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April 13, 2009

Bowling for Rhinos this Saturday!!



This fun event has been re-scheduled for this Saturday, April 18th starting at 10am on the greens at the Lodge at Moose Lake near Rocky Mountain Wild.

Munch on some homemade goodies from our bake sale after you crash into 5 foot tall bowling pins in our giant inflatable human bowling alley! Then take the "Rhino Discovery Trail" where your family can learn how to act and live like a rhino.

Then at 1pm, it’s the Zoo animals’ turn to bowl! The elephants and hippos will have large barrels to knock over, either with giant boomer balls or themselves!! The tiger cubs will enjoy paper mache bowling pins and the moose will stomp a box painted to look like a pin. Other animals such as otters and meerkats will also have their chance to “bowl” for rhinos.



Then on the evening of Saturday April 18, join us for an exciting night of "human" bowling from 6pm to 8pm at Brunzwick Zone located at 999 N. Circle Drive, to help raise much needed funds for rhino conservation!

Organized by the American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK), Bowling for Rhinos is a national event held each year to raise awareness and money for rhino conservation.

Since the event’s beginning in 1990, Bowling for Rhinos has raised over $3 million nationally, with our local chapter raising $20,000 for the cause!

Not a bowler? The evening will include food, prizes, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Animal Ambassadors and other fun activities. So join us and support the amazing rhinoceros!

For registration information, vist our website.

* Bowling for Rhinos is an annual fundraising event held by local chapters of the American Association of Zookeepers across the country. 100% of the funds go to rhino conservation in Africa and Indonesia.

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