Dorito is a Bonnet Macaque, and has grown quite a bit over the years! If you didn’t know, the reason why we call him Dorito, is because he actually has a smell to him identical to Dorito’s! No matter how many times he is bathed he always smells like Dorito’s chips, so this is why we chose that name and it stuck to him. Dorito lives at ZWF with 2 other younger Bonnet Macaques, and they interact all day. Dorito actually acts like their protector, for instance if something startles them, he will go over and comfort them, but of course sometimes he acts like a bully and reminds them that he is the boss yet they all enjoy living together regardless. To view more photos of Dorito, then visit Dorito’s Gallery.

On January 9th 2011, Univision Radio hosted for the community of Miami a Three Kings Parade. Zoological Wildlife Foundation was honored to be a part of the parade on a Jungle float. The Jungle float was featured in the parade filled with exotic wildlife. The animals brought were a Crocodile, Alligator, Parrot, Red-ruffed Lemur, and Monkeys where the apart of the event. To see more pictures of the event please visit our gallery.

Wishing our customers, friends, and family and wonderful Happy Holiday Season and Merry Christmas from the Zoological Wildlife family. May the new year bring lots of health, prosperity and love to one another.

If you would like to take pictures with our exotic wildlife or take a tour to see our array of animals this Christmas or through the coming year. Please visit our tours pages for information on ZWF’s Wildlife Encounters and the different packages we can offer.

Aladdin - Dromedary Camel and Maria - Catalina Macaw

Brauser Miamonodies Academy hosted a Safari party for parents, teachers, friends and students attending.  Zoological Wildlife Foundation was asked to host the event with our exotic wildlife and trained handlers. Aladdin our Dromedary Camel, Sativia our White-handed gibbon, Angelina and Donattela our Tufted Capuchins,  Javi our Red Ruff Lemur, Maria the Catalina Macaw and Rachel our African Milky Eagle Owl were part of the animal actors that attended the Safari party. Please feel free to check our gallery for more pictures.

Luna and Cliff

Meet Luna, our Bonnet Macaque and Cliff, a White Faced Capuchin. They have been raised together since tiny babies along with Diana, our adorable Tufted Capuchin. They love each other`s company. Luna just was introduced to solid food. While Cliff still drinks his bottle. He is such a baby! They spend hours each day playing with their bright colored toys and blankets.

We spend hours on a regular basis cleaning cages, toys, blankets, preparing food, bottle feeding, bathing and interacting with our babies. It is part of our daily routine at ZWF. We enjoy the special bond and interaction with our primates. Part of our volunteer program is to have that same interaction and enrichment for our primates. We strive to do the very best for our non-human family memebers at ZWF.

Shower Time For Luna

Luna Eating Her Banana

Luna is our female Bonnet Macaque. She is three in half month old. She loves her shower time and pacifier. We started her diet with banana for the very first time, with a bottle of formula milk every four hours and soon will start eating solid foods.

The Bonnet Macaque has a very wide range of gestures and behavior which can be easily differentiated.  They do a lot of “Lip smacking” is one of the most common behavior, where one individual may open and close the mouth in rapid movement with tongue in between teeth and lips pressing against each other giving an audible sound.

She is a cutie and we enjoy every minute of her company. You are welcome to check out Luna’s Album for more pictures of her different expressions.

This is ZWF’s most recent member. Luna the Bonnet Macaque!  Luna lives with the other baby primates at our facility. They all get bathed on a daily basis, and given bottles with special formula made just for them. During the day they are all put in a large crib with a lot of different toys and blankets for enrichment and stimulation. We like to switch their toys and blankets around so they never get bored. Bonnet Macaques are very intelligent primates. Luna is a definite daredevil! She already loves to explore her surroundings and go off by herself.  Keep checking back for updates on how Luna is doing, and watch her as she grows up! If you would like to see Luna up close then why not come by for a tour at ZWF! Check out ZWF’S tours page and book your tour today!

Come have some fun at Miami Subs Grill while ZWF brings some wildlife for you to see upclose and personal! We will be having photo sessions and merch available, and the greatest part about it is that it’s all going towards a great cause! REMINDER: THIS ZWF EVENT WILL BE AT A NEW MIAMI SUBS LOCATION ( 2501 S.W. 87TH AVE.) so come check us out and have some summertime fun with some amazing animals!

Here are some new additions to ZWF! These baby Tamanduas will just melt your heart. The staff here will be working with them so that later on, we will be able to use them for educational presentation and teach people about these beautiful creatures. If you want to take a closer peak, then why not head over to ZWF for a private tour! To see more photos of these gorgeous Tams then check out the Tamandua gallery.

Do you have a favorite animal that you would love to interact with? Maybe you would like to have an education presentation to learn about some interesting animals that are vanishing in the wild! Whatever the case may be, ZWF would like you to know, that we do events! All the staff work extra hard to make sure each animal is taken care of an can be interacted with too. Check out this video that was recently posted on Thrillist.com about just a few of ZWF’s furry characters!

To see ZWF’s VIDEO FROM THRILLIST.COM click this link –> Zoological Wildlife Foundation