April 8 - National Zoo Lovers Day

Happy National Zoo Lovers Day! each year on April 8, today encourages us to explore our local zoos.  

  

Each year millions of people visit zoos and learn about the many animals that live there. Also known as zoological parks, many of them serve as breeding centers.  

  

These facilities are relied upon when species are endangered or at risk of becoming endangered. They also provide education to the public about a broad variety of animals and their habitats.  

  

Enjoy seeing your favorite animals swinging from the trees or splashing in the water and have a fun-filled day. 

A few zoo facts: 

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  • The Tiergarten Schönbrunn (literally, "Schönbrunn Animal Garden" or "Vienna Zoo") is the oldest existing zoo and was opened to the public in 1765! 
• • The United State’s first public zoo, Central Park Zoo, opened in 1874 in New York, New York 
• • There are 350 zoos in the United States 
• • Approximately 175 million people visit a zoo each year! 
• • Disney’s Animal Kingdom has had more than 9.8 million annual visitors. 
• • More than 3.2 million people visit the San Diego Zoo each year. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

  

Visit your local zoo. Make a donation to a zoo program. Use #NationalZooLoversDay to post on social media. 

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Take a virtual tour of a zoo. There are many different kinds of zoos. Take a virtual tour of this reptile zoo and learn about the reptiles that live there. 

You can also download the zoo coloring page for another fun activity at home by visiting the website below:

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HISTORY 

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April 8 - National All Is Ours Day

Happy National All Is Ours Day! Observed each year on April 8, today takes us along three views of appreciation. Either celebrate both approaches to the day or pick the one that best suits you.  

The first approach to the day can be looked at as a time to reflect on all of the beauty of nature and all the wonderful things in life. 

Rarely do we have the time to explore all that nature offers us.  

Something as simple as the variety of birds that inhabit a local park or backyard can surprise us. 

Venturing further out, we can discover our National Parks or trail system. Whether we look up to the skies or closer at the new spring blooms, taking in our surroundings is a spectacular gift to enjoy.  

The second way to celebrate the day is by appreciating everything we have. Even when we don’t have much, what we do have is a blessing. This approach encourages counting those blessings and avoiding thinking about the things we do not have.   

A third way to view the day is by sharing all that we have. Regardless of what we have, sharing it seems to make tough times easier when we all work together. The greatest times and the greatest things in life are those that are shared. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

No matter which approach you take to celebrating the day, it’s an excellent way to refocus negative energy into a positive purpose. Enjoy the beauty that belongs to everyone, count those blessings or share all you have to make tough times easier.  

Use #NationalAllIsOursDay to post on social media. 

HISTORY 

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