It's been a busy World Tapir Day around the world. If you haven't been able to keep up with everything that has been happening, here's a summary of events.
Please contact us if there's something that we haven't listed here (with a link to further information). This page will be updated as more information is available, so please be certain to check back occasionally to find out what else happened to celebrate World Tapir Day.
In the media
- World Tapir Day received extensive coverage in Australia, courtesy of Fitzy, Claire and Jules, with drive-time coverage for over a week. Fitzy visited the Adelaide Zoo's four tapirs, produced radio advertisements to raise tapir awareness, made t-shirts with slogans about tapirs, they recruited cheerleaders, celebrated in style with a cake, and generally raised the profile of tapirs.
- Fitzy also promoted World Tapir Day on the Ten Network's 7pm Project, a prime-time variety program.
- Elsewhere around the world, World Tapir Day received media coverage in a broad range of publications.
Online
- In the online world, World Tapir Day was the theme for First Dog on the Moon's cartoon of 27 April:
- In the Blogosphere, Flickr's blog post for 27 April was about World Tapir Day.
- Cute Overload recognised the inherent cuteness of tapirs, once again.
- Splash Damage, long-time tapir lovers, once more got fully behind World Tapir Day, including sending BongoBoy out Trundling for Tapirs.
Zoos
Not surprisingly, World Tapir Day was also the focus of attention at zoos worldwide, including (in alphabetical order):
- Adelaide Zoo, Australia, hosted a fundraising breakfast and over a week of activities to celebrate World Tapir Day and to highlight the evils of palm oil;
- Belfast Zoo, Northern Ireland, had keeper talks and children were admitted free if they dressed as a Malaysian Tapir (or in black and white);
- Belize Zoo, Belize, celebrated April the Tapir's 27th birthday;
- Cologne Zoo, Germany, had a range of activities about tapirs;
- Dudley Zoo, England, hosted various activities;
- Exmoor Zoo, England, had a drawing competition;
- Folly Farm Zoo, England, had a tapir trail;
- Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park, Scotland, had keeper talks and a 'meet the tapirs' session;
- Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, England, celebrated Troy the Tapir's 1st birthday, including a live video stream,
- Port Lympne Zoo, England, hosted keeper talks and a competition to meet the tapirs;
- San Antonio Zoo, United States, hosted a scavenger hunt, a tapir trek course and face painting;
- Trotters World of Animals, England, had keeper talks and a tapir trail quiz.
Miscellaneous
- Chris Jackson, instigator of the first Tapir Caper in 2009, this year went down the painting path;
- On a slightly different tack, Dan got his chest waxed for World Tapir Day;
- In Malaysia, the Malaysian Nature Society hosted a series of talks about Malaysian Tapir conservation;
- The San Bernardino County Museum held a lecture about tapirs;
- Perhaps entirely unrelated (or perhaps not...), the New York Times crossword of 27 April included a clue with the answer 'tapir'.