New Woodland Park Zoo residents will make their public debut this weekend during the "Pigs, Warts and All" program. The new animal residents are a wild pig species called African warthogs and Visayan warty pigs.

Visayan warty pigs are critically endangered animals native to central Philippines, and are recognizable by their prominent head tufts.

Warthogs, the wild pigs of the African savanna, earned their name from the large facial warts on each side of their tusks and jumped to fame when the character warthog Pumbaa endeared itself to fans of Disney’s “The Lion King.”

As the animals make their debut this weekend, May 5 - 6, the zoo will hand out free piggy banks at the ZooStores to the first 500 kids (age 12 and under) each day.

Also during opening weekend, keeper talks will be presented at the pigs’ exhibits and special pig-themed programming for young kids will be offered in Zoomazium.

“Pigs, Warts and All” program schedule:

- Visayan Warty Pigs Smart Cart: Cute, Clever, Critically Endangered – 10:00 a.m.-noon
- Creature Feature – 10:30 a.m., Zoomazium
- Visayan Warty Pig Keeper Talk – 11:00 a.m.
- Warthog Keeper Talk – 11:30 a.m. (Saturday only)
- Shake, Rattle & Roar – 11:30 a.m., Zoomazium
- Nature Exchange Trading – 1:00-4:00 p.m., Zoomazium
- Puppet Show – 4:30 p.m., Zoomazium

The pigs’ exhibits and opening day programs are free with zoo admission. Admission from May 1st through September 30th is $17.75 for adults, $11.50 for children, and free for toddlers ages 0 to 2.