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Short Trips: Award-winning attraction is rewarding for all ages - Feb 20, 2008 Seattle Post IntelligencerThis is how it begins daily at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The 103-year-old attraction set in Point Defiance Park, which sprawls 702 acres into a PUGET SOUND REGION: Divers wanted to help count giant octopuses in ... - Feb 14, 2008 TheNewsTribune.com,Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and the Seattle Aquarium are enlisting local scuba divers this weekend in an effort to count giant Pacific octopuses in the Zoo free for Tacoma residents Feb. 20 - Feb 15, 2008 Tacoma Daily News,...as a utility bill or photo ID with current address. For more information on Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, visit http://www.pdza.org or call (253) 591-5337. Best bets for the weekend - Feb 14, 2008 Seattle Times,By Brian J. Cantwell, More legs than the Rockettes: That might add up if you visit both Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and the Seattle Aquarium this Winds close Outer Loop of Five Mile Drive in Tacoma - Jan 29, 2008 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Boathouse and park bowl remain open. The inner loop also is open and accessible to construction crews who are working at Fort Light up your life - 01 Dec 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),...assistant operations manager for Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, which means he helps with Zoolights, its annual display with more than 500000 lights. From carousel to tree-lightings, a whirl of holiday events - Nov 29, 2007 Seattle Times,It's a winter wonderland at Zoolights, an annual display made from more than 500000 lights, at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Holiday light shows - Nov 23, 2007 Seattle Times,1, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma; $5-$7, closed Nov. 26-28, Dec. 3-5, Dec. 24 (253-404-3822 or www.pdza.org). NOV. 23-DEC. ‘Everybody wants to work with animals’ Keepers explain zoo doings - Nov 7, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),The zookeepers at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s Asian Forest Sanctuary didn’t clean up the facility before bringing dozens of students inside Saturday. Birds, whales and more ready to head south - Nov 1, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),Visit Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s Marine Discovery Center Web page to download some migratory animal activities. Go to www.pdza.org/page.php?id=82. TACOMA: Point Defiance Zoo welcomes students to attend career day - Oct 24, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),...interested in a career in zookeeping, marine biology or environmental education are invited to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s annual career day on Nov. Zoo has a lot to howl about - Oct 11, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),But it’s Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium that has led the effort to save the species from extinction. The species was declared extinct in the wild in Education briefs - Oct 24, 2007 The Olympian,...zoo veterinarian, marine biologist or environmental educator can attend an upcoming Career Day at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. What's happening - Oct 28, 2007 The Olympian,Career Day at the zoo: Check-in starts at 9:30 am and activities will be from 10 am to 2 pm Saturday, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 Pearl St. N., Minnesota Zoo named a top spot for wildlife photography - Oct 4, 2007 Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),...the Oregon Zoo in Portland for wolves, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. for sea otters, the San Diego Wild Animal Park for lions, "Fields of Dreams" and scary scenes - Oct 18, 2007 Seattle Times,...including animal feeds and Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater, 9:30 am-3 pm Saturday and Sunday, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma; LECTURE, CRAFTS AND ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS Meet our nocturnal friends - Oct 18, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),Activities will include crafts, guided night hikes and the chance to see several animals from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Cardineux said the animals Adventure Calendar - Oct 4, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),...crafts and more; visit with nocturnal critters from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s collection and learn all about creatures of the night; Zoos in a pickle over horse meat - Aug 14, 2007 Seattle Times,That leaves tough decisions for America's zoos, such as Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo and Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, which have long fed horse Zoo's baby anoa gets a name - Aug 13, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),For information on Coco Bean and other animals at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, visit www.pdza.org or call 253-591-5337. Counties endorse lower White River conservation effort - Aug 15, 2007 Tacoma Daily News,Participants represent the University of Washington, Tahoma Audubon, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Tacoma Nature Center, Our kids could use outdoor bill of rights - Aug 9, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Northwest Trek offer more formal options. Bottom line, we have a myriad of options for South Sound children. Tacoma gets its own taste of Shark Week - Aug 2, 2007 TheNewsTribune.com (subscription),Every day, zoo visitors come face to face with sharks from Puget Sound to the South Pacific Ocean at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Family events Nov 23, 2006 POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM: The zoo's new five-acre Asian Forest Sanctuary features five exhibit areas with tigers, gibbons, tapirs and other vanishing ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer Twinkling majesties to marvel at Nov 23, 2006 You can dazzle them all with displays of twinkling lights beginning tonight at Spanaway Park and starting Friday evening at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. ... - TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), Family fun calendar Nov 10, 2006 Seeking volunteers. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium: 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma; 253-591-5337, www.pdza.org. $8.75, $8 seniors, $7 ages 4-13. ... - HeraldNet, Holiday closures Nov 9, 2006 All state-run liquor stores will be open Friday but not Saturday. • Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Northwest Trek will be open. ... - TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), Holiday closures Nov 10, 2006 All Tacoma and Pierce County libraries will be open today but not Saturday. • Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Northwest Trek will be open. ... - TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), Family fun calendar 31 Mar 2006 ...$11 seniors, $8 ages 5-17, $5 ages 3-4. 9:30 am to 3 pm Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 am to 4 pm Saturdays and Sundays.Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium: 5400 N ... The Herald, Woodland Park Zoo: Elephant debate Mar 20, 2006 Recent conversations with officials at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium indicated the officials and keepers had become very fond of Bamboo, who moved last year ... Seattle Post Intelligencer Zoo to send elephant back Mar 21, 2006 Her residence at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium was intended to be permanent – three post-reproductive pachyderms living out their lives like aging dowagers ... TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), Elephant has trouble with peers Mar 21, 2006 The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma plans to return Bamboo to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said. ... United Press International New zoo tiger meant to woo Jaya; sister Suriya will go to Oklahoma Mar 7, 2006 He’sa star, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium officials assure, but he’s not signing autographs or making personal appearances yet. ... TheNewsTribune.com (subscription), Family events Mar 2, 2006 POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM: The zoo's new 5-acre Asian Forest Sanctuary features five exhibit areas with tigers, gibbons, tapirs and other vanishing Asian ... 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