Bear Aware Event

Sunday, May 11th, 2025

Happy Mother’s Day! Moms FREE zoo entry on this day!

 

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Mother’s Day at the zoo is an annual tradition which combines bear awareness and a special day out with moms in your life. Treat them to free zoo entry! Enjoy seeing zoo bears while refreshing your memory on bear safety at the start of another active Alaskan bear season. Membership use applies as usual.

Be Bear Aware

Annual Bear Aware & Mother’s Day Event
Moms have FREE zoo entry on this day!
Date: Sunday, May 11th, 2025 (Mother’s Day)
Time: Activities from Noon-4pm (zoo open 9am-6pm)

Event partners: Members of the Anchorage Bear Committee including but not limited to, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska Zoo, Alaska Zoo, Eagle River Nature Center, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. We are partners committed to promoting bear safety and awareness to support co-existence in bear country. Let’s keep Alaska’s bears wild!

Join us in person at the zoo or LIVE across our social media platforms on Sunday May 11th to watch the black and brown bears of the Alaska Zoo test bear resistant containers. The black bears will be live at 1pm and the brown bears at 3pm. Crowds will gather to watch this testing in person at the zoo at the bear habitats. Will the containers survive the ultimate test? The bears will be the judge of that!

Join us 12-4pm for these activities:

  • Bear resistant container testing

    • Meet on the black bear bridge at 1pm

    • Meet on the brown bear bridge at 3pm.

    • We will stream both of these sessions LIVE ON Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.

    • Thank you to ADFG and MOA Solid Waste Services for providing the bear resistance cans for testing.

  • Bear spray booth

  • Cotton candy for sale by zoo volunteers.

  • Petting Zoo open 10-12, 1-3

  • Kape Espresso Tayo Zoo Coffee Shop open for business across from the alpacas.

  • Zoo Gift Shop open for business.