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Barbara Russo - 718-265-3428; brusso@wcs.org

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Steve Fairchild – 718-220-5189; sfairchild@wcs.org

 

WCS’s Queens Zoo Holds Annual Eggstravaganza Event

Eggstravaganza at the Queens Zoo: Saturday & Sunday, April 4 & 5

Activities include the zoo’s famous egg hunt, egg decorating, and photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny

The zoo is home to the largest breed of rabbit: The Flemish giant

Flushing, N.Y.  –  April 1, 2015 – The WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Queens Zoo will celebrate spring throughout Eggstravaganza weekend, Saturday & Sunday, April 4 & 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 Activities include:

 Egg Hunt – The zoo’s popular Egg Hunt will take place on the farm, where goats, sheep, horses, and Flemish giant rabbits live. Flemish giants are the largest breed of rabbit. They can reach up to 25 pounds. (Egg Hunt is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while supplies last.)

Egg Decorating – Eggs found from the hunt will be decorated on the farm. (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

Easter Bunny Photo Opp– Candy station and Easter Bunny photo opportunities will be on the lawn by the administration building (11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Line for the photo opps will close at 3 p.m.)

Media Note: For further information on this story or to make an appointment to cover the activities, please contact Barbara Russo at 718-265-3428 or email brusso@wcs.org. Media requests will only be accommodated on Saturday, April 4.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo – Open every day of the year. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 65 and older, $5 for kids 3-12, free for children under 3. Zoo hours are 10am to 5pm weekdays, and 10am – 5:30pm weekends, April through October, and 10am – 4:30pm daily, November through April. The Queens Zoo is located at 53-51 111th Street in Flushing Meadow’s Corona Park in Queens. For further information, call 718-271-1500 or visit www.queenszoo.com.

 Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

MISSION: WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. VISION: WCS envisions a world where wildlife thrives in healthy lands and seas, valued by societies that embrace and benefit from the diversity and integrity of life on earth. To achieve our mission, WCS, based at the Bronx Zoo, harnesses the power of its Global Conservation Program in more than 60 nations and in all the world’s oceans and its five wildlife parks in New York City, visited by 4 million people annually. WCS combines its expertise in the field, zoos, and aquarium to achieve its conservation mission. Visit: www.wcs.org; http://www.facebook.com/TheWCS; http://www.youtube.com/user/WCSMedia  Follow: @thewcs.

Note to the Media: If you would like to guide your readers or viewers to a Web link where they can make donations in support of helping save wildlife and wild places, please direct them to www.wcs.org. 

 

 

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