Come to the Prospect Park Zoo’s 15th Birthday Celebrate our big birthday with a day full of activities. Get your face painted, watch the baboons open birthday gifts and our new miniature horses eat a carrot cake, and make a craft to take home as a souvenir. Watch the guests of honor open their presents.

Stare Down at the Zoo Whooo’s that staring at you? New to the Prospect Park Zoo, a pair of white-faced scops owls are fixing their big, orange eyes on visitors to the Animal Lifestyles building. These striking birds are native to Africa.

Regal Kitties at the Prospect Park Zoo They may look like the fattest felines you’ve ever seen, but the Prospect Park Zoo’s new pair of Pallas cats, Nicholas and Alexandra, aren’t full on lasagna—they’re built for the chilly climate of central Asia. Meet the Pallas pair.