The Zoo’s goal is to provide the opportunity for everyone to experience firsthand the diversity that exists in the natural world and to promote a sense of stewardship and wonder about life. We believe this is possible through repeated, positive experiences with living things in a relaxed, enjoyable, and safe environment.

Our nine acres offer a variety of ways to connect children of all ages to the natural world. Young children can learn how to feed a goat, ride a pony, pet a rabbit or lure a butterfly onto a finger. They can get up close to the seals as they are trained by animal keepers and come eye to eye with a white-handed gibbon. They can play in the sandbox, learn to hop from stone to stone in the natural play space and run through the willow tunnel.

Older children can learn to excavate bones at Stego’s Big Dig, trade natural items at the Nature Exchange, or watch a bug buddy handle an African Brown millipede. If they’re brave enough they can even hold a hissing cockroach!