The Woodland Park Zoo is inviting Ballardites to celebrate one of the world’s most endangered and elusive wild animals at the fourth annual Snow Leopard Day.

Hosted by the zoo and its conservation partner, the Snow Leopard Trust, this full day of activities highlights the adaptations of the snow leopard and critical conservation efforts to protect them in the wild.

Activities include:

• Keeper talks and special enrichment for the snow leopards
• Conservation talks by Snow Leopard Trust
• Snow leopard-inspired crafts for kids
• Special themed programs for kids in Zoomazium
• Conservation commerce made by artisans to help support snow leopard conservation
• Live entertainment, facepainting and more

Woodland Park Zoo is home to five snow leopards, including cubs Gobi and Batu born May 2009, marking an important conservation milestone by helping to bolster the genetic diversity of this endangered species.

As part of the its commitment to saving animals and habitat around the world through field conservation partnerships, the zoo works with Seattle-based Snow Leopard Trust, created in 1981 by the late Woodland Park Zoo staff member Helen Freeman, according to a Woodland Park Zoo press release.

Snow Leopard Day takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 14 at Woodland Park Zoo.