Most Profitable Zoo Animals

What about koalas? They are rare, cute, small, and extremely popular. Also red pandas for some of the same reasons.

 

Golden lion tamarins are an easy crowd-drawer, my mom absolutely loves them.

 

Your mom is a tamarin?

 

No, I meant my mom enjoys the species. Its always her favorite animal to see.
No, my mom is not a tamarin lol.

 

There was a similar thread before, and the answer was something like: domestic rabbits and goats in the petting zoo.

 

I think the answer is meerkats. Cheap to obtain and feed and very popular

 

Koalas have a very specific diet which could be draining if there aren't any eucalyptus trees near the zoo in question. Red pandas also require browse and good air conditioning depending on where the zoo is located.

 

Prairie dogs maybe? They are quite active and people seem to enjoy watching them.

 

Bet she was upset when Minnesota Phased out there cotton topped tamarins. No getting more on-topic lemurs(especially the ring-tailed ones) seem very profitable, same with most smaller primates. Red pandas are everywhere nowadays. Zebras don’t seem that expensive & they’ll definitely draw a crowd, so maybe?

 

They especially attractive if their enclosure has a tunnel view in it. Their diet probably is cheaper than that of a meerkat.

 

Except in the states.

 

I honestly never really realized that the cotton-tops had left, since I assumed they were just hiding in their exhibits. She likes The titi monkeys though, and so do I, and I don't think they are phased out are they?

 

Nope. Both were there when I visited last week.

 

Here in Australia there are many ‘zoos’ that only have koalas (and maybe a couple other animals) and entirely survive on the massive tourism draw that koalas give.