Zoo Facts

A Few Facts About the San Antonio Zoo

• Established in 1914
• The Zoo is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
• Open 365 days a year at 9:00 a.m.
• Admission for children under 2 is FREE, Children 3-11 is $9.50, Adults $12.00
• Zoo memberships are only $70 for the entire family and good 365 days a year
• Zoo spans 35 acres featuring aquariums, animal & botanical exhibits
• The Zoo houses over 9,000 animals of 750 species
• One of the first “cageless” zoos in the United States
• Received numerous awards for captive propagation – and we participate in over 230 endangered species programs
• First to receive Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accreditation;
  of over 2,600 U.S. wildlife exhibitors, only 225 are accredited by AZA
• One of the largest bird collections in the country
• Acclaimed breeding programs for endangered and threatened species
• The first Zoo in the country to breed the endangered whooping cranes
• Visited by nearly 80,000 school children each year
• First to reproduce the endangered white rhinoceros in North America
• The first to hatch and rear Caribbean flamingos
• Successfully bred 53 endangered snow leopards since 1970
• First to build an amphibian conservation center
• 1,000,000 guests annually and growing (60% local; 40% tourist)
• Successfully built a $12 million AFRICA LIVE! PHASE I safari-like exhibit
• Opened a $10 million AFRICA LIVE! 2 exhibit
• Specialized education adventures offered for all ages
• Only Zoo in the country to have separate children’s Zoo area, Kronkosky’s Tiny Tot Nature Spot,
  designed for kids 5 and under
• Listed as one of the 2009 Top 10 Best Zoo’s for Kids by Parents Magazine
• Listed as the #1 tourist spot by Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnection gocitykids.com
• Only Zoo in the country to have a senior veterinarian on staff that is double boarded in zoo medicine and
  in reptile and amphibian medicine