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National Zoo Directory
Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Shelley Miles
Zoo
Growing up in LA, I’ve always been fortunate to have access to a large, wonderful zoo. Going to the zoo is always a fun day with the kids – with the added educational benefits.
What I never realized is how much zoos have to offer. Zoos have become a cornerstone for the protection and preservation of endangered species, and a key resource for teaching our kids about animals, our environment and about the world around them (aka science).Zoos offer everything from storytimes to age-specific classes, to camps, to birthday parties to opportunities for teens to volunteer and explore careers. Zoos also offer wonderful adventures – overnight sleepovers, camps, travel opportunities, birthday parties, live music and lots of great events. Some even offer full time preschools, after- school programs and special home school curricula. Some zoos specialize – reptiles, bats, alligators, cranes, kangaroos, wolves, tortoises, big cats. There is even one zoo located in a high school!
Check out the Kids-List national zoo guide and find out what’s happening at your local zoo. Or find a favorite to travel to. All the zoos in the directory are accredited by the American Zoo Association.
Alabama Birmingham Zoo Montgomery Zoo
Arizona Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Phoenix Zoo Reid Park Zoo Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium Zoo
Arkansas Little Rock Zoo
California B. Bryan Zebra Preserve Charles Paddock Zoo Coyote Point Museum Fresno Chaffee Zoo Los Angeles Zoo Safari West San Diego Zoo San Diego Wild Animal Park San Francisco Zoological Gardens Santa Ana Zoo Santa Barbara Zoological Garden Sequoia Park Zoo Six Flags Discover Kingdom The Living Desert
Colorado Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center Denver Zoological Gardens
Connecticut Beardsley Zoo
Delaware Brandywine Zoo
District of Columbia Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Florida Brevard Zoo Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Central Florida Zoo Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lion Country Safari Lubee Bat Conservancy Miami Metrozoo Naples Zoo St. Augustine Alligator Farm Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
Georgia Chehaw Wild Animal Park Kangaroo Conservation Center Zoo Atlanta
Hawaii Honolulu Zoo
Idaho Tautphaus Park Zoo Zoo Boise
Illinois Chicago Brookfield Zoo Cosley Zoo Henson Robinson Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Miller Park Zoo Niabi Zoo Peoria Zoo Scovill Zoo
Indiana Fort Wayne’s Children’s Zoo Zoo Indianapolis Zoo Potowatami Zoo
Iowa Blank Park Zoo
Kansas Hutchinson Zoo Lee Richardson Zoo Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Sedgewick County Zoo Sunset Zoological Park Topeka Zoo
Kentucky Louisville Zoological Gardens
Louisiana
Alexandria Zoological Park BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo
Maryland Salisbury Zoological Park The Maryland Zoo Baltimore
Massachussetts Buttonwood Park Zoo Capron Park Zoo Franklin Park Zoo Walter D Stone Memorial Zoo
Michigan Binder Park Zoo Detroit Zoo John Ball Zoological Garden
Minnesota Como Park Zoo Minnesota Zoological Garden
Mississippi Jackson Zoological Park
Missouri Dickerson Park Zoo Kansas City Zoo The Butterfly House
Montana Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center Zoo Montana
Nebraska Lincoln Children’s Zoo Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Riverside Zoo
New Jersey Turtle Back Zoo
New Mexico Alameda Park Zoo Living Desert and Gardens State Park Rio Grande Zoo
New York Bronx Zoo Buffalo Zoological Gardens Central Park Zoo Prospect Park Zoo Queens Zoo Rosamond Gifford Zoo Seneca Zoo Staten Island Zoo Trevor Zoo Birmingham Zoo
North Carolina Natural Science Center and Animal Discovery of Greensboro No. Carolina Zoological Park Western No. Carolina Nature Center
North Dakota Chahinkapa Zoo Dakota Zoo Red River Zoo
Ohio African Safari Wildlife Park Akron Zoological Park Cinncinatti Zoo Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Columbus Zoo and Aquarium The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Toledo Zoological Gardens
Oklahoma Oklahoma City Zoological Park
Oregon Oregon Zoo Wildlife Safari
Pennsylvania Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland Erie Zoo Lehigh Valley Zoo National Aviary Zoo Philadelphia Zoo Pittsburgh Zoo ZOOAMERICA North American Wildlife Park
Rhode Island Roger Williams Park Zoo
South Carolina Brookgreen Gardens Greenville Zoo Riverbanks Zoo
South Dakota Great Plains Zoo
Tennessee Chattanooga Zoo Knoxville Zoological Gardens Memphis Zoo Nashville Zoo
Texas Abilene Zoo Caldwell Zoo Cameron Park Zoo Dallas Zoo Ellen Trout Zoo Fort Worth Zoo Fossil Rim Wildlife Center Gladys Poter Zoo Houston Zoo International Exotic Feline Sanctuary San Antonio Zoological Gardens
Utah Utah’s Hogle Zoo
Virginia Milk Mountain Zoo
West Virginia Oglebay’s Good Zoo
Wisconsin Henry Vilas Zoo International Crane Foundation Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo Racine Zoological Gardens
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