Oakland Zoo's Halloween event starts Saturday

(L-R) Tsavo, a male giraffe from Fresno Chaffee Zoo and a male giraffe from the San Diego Zoo explore their new habitat at the Oakland Zoo’s African Savanna in Oakland,Calif. (Steve Goodall/Oakland Zoo)

by: Bay City News

Posted: Oct 20, 2022 / 05:14 AM PDT

Updated: Oct 20, 2022 / 05:14 AM PDT

OAKLAND (BCN) — The Oakland Zoo’s Halloween-themed Boo at the Zoo event starts Saturday and will continue through the end of the month. The family-friendly program at the zoo in the Oakland hills offers a scavenger hunt where people can look for animal trading cards. Finishers of the scavenger hunt will receive a limited-release trading card and a candy bar.

Visitors are encouraged to dress in costumes as long as they are not inflatable ones that can scare the zoo animals, and can enter a costume contest by tagging Oakland Zoo on social media. The winners will receive four tickets to the holiday Glowfari lantern festival at the zoo from November through January.

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Tickets must be reserved in advance for visits to the Zoo. People can find out more about Boo at the Zoo and ticket options at oaklandzoo.org/programs-and-events/boo-at-the-zoo.