(CNN) — If you love your local zoo – then you’re gonna enjoy Wednesday, April 8th!!!
It’s National Zoo Lovers day!
Each year on April 8th animal lovers show support to zoological parks.
Some fun facts: the world’s first zoo opened in Vienna in 1765.
America’s first public zoo was the Central Park Zoo in New York.
Enjoy seeing your favorite animals this year by taking a virtual tour.
The Cincinnati Zoo provides virtual safari’s on it’s Facebook page every day.
And the Atlanta Zoo provides a live look at its pandas.
So on Wednesday, since you can’t visit your local zoo but you want to help make a donation.
Use #nationalzooloversday to post on social media.
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