Overview

• The park unveiled a marble statue honoring the polar bear Yupik at the entrance, accompanied by a plaque for staff who died in service.
• Keeper Humberto González Guzmán received the American Association of Zoo Keepers’ Innovation to Excellence award for the remodeled jaguar habitat, which features a mural by Michoacán artist Francisco Javier Gómez González.
• Management said the facility draws more than one million visitors each year, emphasizing its roles in conservation, education and habitat recreation.
• Directors said a name change to Reserva de Vida Silvestre or Parque de Vida Silvestre is under consideration and not yet confirmed.
• Officials announced plans for a wolf reproductive center with work projected to begin next year.