3 Palms is a small local zoo in Clayton Delaware, about 15 minutes south of Dover. All animals at 3 Palms are rescues - a combination of injured wildlife, owner surrenders, and other captives that found their way there via rescues, etc.
The zoo has been around a couple of years now and is gradually getting bigger. I believe it started as a fancy gardens place. They started helping rescue local injured birds and then began adding reptiles and mammals when they could afford them and had people with enough experience to help with their care.
They're primarily focused on local education, especially at the child level. Almost all of the domestic species can be fed and/or pet, and they do a lot of visits to schools.
Most of the exhibits are stand-alone with basic fencing. Some of the birds and turtles are now arranged into small exhibits, like the Southeast Asia Aviary and Coastal North America.
Mammals:
Alpaca (1 male)
African Pygmy Goats (4 males)
Foxes (1 male silver, 1 female red)
Groundhog (1 female)
Guinea Pigs
Llamas (1 male, 2 females)
"Mini pigs" (2 males, 1 female)
Mini Sicilian Donkey (1 male)
Rabbits (2 dutch, 1 palomino, etc.)
Raccoon (1 female)
Sheep (2 Katahdin, 1 Romney)
Skunk (1 male)
Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pigs (1 male, 1 female)
Virginia Opossum (1 female?)
Reptiles & Amphibians:
African Side-neck Turtle
American Alligator (1 female)
Cumberland Slider
Diamondback Terrapins
Dumpy Tree Frog
Eastern Box Turtles
Eastern Mud Turtle
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Gray Tree Frog
Green Iguana
Green Tree Frog
Gulf Coast Box Turtle
Ornate Box Turtle
Painted Turtles
Red-eared Sliders (12)
Red-footed Tortoise
Rio-Grande Slider
Russian Tortoise
Snapping Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Sulcata Tortoise
Three-Toed Box Turtle
Yellow-bellied Sliders
Yellow-footed Tortoise
Birds:
African White-faced Whistling Ducks
Aleutian Cackling Goose
Black Sumatra
Burmese Red Junglefowl
Canada Geese (14)
Carolina Wood Ducks
Chickens (many breeds)
Chinese Golden Pheasants
Crow
Domestic Ducks (many breeds)
Domestic Geese (11)
Eastern Screech Owls
Emu (1 female)
Fish Crow
Indian Peacock Pigeons
Lady Amherst Pheasant
Laughing Gulls
Mallards
Mandarin Ducks
Military Macaw (1 female)
Northern Pintails
Northern Shovelers
Peacocks (2 males, 2 females)
Raven
Ringneck Pheasant
Silver Pheasants
Snow Goose
Turkey Vultures (2 males, 1 female)
Wild Turkeys (1 male, 1 female)
The zoo has been around a couple of years now and is gradually getting bigger. I believe it started as a fancy gardens place. They started helping rescue local injured birds and then began adding reptiles and mammals when they could afford them and had people with enough experience to help with their care.
They're primarily focused on local education, especially at the child level. Almost all of the domestic species can be fed and/or pet, and they do a lot of visits to schools.
Most of the exhibits are stand-alone with basic fencing. Some of the birds and turtles are now arranged into small exhibits, like the Southeast Asia Aviary and Coastal North America.
Mammals:
Alpaca (1 male)
African Pygmy Goats (4 males)
Foxes (1 male silver, 1 female red)
Groundhog (1 female)
Guinea Pigs
Llamas (1 male, 2 females)
"Mini pigs" (2 males, 1 female)
Mini Sicilian Donkey (1 male)
Rabbits (2 dutch, 1 palomino, etc.)
Raccoon (1 female)
Sheep (2 Katahdin, 1 Romney)
Skunk (1 male)
Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pigs (1 male, 1 female)
Virginia Opossum (1 female?)
Reptiles & Amphibians:
African Side-neck Turtle
American Alligator (1 female)
Cumberland Slider
Diamondback Terrapins
Dumpy Tree Frog
Eastern Box Turtles
Eastern Mud Turtle
Florida Red-bellied Cooter
Gray Tree Frog
Green Iguana
Green Tree Frog
Gulf Coast Box Turtle
Ornate Box Turtle
Painted Turtles
Red-eared Sliders (12)
Red-footed Tortoise
Rio-Grande Slider
Russian Tortoise
Snapping Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Sulcata Tortoise
Three-Toed Box Turtle
Yellow-bellied Sliders
Yellow-footed Tortoise
Birds:
African White-faced Whistling Ducks
Aleutian Cackling Goose
Black Sumatra
Burmese Red Junglefowl
Canada Geese (14)
Carolina Wood Ducks
Chickens (many breeds)
Chinese Golden Pheasants
Crow
Domestic Ducks (many breeds)
Domestic Geese (11)
Eastern Screech Owls
Emu (1 female)
Fish Crow
Indian Peacock Pigeons
Lady Amherst Pheasant
Laughing Gulls
Mallards
Mandarin Ducks
Military Macaw (1 female)
Northern Pintails
Northern Shovelers
Peacocks (2 males, 2 females)
Raven
Ringneck Pheasant
Silver Pheasants
Snow Goose
Turkey Vultures (2 males, 1 female)
Wild Turkeys (1 male, 1 female)
