Watch The Zoo Animals Smash Pumpkins

The animals at the Louisville Zoo get in on the celebration of the season with a special pumpkin enrichment for the popular Animal Pumpkin Smash Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10:30 – 4 p.m. The first 1,000 guests through the admission gates will receive a limited-edition commemorative 12 x 18 poster of Fitz, the Zoo’s recently-named elephant calf.

The hundreds of pumpkins and gourds that previously decorated the grounds for “The World’s Largest Halloween Party!” will be given to the animals for Halloween enrichment. Animal enrichment is an important part of animal husbandry at the Louisville Zoo and promotes the expression of natural behavior. The full schedule is here (subject to change):

10:30 a.m. Gorillas

10:45 a.m. Meerkats

11:30 a.m. Bears

12:00 p.m. Hippo

12:00 p.m. Bongos

12:15 p.m. Warthogs

1:45 p.m. Jaguar

2:15 p.m. Lion

2:30 p.m. Islands – all animals

2:45 p.m Zebra

3:00 p.m. Punch (elephant)

3:15 p.m. Giraffe