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Aiming to improve the quality of visits Curitiba Municipal Zoo this paper proposed conduct observations in the precincts of cats through the following actions: characterization of the visiting public, development of educational activities and observation of behavioral reactions. The visitors were observed without direct inference regarding attitudes towards the cat enclosure and also with the behavior of activities exposed before. The reactions were noted in plug itself. The following results were obtained: adults accompanied by children spent more time in front of the enclosures, men showed interest and curiosity about animals, women showed attitudes of curiosity and wonder, men and women performed the activities proposed in Environmental Education. The activities were self-explanatory that obtained better results. Based on these results it was found that the visitors had good acceptance in the face of environmental education activities conducted, demonstrating the urgent need to implement this practice in this zoo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]