Buenos Aires gives animals Easter eggs Easter has come slightly early for the animals at Buenos Aires zoo, as they were presented with their Easter eggs on Good Friday. The cardboard eggs, stuffed with the animals favourite foods, delighted visitors as the animals picked their way through them. Giovanna Donini, a biologist at the zoo, said it seemed appropriate that Easter traditions should be extended to their animals. We here at the zoo are celebrating Easter. As all children and grown-ups will be receiving chocolate eggs on Sunday, we wanted to reflect that and reward our animals with the same activity. But Donini said there was more to the offering than met the eye. The decision to offer interactive treats was part of an ongoing programme to keep the animals occupied and happy. What we are trying to do is enrich the animals' surroundings. Today, it is Easter eggs, but it is something that we work at every day, as a team throughout the zoo, to improve the animals' well-being from a physical and psychological point of view. Buenos Aires zoo often likes to involve its animals in festivals and celebrations. They also receive Christmas presents every year.