Gift!

ROYAL OAK, Mich., April 23, 2009 – Moms and their families are invited to celebrate Mother’s Day with a delicious buffet breakfast among the butterflies at the Detroit Zoo.  A Mother’s Day Breakfast will be held in the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery on Sunday, May 10, 2009, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The cost, which includes Zoo admission and parking, is $35 for adults and $30 for children 12 and under.  The cost for Detroit Zoological Society members is $25 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under.  Tickets must be purchased for all children regardless of age as seating is limited.  For reservations, call (248) 541-5717, ext. 3750. 

The Detroit Zoological Society also has the perfect Mother’s Day gift idea for any mother, wife, grandmother, aunt, niece, sister or friend.  The Society is featuring a polar bear for its WildLife Preserver “Adopt”-an-Animal program.  The gift package includes a miniature plush polar bear in a gift box with a personalized adoption certificate and fact sheet about the species. 

The cost of an adoption is $25, which includes shipping and handling.  Proceeds from the “Adopt”-an-Animal program support the animals at the Detroit Zoo through habitat renovation and veterinary treatment.  The program also supports Species Survival Plans, a cooperative breeding and conservation program in which the Zoo participates. 

To “adopt” an animal, visit www.detroitzoo.org, call the Customer Service line at (248) 541-5717 ext. 3750, or visit the Membership office at the front of the Detroit Zoo daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Detroit Zoological Society is a non-profit organization that operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo.  Situated on 125 acres of naturalistic exhibits, the Detroit Zoo is located at the intersection of Ten Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, just off I-696, in Royal Oak.  The Detroit Zoo is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April through October (open at 9 a.m. May 1 through Labor Day) – with extended hours until 8 p.m. Wednesdays during July and August – and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. November through March.  Admission is $11 for adults 15 to 61, $9 for senior citizens 62 and older, and $7 for children ages 2 to 14; children under 2 are free.  For more information, call (248) 541-5717 or visit www.detroitzoo.org.  The Belle Isle Nature Zoo is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round and provides educational programming with interpretive staff support from the Huron-Clinton Metroparks.  Admission is free.  For more information, call (313) 852-4056. 
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