Apr. 2013 - Childrens Zoo - Jacob Sheep Indoor Pen

In Blakely\'s Barn

The zoo's Spaulding Children's Zoo opened up in June 1985. The 55,000 square foot area is full of habitats that are designed to get zoo visitors up close and personal with each species displayed. The Children's Zoo includes a walk-through penguin exhibit, a baby animal nursery, petting zoo, barnyard, and a playground. Lucy, a bearcat in the nursery, is taken to each Cincinnati Bearcat Football home game to be a mascot for the cities own team.

-Penguin Walkabout: African Penguin, Little Penguin.
-Nursery: Aardvark (Padmae), Bennett's Wallaby (Don, Jazz, Rocko, Tom), Bearcat (Lucy), Parma Wallaby (Adams).
-Petting Zoo: Baby Doll Sheep, Nigerian Dwarf Goat.
-Blakely's Barnyard: Jacob Sheep, Dexter Cattle, Miniature Cattle, Nigerian Dwarf Goat, Llama, Miniature Donkey, Alpaca.
-Other Animals: Southern Three-banded Armadillo, Homing Pigeon, Radiated Tortoise, Red-footed Tortoise, Gopher Tortoise, Domestic Chicken, Red Junglefowl.