Zoo schedules children’s event

Lincoln Children’s Zoo will host a special event for children and adults, of all ages, with visual disabilities.

Sensory Safari will offer the opportunity for those who cannot see the zoo’s animals to experience them in a special way. Dozens of volunteers will be on hand Sept. 17 to introduce participants to mounts of animals that can be touched to determine texture, shape and relative size.

Animal recordings will provide the opportunity to hear the animal’s vocalization and identify its various moods as demonstrated through sound.

This event is sponsored by and planned with the help of the Nebraska Chapter of Safari Club International, the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, Nebraska Sables, Pierson Wildlife Museum and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will provide tactile, auditory and olfactory opportunities to meet the animals at the zoo.

Guests must pre-register to attend. Contact Candace Rehmeier to register at 1-800-826-4355.