Indiana Zoos

Black Pine Animal Sanctuary

The Black Pine Animal Sanctuary, formerly known as Black Pine Animal Park opened its doors in 1994. It sits on 18 acres of land and is home to exotic animals that were either kept as pets or retired from performing... Read more

Columbian Park Zoo

Columbian Park Zoo houses over 190 animals from over 90 different species. It was founded in 1908 when it just contained foxes, skunks, pelicans, deer, lynx, prairie dogs, and a wolf. The zoo was then improved in 1928 when the... Read more

Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo

Indianapolis Zoo

The Indianapolis Zoo opened its doors in April of 1964 and is actually the only zoo that is accredited by both the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the American Alliance of Museums as a zoo, an aquarium, and a... Read more

Maple Lane Wildlife Farm

Maple Lane Wildlife Park opened its doors in 2002 when an Amish man and his wife turned their 19-year hobby of the collecting of exotic animals into a zoo which features 250 animals from between 50 and 60 different species.... Read more

Mesker Park Zoo

Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Garden opened its doors in 1928 and is one of the oldest and largest zoos in Indiana. The zoo sets on 50 acres of land and holds more than 200 species of 700 animals that... Read more

Potawatomi Zoo

The Potawatomi Zoo first started out as a duck pond in 1902 when it was actually called the South Bend Zoo. It then relocated to Wall Street in South Bend when it started housing a herd of deer. In 1917,... Read more

Washington Park Zoo

The Washington Park Zoo sits on 15 acres of land on a hilly sand dune near Lake Michigan. The zoo started out with one brown near in 1928 when the owner of the bear moved it to the park hoping... Read more

Wolf Park

Wolf Park was started in 1972 by Dr. Erich Klinghammer. It is not just a zoo but also a non-profit research and education center on wolves. Not only does this facility research and educate about wolf behavior but it is... Read more