Proceeds help support non-profit sanctuary’s mission of saving reptiles and providing education
SCOTTSDALE – Keep the Halloween spirit alive — and get one more use out of those expensive costumes — by attending “Gators and Ghouls” from 6 – 9 p.m. on Nov. 5.
The Phoenix Herpetological Society (PHS) will present this unique, family-friendly event on Saturday, Nov. 5, at its nationally renowned reptile sanctuary at 78th Street and Dynamite Road in north Scottsdale. Guests can spend the evening roaming the intimate sanctuary, enjoying the flying bats above and the creepy crawlies below. The event will also feature some extra spooky animal interactions and a chance to watch them being fed.
Come trick or treat with the reptiles, play Halloween-themed games and vote in the Best Reptile Costume Contest. Walk through the foggy swamps of the Gator area, but be careful of the ghouls…
Kids will have so much fun, they won’t know that they are learning about the amazing animals of the reptile family.
Advance tickets are required. Register online at www.phoenixherp.com; click on the Gators & Ghouls banner on the home page. Ages 4 to 17 – $10; Adults (18 years and older) – $15; Children 3 years and under are free.
Proceeds from the event will help support PHS’ mission of “Conservation through Education.” The sanctuary is home to nearly 1700 native and exotic reptiles, many of them endangered.
Animals include snakes, lizards such as green iguanas and Asian monitors, alligators, crocodiles, desert and Galapagos tortoises, turtles and more (not all animals will be out for the night-time event). A secure, glass-enclosed room houses the largest collection of venomous snakes in the western United States, with 82 species and subspecies — including a black mamba, widely considered one of the world’s most lethal snakes, and the critically endangered Aruba Island rattlesnake.
