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PHOTO OPPORTUNITY For immediate release | June 16, 2015 Media contact: Gigi Allianic, Alissa Wolken 206.548.2550 | [email protected] “Castle” actor Jon Huertas visiting zoo as new ambassador for North American carnivores WHAT: Actor Jon Huertas, who plays Detective Javier Esposito on ABC’s TV series “Castle,” will be introduced as a National Celebrity Ambassador for Wildlands Network at Woodland Park Zoo’s wolf exhibit where he will talk to zoo teen volunteers and a local Boy Scouts troop. Huertas will later be available for a meet ‘n’ greet opportunity with zoo visitors. Seattle-based Wildlands Network seeks to protect large corridors of land running coast to coast, and north to south throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico for wildlife and people for the long-term. Huertas’s new role as an ambassador is to champion the protection of carnivores in North America. A huge fan of wolves, jaguars, cougars, and other species, Huertas is a firm believer that our youth hold the key to a future with wildlife in it. He will promote outdoor adventure programs and other Wildlands Network advocacy and outreach for kids of all ages, including inner city and at-risk youth. WHEN/ Introduction of Jon Huertas to teens: Thursday, June 18, 11:00- WHERE: 11:30 a.m. Wolf exhibit at Woodland Park Zoo’s Northern Trail exhibit. Meet PR staff at the West Entrance at Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55th & N. 56th Sts. or head to the wolf exhibit. Park in the Penguin Lot at N. 55th St. & Phinney Ave. N. or Otter Lot off N. 59th St. & Phinney Ave. N. Meet ‘n’ greet opportunity/autographs: Thursday, June 18, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Woodland Park Zoo’s North Meadow near the Historic Carousel. VISUALS: Actor Jon Huertas addressing 30 to 50 teens and zoo guests at the wolf exhibit WHO: Actor Jon Huertas, Wildlands Network Executive Director Greg Costello, Woodland Park Zoo Vice President of Field Conservation Dr. Fred Koontz, ZooCorps teens, middle schoolers from the zoo’s Coexisting With Carnivores program with Issaquah School District and a local Boy Scouts troop. INFO: Wildlands Network’s mission is to reconnect nature in North America, to realize a future where native animals and plants thrive amidst healthy wildlands and other habitats. Working together with networks of people protecting networks of land, the 25-year-old conservation organization focuses on reconnecting habitats along four continental-scale wildlife pathways called the Eastern, Western, Boreal and Pacific Wildways. Alongside this effort, they work to restore carnivores and other wide-ranging animals throughout their natural ranges. Woodland Park Zoo currently partners with more than 35 field conservation projects taking place in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. A core part of the zoo’s mission is to conduct research and educate the community about the need for conserving wildlife, including top predators like grizzlies and wolves. ### .