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Featured Animals – African Pancake Tortoise

Discover “everything African pancake tortoise” around the Zoo below; from news to adoptions, births, conservation programs, your own encounter options, animal experiences, shows, events and more.

Everything African Pancake Tortoise

Members Only Conservation Vote Rankings Announced

April 16, 2026

Last month, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo members cast their votes to help the Zoo decide how to spend $75,000 of member conservation funds among staff-championed conservation projects vying for members’ support. The three projects with the most votes received the full funding they requested. Every membership and every visit to the Zoo is conservation in action. . . .

Member Conservation Vote Project Updates: Pancake Tortoises and African Lions

November 25, 2024

Each year, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo members vote to help the Zoo decide how $75,000 should be split between staff-championed conservation efforts, in CMZoo’s annual Member Conservation Vote. Of six projects funded in 2024, members decided to continue funding two conservation partners in Kenya: Protect Pancake Tortoises through community conservation in Kenya Conduct community awareness training . . .

Member Conservation Vote Winners Announced

April 24, 2024

Last month, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo members cast their votes to help the Zoo decide how to spend $75,000 of member conservation funds among six conservation projects vying for members’ support. The three projects with the most votes received the full funding they requested. The number of votes received for the remaining three projects helped CMZoo . . .

CMZoo Announces 2023 Member Conservation Vote Winners

April 27, 2023

We are excited to announce the rankings of our annual Member Conservation Vote! When you become a member at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, you get to vote on which conservation projects we support. $75,000 of membership revenue is sent to support employee-championed field conservation partners around the world. Thanks to CMZoo members, five conservation efforts will . . .

Reptile Art Experience

Join a Loft Zoo Keeper for a memorable and fun painting session with one of our Loft Animal Ambassadors!

ZOOMobile Ambassadors

Bring the Animals to You.

These Animal Ambassadors may visit you when you book a custom animal experience with the ZOOMobile. Our EdVenture keepers bring live animals to engage your classrooms, birthdays, community gatherings, seniors, special events and more. The ZOOMobile visits groups throughout the Pikes Peak region and beyond.

Due to the nature of working with live animals, the ZOOMobile cannot guarantee which animals will be present for any program.

For ZOOMobile opportunities visit Bring the Zoo to You

Experiences at The Loft

See. Learn. Explore. Do. Discover what it is like to care for animals. Bring your curiosities and discover fun experiences with Zoo animals! You may get to help make a tortoise salad, change a snake’s water bowl, or mist a lizard habitat. Signage is designed to highlight our individual animals and share something special about them. Each visit to The Loft is unique and the whole space is kid-friendly.

Endangered Species at the Zoo

Are They in Danger of Extinction? Animals listed here may have a threatened or endangered conservation status with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

Adopt an Animal

Foster any animal and you’ll help Cheyenne Mountain Zoo continue to provide outstanding care. Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions come with a variety of benefits only adoptive parents can enjoy. Ways to adopt your favorites: Digital Adoption – ($35) choose any Zoo animal from the full . . .

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