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Mother's Day: Meet New Moms at Lehigh Valley Zoo

Celebrate Mother's Day Sunday at the Lehigh Valley Zoo, and check out the zoo's newest moms and their babies.

It's been a baby bonanza at the Lehigh Valley Zoo with a new baby bison, prairie dogs and an aoudad born this year.

No wonder the zoo will be celebrating Mother's Day, with music, vendors and a plant sale.

Admission will be half-price on Sunday for mothers.

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Here's what's planned:

  • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Mother’s Day vendors throughout the zoo
  • 11 a.m; 3 p.m.—African Penguin Feeding and Zookeeper Talk
  • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.—Kismet Band, music from the 50s, 60s and 70s
  • Noon—Meet the zoo's Aoudad Mother/Aoudad Conservation Conversation
  • 1 p.m to 2:30 p.m.—Radio Disney
  • 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.—Kismet Band, music from the 50s, 60s and 70s

The zoo also will have its annual plant sale on Saturday and Sunday. Zoo-goers can choose from Black-eyed Susan, Coneflower, Bee Balm, Canna Lily, Hens and Chicks, Liriope, Milkweed, and annuals. Horticulture experts will be on hand to offer advice and answer questions.

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The zoo is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is adults, $11.50, Children 2 to 11, $9.50; seniors (65-plus), $10.50. 


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