Sun, 3/1/2026 Every Sat & Sun
12:00 PM
from 3/1/2026 to 3/6/2026
Africa Section of Zoo
4001 E. Paisano, El Paso, Texas 79905
Learn how zookeepers improve and enhance an animal's quality of life through our enrichment program. Enrichment in zoos is essential for enhancing animal welfare and encouraging natural behaviors and may include puzzle feeders, climbing structures, and sensory stimulation through new scents and objects.
Come prepared with questions and and ask our zoo specialists anything you have in mind.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, only around 6,600 african painted dogs remain, mostly in Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and southern Africa.
With an impressive 80 percent success rate, african painted dogs are among Africa’s most effective predators. Lions only prevail around 30 percent of the time.
They live in packs led by an alpha pair and are known for their high level of cooperation, including sharing food with the young and sick.
African painted dogs work together in packs to hunt. These highly social animals communicate with each other by touch, actions, and vocalizations before a hunt, you can see them playfully circling each other and seeming to psych each other up for the endeavor.
Free with paid admission into zoo.
