Come out for the annual Pumpkin Palooza at the North Carolina Zoo on Saturday, October 12th & Sunday, October 13th | 9:00am-5:00pm each day. Pumpkin Palooza is a favorite fall event where the animals enjoy pumpkins for enrichment. Animals around the zoo pound, stomp, crush and eat the pumpkins. See the schedule below.

Saturday 10/12

9:30am-Baboons

10:00am-Black bears

11:00am-Grizzly bear

11:30am-Gorillas

1:30pm-Red River Hogs

2:00pm-Otters

3:00-pmWatani Grasslands

Sunday 10/13

10:00am-Cougar

10:00am-Elephant (South)

11:00am-Prairie

11:00am-Ocelot

11:15am-Sand cat

1:30pm-Arctic Foxes

2:00pm-Polar Bear

2:30pm-Lemurs

3:00pm-Chimpanzees

Pumpkin Palooza is included with a general admission zoo ticket.