Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary

Don't miss this opportunity to donate! Now through September 9th a percent of your donations will be matched by sponsors of the Fun Run for Charities, so it's the best time all year to give! Thanks! The race is THIS Saturday, August 31st! zurl.co/Srgr

Happy #NationalCougarDay from our past cougar, Sac! We miss having your beautiful wild presence around. Check out ways you can get involved today on the Mountain Lion Foundation website or social media pages! (Yes - mountain lions and cougars are the same thing!) #CougarDay

Visiting the Sanctuary is a perfect Mother's Day activity! 💜 🌷Moms are welcome for free and receive a discount in the gift shop!

Time to vote! 📝 We have had so many beautiful entries to our Earth Day Art Contest this year! 🎨 You can vote in the Education Building any day we are open until May 31st. We are now open daily, except for Tuesdays.

🌷 Moms are welcomed in FREE to the Sanctuary this Sunday for Mother's Day! 💞 They also can enjoy a discount in the gift shop. 🌼 Believe it or not, the weather should be beautiful! So it will be a lovely day to walk around the grounds and celebrate together. 📸 Amy Gulick

Summer Camp registration is open! Visit the events page of our website to see the options or follow this link to sign up: zurl.co/uJ6F This year we have Junior Keeper Camps for ages 5-11, and Little Keeper Camps for ages 2-5.

It's May 1st! That means our summer hours have begun! We are now open every day except Tuesdays! 10:00am-4:00pm (last admission is 3:30pm). It's not quite this green yet...but it won't be long!

Wildlife Photographer from Powell, Wyoming, Mark Davis, came and did a photoshoot with some of our animals. Here is a little preview of his work! He is incredible. Thanks Mark!!

Our Bear Awareness Day is coming up! This year it will be Saturday, May 25th ALL day at YWS! Demonstrations in the bear enclosure will take place between 10 and 12 pm. Save the date, this is one of the best days to stop by the Sanctuary all year!

Opening day is one week from today! We can't wait to have folks back on the grounds! April: Open Friday-Sunday May-October: Open everyday except Tuesdays! The first two days (4/5-4/6) will be members-only days, then we will be officially open to the public starting April 7th!

Happy Birthday to our Animal Care Manager, Izzy! 🎂 Thank you for your tireless dedication to our animals, and for constantly working to improve the quality of their lives! We hope you get to see a cool bird today! 🦉🦅🐻🐘🦊🐺🐾

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW ❤️ YWS Hearts Gone Wild, this Friday, February 9th ❤️ ~Casual Dress~ Less than 20 tickets remaining! zurl.co/kOo8

Dave Pauli is our guest speaker at our Hearts Gone WILD night this Friday! His stories are WILD and entertaining, and this week will be no exception as he discusses the bizarre "romantic" behaviors of our backyard animals. Get your tickets here ->> zurl.co/jPDo

Our birds are enjoying this uncanny warm weather! 🌞😎 Especially our handsome #ferruginoushawk Rouge!

❄️ Our winter camps start soon! There are camps available every Sunday in February for elementary students and ones for middle schoolers as well! 💙 Click here for more details and to register for the ones you want to join: zurl.co/wJ2H

Hearts Gone Wild Valentine's Event! ❤️ February 9th, 5:00pm at The Pollard Hotel, $50 per person Book your tickets today! zurl.co/Cf5H

Hearts Gone Wild Valentine's Event! ❤️ February 9th, 5:00pm at The Pollard Hotel, $50 per person Book your tickets today! yellowstonewildlifesanctuary.org/event/hearts-g…

Scherbatsky got a fresh tank! Here are cute pictures of him checking it out for the first time. (Are we the only ones who think he is really cute??) Thank you SO much to the Cray Foundation for the grant we received allowing this to happen! #tigersalamander

If you would like to keep up-to-date on what we have going on this winter while we are closed, subscribe to our newsletter for monthly updates and great stories about our animals! Scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up: yellowstonewildlifesanctuary.org

We are still open today and tomorrow from 10-4 for any shopping needs! We will be CLOSED on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Stop by and say hi! We'd love to wish you a happy holidays!❤️💚