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 The Animal Amigo program helps care for all of the animals at the Zoo by funding
food, medical treatment, equipment, enrichment toys, and habitat
improvement for the animals in our care.
Be an Amigo for a year or give an Amigo as a gift!
 Donations of $50 or more
receive:
• Certificate of Thanks
• Animal Photo
• Limited Edition Amigo Trading Card
• Plush Animal (Featured Amigo only)
• Recognition on the Animal Amigo Board and in the Annual
Report
Donations of $100 or more
receive:
• The above, plus
• A plush animal when choosing any of the
following: African elephant, Amur tiger, bald eagle, brown
bear, California sea lion, cheetah, dolphin, flamingo, giraffe,
lion, meerkat, red panda, penguin, polar bear, rhino, walrus or
zebra.
• Indianapolis Zoo frame for your animal photo
Donations of $200 or more
receive:
• The above, plus
• Invitation to Early Morning Walkabout event
Questions? Contact (317) 630-2049 or
amigo@indyzoo.com
for more information.
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 Butterfly
Kaleidoscope presented by Citizens Energy Group opened this
spring in the Hilbert Conservatory at White River Gardens.
Filled with the colors of butterflies, one of the largest
species may stand out to you more than the others. The blue
morpho butterfly has a wingspan of five to eight inches and
is easy to recognize with its bright blue wings framed in
black. However, the underside of the blue morpho’s wings is
a dull brown with eyespots to provide it the camouflage it
needs to hide from bird predators.
These butterflies live in the tropical rainforests of
Latin America, spending much of their 115-day lifespan on
the forest floor. You would most likely encounter one of
these beautiful insects in clearings and along streams.
While blue morpho caterpillars enjoy chewing on the leaves
of plants from the pea family, adult blue morphos drink
juices from rotting fruit or decomposing animals and tree
sap.
As with many inhabitants of the rainforest, blue morphos
are being threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
Another threat is their beauty as they are being captured by
both artists and collectors who want them for display. You
Animal Amigo gift helps provide for the care of the blue
morpho butterfly and other animals at the Indianapolis Zoo
as ambassadors for their species.
This Featured Amigo can be yours for a $50 minimum donation
and comes with the following benefits:
• Limited edition blue morpho plush
• Certificate of Thanks
• Blue morpho photo
• Blue Morpho Limited Edition Amigo Trading Card
• Recognition on our Animal Amigo donor board and in the
Indianapolis Zoo Annual Report
Questions? Contact (317) 630-2049 or
amigo@indyzoo.com
for more information.
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