And welcome back to Idaho today.
Red White and zoo is happening at
Zoo Boise this Saturday, July 2nd.
The event will have so much going on
for the kiddos and the adults too.
By the way, you can enjoy all day
long here to tell us all about it.
We have Jeff Augusta so good to see you.
I'm always happy to be back and
I appreciate you inviting me.
Of course we love having you here in
studio as you know we love Zoo Boise
such an important I call it gem in
our community but tell us about red,
white and zoo because there is
a ton of stuff happening with
this. Yes so red,
white and zoo is happening this Saturday.
July 2nd from 9:00 AM to 5:00
PM and we're really the main.
Crust of it is. We're celebrating
three really special birthdays,
so obviously the birth of our
nations right around the corner
and then our laboratories.
Mr. Mac, who a lot of people
know he's that giant tortoise,
that irresponsible Kingdom
he's turning 100 years old.
No way? Yeah, wow?
And then our spider monkey.
Elvis is turning 60,
which is a really, really,
really big deal for spider monkeys
because under human care they
usually live about 20 to 40 years so.
He's turning 60
sat in a new precedent
for Spider Monkey. He may
be the oldest living spider
monkey on on Earth today.
My goodness. OK, we're really
excited about these birthdays.
And then there's just
gonna be so much happening.
We're have a costume contest
on our stage and our Plaza,
so we're encouraging people
to dress up either in the red,
white and blue, or animal themed.
And we're gonna have a zoo parade as well,
so we'll have everybody join in and
and walk around the zoo and then
just really celebrate these three
birthdays together as a community.
That's fantastic.
OK, so we got a costume contest again.
Said animal themed or what else?
Just what red, white and blue,
red, white and blue or animals?
OK, what about animal dressed in red,
white and blue?
Can you combine the two?
I think you can. Yeah I'm all for that.
A little inspiration there. And is
this a costume contest for all ages?
Yes, so this is for adults down to newborns.
So and I think there'll be
some really good prices.
I don't know what the prices are yet,
but I've heard that there's
gonna be some cool prizes, so
that's fantastic. And then,
is this something you have to register
for or can they just dress up and just
dress up and show up?
The exact time will be on our website.
Under the red, white and zoo event
page and you can find the exact time,
OK, great, this excellent so.
So the exact time for the actual
judging cause you wanna make sure
if you're gonna dress up that you
show up in time to participate
to possibly win something?
Yeah exactly.
Yeah that's just gonna be good.
I mean getting up on the stage.
Kids love being on stage and
showing off and some are really
shy and then some do a little
dance and so personality makes a
big deal to the judges. I'm sure
OK right yeah OK so bring your personality
as well as your flair exactly.
OK alright and then let's
talk about that parade.
How's the parade gonna work is there?
I imagine there's a certain
time that people need to arrive.
And again, that
that's on the website as well.
OK, but we're gonna meet in the
Plaza and then we're gonna,
we're gonna, you know really just
March through the zoo and have a
good time and have music blaring.
And and it's just gonna be a party.
We're here to celebrate three amazing
birthdays and we just want as many
people to come join us as possible.
Wonderful, OK?
In addition to also seeing the
amazing exhibits at the zoo,
there's gonna be vendors.
So tell us about that,
yes, so we're gonna have
lots of different vendors.
KTVB will be there as well. Yes. Well,
stop by our booth because
you can spin the big wheel
and you can win some TV swag.
Yeah, that's a little.
Alright, but then also food as well
too. Good games, activities, a lot of our
animals will be receiving enrichment.
Red, White and zoo enrichment presents.
They'll be able to rip open.
It'll be treats or something fun for
them to sniff or play with as well,
so that's fun, not only for the animals
but for the guests as well to see them
opening their their event presence.
And it was really cool for
just this last week.
I'm Larry gebert day.
A lot of the KTVB staff were the
ones who made this enrichment and
we were so happy that they could be
there. Well, that's fantastic. So on the.
Give service honoring Larry Gebert.
Yes, our staff came out and made
some of these presents if you will.
Yeah for this big celebration of red,
white and zoo exactly I love
that OK and some of these animals
though they receive their presence
at different times right?
Their enrichment.
So if viewers have a favorite animal
they wanna watch open their gift,
you're going to want to also
go to the website,
find the schedule so you know what
time to show up for your favorite.
Yes and get to that spot maybe 5
minutes early to make sure you get
the best spot in case other people
are wanting to see the animals well,
because these are very iconic
animals like this. No leopard.
Yeah, and Elvis.
Our Spider monkey who's not a
fan of me personally.
Ohh seriously so spider Monkey,
Elvis I the reason we don't have
great photos sometimes of him is
because he yells at me every time I
go in there because all the people
who take care of him are female.
All keepers and I think he
feels he feels threatened by me.
So you are an intimidating presence.
Yeah, right?
I'm very intimidated at this moment.
Oh that is hilarious.
I like the little inside scoop on
the animal relationships with Jeff.
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry that
Elvis finds you. Intimidating,
it's it's OK, you know he is so
beautiful and he's so majestic
and you know he's he's helping to
save spider monkeys in the wild
through our conservation partners.
Yeah, but he just doesn't like Jeff.
It just doesn't like Jeff.
But that's OK.
That was nice guy, but
you are a nice guy and then you
do hit on a really important part.
Though I do want to mention again
to our viewers and I try to make a
point to mention every time going
to the zoo is really important.
Not only is it an educational
enrichment for the family,
but also you're giving back
to a really important cause,
which is animal conservation,
right? Jeff?
Yep, a huge percentage of our budget.
Just to Wildlife Conservation,
we were the first two to have
an automatic conservation fee.
With our admission,
we do lots of extra activities
like the sloth there and the
drafting all goes to conservation.
I can talk about conservation conservation.
All this you can because it is
our mission and it really is
the reason why we exist exactly
and I hope to do more with you on that.
By the way as well.
But right now, let's hear about red,
white, and zoo. There's a parade.
There's a costume contest.
Vendors stopped by the TV booth
as well and you can go to the
website to get all the information
you can get. The music schedule,
entertainment schedule,
parade schedule, all that's
going to be right on our website.
Invoice.org and you can see
a big banner that says Red,
white and zoo at the
top alright. Well, if I you
know when my family shows up,
we'll put in a good word with Elvis's
spider monkey for you because maybe
appreciate his attitude.
You use a little bit of your
your your inside there.
OK, I will alright thank you so much.