Potawatomi Zoo Full Tour - South Bend, Indiana

The Potawatomi Zoo is a 23-acre (9.3 ha) zoological park located in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The Zoo is nestled in Potawatomi Park between the St. Joseph River and the Grand Trunk railroad in the east side neighborhood of River Park. Founded in 1921, it is Indiana's second oldest Zoo. The zoo's mission is to inspire excellence in education, conservation, and improved animal quality of life. It features over 400 animals and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Exhibits
The Potawatomi Zoo is home to over 400 animals and the zoo participates in over 56 Species Survival Plans.

Africa
The Africa section spans much of the eastern third of the zoo. Leaving the Zoo Farm the Africa section begins with the Old World Monkeys exhibit which is home to black-and-white Colobus monkeys. In this part of the zoo you will also find Southern ground hornbills, lions, Plains zebra, addax, Diana monkeys, chimpanzees, African wild dogs, Greater kudo, and ostrich. In 2017, it became the first accredited zoo in the state of Indiana to house a pair of okapi, a rare forest-dwelling relative of the common giraffe. In 2019, the zoo announced the addition of a Southern white rhinoceros.

Asia
The Potawatomi Zoo is home to numerous species that are native to parts of Asia but these exhibits are spread throughout the zoo rather than being in one section. Near the front gate on the east side of the zoo is the Amur tiger exhibit and the Sichuan takins. In 2014, a red panda and muntjac exhibit was added near the front gate on the western side.

Australian Trail
In the middle of the zoo is the Australian Trail, which allows you to walk among emus, kangaroos, and Bennett's wallabies. This exhibit also includes a yellow-crested cockatoo, laughing kookaburra, and black swans.

Cat House
The zoo's Cat House was its first permanent structure built during the Great Depression as part of the Works Progress Administration. The Cat House includes outdoor exhibits for a snow leopard and Amur leopards. The birth of rare Amur leopard cubs in the summer of 2016 was a big hit.

Learning Center
The Learning Center is located at the front of the zoo. It is home to many smaller creatures and the Zoo's Education department. Animals on exhibit include two-toed sloth, golden lion tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, white-faced saki, red-rumped agouti, three-banded armadillo, ring-tailed lemur, squirrel monkeys, green iguana, banded mongoose, Madagascar hissing cockroach, Texas brown tarantula, Goliath bird eating tarantula, Chilean tarantula, Emperor scorpion, Malaysian scorpion, vinegaroon, as well as various turtles, snakes, geckos, frogs, skinks and other reptiles and amphibians.

The Americas
The western half of the zoo is home to exhibits representing North and South America. A key feature of the Americas section includes the bison yard which is home to four American bison. In 2011, the zoo added a North American river otter exhibit in the Americas section. The otter exhibit utilizes a green roof, the first of its kind to be used on a municipal building in South Bend. The Americas also includes bobcats, red fox, Eastern screech owl, red-tailed hawk, prairie dogs, American alligator, capybara, giant anteaters, blue-and-yellow macaw, green-winged macaw.

Zoo Farm
Pet and feed the animals in the Zoo Farm. Animals at the Zoo Farm include alpacas, goats, sheep, Jersey cow, donkeys, turkeys, chickens, and a pot-bellied pig.
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