GET TO KNOW THE WILD CATS at Assiniboine Park Zoo See if you can visit all of the cats and learn about some of their interesting traits! Hint: All of the answers to the questions below can be found on the signage at the cats’ habitat.
1) Which two cats have bright 4) Which cat can swim over 25 km? white "eye-spots" on the back Tiger of their ears to confuse their Lynx prey? Cougar Cougars and lynx Ocelot and cougar 5) A snow leopard’s tail is nearly one metre long! What is their Tiger and ocelot tail used for? 2) Which of the following is the Balance while leaping from main reason for the decline of rock to rock the wild ocelot population? Wrap around their body to Overhunting for the keep warm fur trade in the 1970’s All of the above Lack of rain 6) Which cat will hunt both moose Pollution and elk in their natural range? 3) Which of the Zoo’s big cats Tiger can roar? Lynx Tiger Cougar Ocelot 7) What animal makes up the ma- Snow leopard jority of a lynx’s wild diet? Fish Answers: Lemmings
1) C, 2) A, 3) A, 4) A, 5) C 6) C, 7) C 7) C, 6) C 5) A, 4) A, 3) A, 2) C, 1) Hares
SUPPORTED BY uelling our ommunity Across Portage Footbridge MAP Assiniboine Park Drive McFeetors Chimney OUTDOOR ANIMALS Heavy Horse Swift Tower Centre INDOOR SPACES reyed out areas temporarily Closed 4 WILD CAT WEEKEND ACTIVITIES Tundra GRASSLANDS & BOREAL FOREST Grill & Polar Leatherdale Playground International Closed - PRAIRIE OUTPOST: Polar Bear 5 Conservation Burrowing owl Gibbon Centre Pavillion Special JOURNEY TO CHURCHILL Cub Care Events Entrance Gift Shop GATEWAY TO THE ARCTIC: H H Centre Polar bear, seal, Sea Ice Passage Washrooms 360 Aurora Borealis Theatre Food Service Closed - LEATHERDALE INTERNATIONAL POLAR BEAR CONSERVATION CENTRE Seasonal Concessions TUNDRA GRILL: H H Gateway Restaurant open Mon. to Sun. - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to the with limited seating and take out available Arctic Stingray Winston’s Closed - Arctic Treasures Gift Shop, Polar Playground, Beach Ice Cream Parking birthday parties Shoppe Education & Program Bike Parking Centre OPEN RANGE H H 1 MCFEETORS HEAVY HORSE CENTRE: Toucan Paddock and Barn Parks Canada Ridge WILD CATS oTENTik First Aid ASIA AED 1 2 3 GIBBON PAVILION: Road Commissary Sensory Inclusive Zone Indoor and outdoor viewing areas Ocelot Cougar & Lynx Toucan Ridge Boreal Forest 3 One-way thorofare SOUTH AMERICA Two-way thorofare Zoo Drive TOUCAN RIDGE: 4 5 Pathway closed. No visitor access. Kinkajou, ocelot, red panda, and more Snow & Tigers 2 leopards n i 9 a.m. p.m. Asia Prairie This is temporarily a no-contact experience. Outpost Welcome to our smoke free Zoo. To protect Lorem ipsum visitors, sta and animals, smoking is prohibited. Hours of operation: 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Zoo The Zoo is a Sensory inclusive location - Administration Visitor Exit See our Visitor Service Team for more information. WILD THINGS GIFTSHOP O ce Mon. to Sun. - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Zoo All activities subject to change depending on weather and Entrance required animal care. Please note, animals occasionally might be WINSTON'S ICE CREAM SHOPPE Mini Donuts available taken o exhibit or moved for care or exhibit maintenance. Weekends 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - weather dependent ractice social and physical distancing throughout the entire property emain at least two metres apart from other visitors 2m / 6 ft groups and exhibit barriers within the oo Roblin Boulevard