So I recently went through all of the USA locations on the map while creating a list of something else. I only clicked on websites, fb links if the web link didn't work, then googled for info; some not mentioned may have correct websites but incorrect facebook, twitter, etc links. Some of these websites currently have a redirect from the old one listed on the map, most don't. There might be a typo or two. -Abilene Zoo – Abilenezoo.org -Action Wildlife – actionwildlifefoundation.com -Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium – now Schramm Education Center, outdoornebraska.gov/schrammeducationcenter/ -Alameda Park Zoo – ci.alamogordo.nm.us/170/About-the-Zoo -Animal Ark – address is very wrong. 1265 Deerlodge Rd, Reno, NV 89508, NOT Minnesota. Wiki link should be removed -Animal Haven Zoo – no longer have a website, also fb was last updated in August with a gofundme, possibly closed? -Animal Kingdom Zoo – closed 2013 -Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo – awsfzoo.com -Aquarium of Boise – aquariumboise.net -Atlanta Botanical Garden – atlantabg.org, no longer has animals -Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge – btnwildlife.org -Bayou Wildlife Park – now Bayou Wildlife Zoo. Bayouwildlifezoo.com -Bear Creek Pioneers Park – pct3.com/Parks/all-parks/bear-creek-park -Belle Isle Nature Center – belleislenaturecenter.detroitzoo.org -Bergen County Zoo – friendsofbergencountyzoo.org -Busch Gardens Tampa – buschgardens.com/tampa -Busch Gardens Williamsburg – buschgardens.com/Williamsburg -Busch Wildlife Sanctuary – buschwildlife.org -Calusa Nature Center – calusanature.org -Cape May County Park & Zoo – capemaycountynj.gov/1008/Park-Zoo -Chattanooga Arboretum – now Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, reflectionriding.org -Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park – childrensaquariumfairpark.com -Chula Vista Nature Center – now called Living Coast Discovery Center, website, fb, etc no longer exist. Living Coast already has a page on here. -Cincinnati Zoo – cincinnatizoo.org -Clearwater Marine Aquarium – seewinter.com -Cohanzick Zoo – cohanzickzoo.org -Columbus Zoo – columbuszoo.org -Cochran Mill Nature Center – closed in 2017 after a boy drowned -Daggerwing Nature Center – discover.pbcgov.org/parks/Pages/Daggerwing.aspx -Discovery Zoo – joined with Boonshoft to become the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, boonshoftmuseum.org -Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/animal-kingdom -Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon – no animals -East Texas Gators – now called East Texas Zoo & Gator Park, easttexaszoo.com -Eight Point Ranch – hunting ranch, NOT a zoo or place otherwise open to the public -Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge – no zoo in name. emeraldcoastwildliferefuge.org -Feline Conservation Center – now called EFBC’s Feline Conservation Center, wildcatzoo.org (Exotic Feline Breeding Compound) -Florida Teaching Zoo – floridazooschool.com -Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary – now just Folsom Zoo Sanctuary, folsomzoofriends.org -Forever Florida – only has domestic horses and cattle -Forty South Farms & Zoo – website no longer exists, only use facebook -Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County – maderamammoths.org, Doesn’t appear to have any animals? -Fossil Rim Wildlife Center – fossilrim.org -Frederick Meijer Gardens Butterfly House – the butterfly house is only a temporary exhibit every March-April at Meijer Gardens, otherwise they don’t have animals -Garfield Park Reservation – doesn’t have animals -Gaylord Palms - Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center -Glacier Ridge Animal Farm – no longer have a website, just facebook -Grant’s Farm – grantsfarm.com -Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum – greatzoo.org -Greensboro Science Center – greensboroscience.org -Gulf Breeze Zoo – gbzoo.com -Hillcrest Park Zoo – hillcrestparkzoo.info -Homosassa Springs – now Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/ellie-schiller-homosassa-springs-wildlife-state-park -Howell Nature Center – howellnaturecenter.org/community/wild-wonders -Hutchinson Zoo – hutchinsonzoo.org -Japanese Village & Deer Park – closed 1977… -John Ball Zoo – jbzoo.org -Knoxville Zoo – name is now Zoo Knoxville, zooknoxville.org -Lana Bella Alpaca Farm – website is just an online store with no info on ever being open to the public or having private tours; only have alpacas -Las Vegas Zoo – closed 2013 -Lindsay Wildlife Experience – lindsaywildlife.org -Living Treasures – There’s now 2. The one already linked is called Living Treasures Moraine. The new one is Living Treasures Laurel Highlands, 288 PA-711, Jones Mills, PA 15646 -Menominee Park Zoo – www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/Parks/MenomineeParkZoo/ -MGM Grand Lion Habitat – closed -Miller Park Zoo – bloomingtonparks.org/facilities/miller-park-zoo -Monterey Bay Aquarium – montereybayaquarium.org -Morro Bay Aquarium – closed 2018. All mentions of the aquarium have been removed from local websites; it was previously called the worst aquarium in the country by the media -Museum of Science & Industry – no longer has any animals, doesn’t appear to have fossils either -Naples Zoo – napleszoo.org -National Aquarium in Washington – closed 2013 -NGALA Private Reserve – now NGALA Wildlife Preserve, website comes up as “insecure” -Ochsner Zoo - Ochsner Zoo - ALWAYS FREE ADMISSION! -Oleson Park Zoo – closed 2015 -Orange County Zoo – ocparks.com/zoo/ -Oregon Undersea Gardens – marinersquare.com/Oregon-undersea-gardens -Pacific Grove Museum – no live animals; docents occasionally set up at a park 10 blocks away during monarch season, but that’s it -Palo Alto Junior Museum – relocated, no longer have a zoo, just insects, rats, and hedgehogs -Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo – hilozoo.org -Peace River Wildlife Center – prwildlife.org -Penitentiary Glen Nature Center – lakemetroparks.com/parks-trails/penitentiary-glen-reservation -Phillips Park Zoo – www.aurora-il.org/150/Phillips-Park-Zoo -Pioneer Park Aviary – no website or facebook, info at wallawalla.org/listing/aviary-at-pioneer-park/ -Pocatello Zoo – now called Zoo Idaho, zooidaho.org -Popcorn Park Zoo – www.ahscares.org/ContentPage/1667 -Ralph B. Clark Regional Park – no animals, just a county park -Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology – no live animals -Redwood Falls Zoo – now called Ramsey Park Zoo, redwoodareacommunitycenter.com/area-parks/alexander-ramsey-park/ramsey-park-zoo/ -Reston Zoo – now called Roer’s Zoofari -Riverside Discovery Center – riversidediscoverycenter.org -Rocky River Nature Center – clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/visit/parks/rocky-river-reservation/rocky-river-nature-center -Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure – now Rolling Hills Zoo, rollinghillszoo.org -Sacramento Zoo – saczoo.org -San Angelo Nature Center – cosatx.us/departments-services/nature-center -San Antonio Zoo – sazoo.org -San Diego Natural History Museum – no animals -Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History – no live animals, website is sbnature.org -Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center – sbnature.org/visit/sea-center -Sarasota Jungle Gardens – sarasotajunglegardens.com (nothing after) -Savanahland Education Park – no longer exists? No website or facebook, can’t find anything online for it -SeaWorld San Diego – seaworld.com/san-diego/ -Serpentarium – store, not a zoo -Shadow Nursery – closed due to massive debt -Silver Springs (State Park) – no captives or nature center, according to website -Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – sixflags.com/discoverykingdom -Six Flags Wild Safari – sixflags.com/greatadventure/attractions/animal-attractions -Spring River Park & Zoo – roswell-nm.gov/279/Spring-River-Park-Zoo -STAR ECO Station Rocklin – closed, only have one in Culver City now -St. Augustine Alligator Farms – alligatorfarm.com (not .us) -Stearns Homestead – only have common farm animals -Stevens Point Herp Society – students only, no public facility -Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary – now Seaside Seabird Sanctuary, seasideseabirdsanctuary.org -Tamarack Nature Center – ramseycounty.us/residents/parks-recreation/tamarack-nature-center/ -Tarpon Springs Aquarium – relocating Spring 2019 -Tautphaus Park Zoo – now called Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park, idahofallsidaho.gov/1230/Zoo -The Bighorn Institute – not open to the public, no private tours, cannot visit in any form -The Wilds – thewilds.columbuszoo.org -UC Riverside Entomology Research Museum – no live animals, no displays; open by appointment but not for tours, mostly for making IDs -Virginia Zoo in Norfolk – now just Virginia Zoo, no Norfolk -Waikiki Aquarium – waikikiaquarium.org -Washington State University Bear Center – bearcenter.wsu.edu -Watershed Stewardship Center – doesn’t appear to have any animals -Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology – no live animals -Western North Carolina Nature Center – wildwnc.org -Western Science Center – no animals -Wildlife Learning Center – wildlifelearningcenter.org -Willowbrook Wildlife Center – dupageforest.org/willowbrook-wildlife-center -Willow Park Zoo – now Zootah at Willow Park, willowparkzoo.wixsite.com/home -World Aquarium – childrensaquarium.org -World Museum of Natural History – no live animals, just freeze-dried taxidermy -Yellow River Game Ranch – closed 2017. A new unaffiliated place, Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary, will be opening in the same location in 2019, yellowriverwildlifesanctuary.com -Zoo Miami – zoomiami.org -Zoo Tampa – zootampa.org
I can confirm Animal Haven Zoo is not closed - most Wisconsin zoos have garbage websites, and Animal Haven is not the only one to not have a website.
Thanks for those! With Animal Haven, that's why I listed it as possibly; I couldn't verify that it had actually closed, but the complete lack of any social media whatsoever when they used to be fairly active is often an indicator. Regarding the Herp Society, everything they have on their website indicates they aren't a public place, so that's a little odd.
Forever Florida is now permanently closed to the public because the facility's owner died. Just saying, even though it probably didn't count as a zoo.
Thanks @TinoPup - I have merged the Chula Vista Nature Center threads and media in with the Living Coast Discovery Center and removed the old entry.
