American Zoos that ONLY have American animals

[Daktari JG]

Springs Preserve features exotics in it's bird show.
If ever you are in Ls Vegas and wish to add a species you've most likely never seen- Corn Creek has an aquaria where you can see Pahrump Killifish -which is extinct in its natural habitat. It occurs in the ponds at Corn Creek but I've been there at least a dozen times and never seen one in the ponds.

 

[Arizona Docent]

Ok half the facilities I listed are incorrect. I think I am going to give up now.

 

[birdsandbats]

Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin (Wisconsin)

 

[Zooplantman]

A small and extremely local collection:
- Perkins Wildlife Center (Cleveland Museum of Natural History)

 

[15399]

The Ecotarium in Worcester, MA
ECHO Leahy Science Center in Burlington, VT

 

[birdsandbats]

Here is one very small and very local collection I forgot about:

Mosquito Hill Nature Center (Wisconsin)

It is for the most part a nature preserve, but has a building with some terrariums in it.

 

[birdsandbats]

Here is a list of all the facilities currently on this thread:

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Arizona)
Northwest Trek (Washington)
Albuquerque Aquarium (New Mexico)
Wildlife West (New Mexico)
California Wolf Center (California)
California Living Museum (California)
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (New Mexico)
Spring River Park Zoo (New Mexico)
Bearizona (Arizona)
Grizzly Wolf Discovery Center (Montana)
North American Bear Center (Minnesota)
International Wolf Center (Minnesota)
Oregon Coast Aquarium (Oregon)
Texas Aquarium (Texas)
North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoake Island (North Carolina)
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores (North Carolina)
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (North Carolina)
North Carolina Aquarium at Jennette's Pier (North Carolina)
Hersheypark Zoo America (Pennsylvania)
Wildlife Prairie Park (Illinois)
Navajo Nation Zoo and Botanical Park (Arizona)
Lone Elk Park (Missouri)
Wildwood Zoo (Wisconsin)
Heckrodt Wetland Reserve Nature Center (Wisconsin)
Cabela's of Green Bay (Wisconsin)
MacKenzie Center (Wisconsin)
Gabbert Raptor Center (Minnesota)
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium (Iowa)
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (Alaska)
Alaska Sealife Center (Alaska)
Trailside Zoo (New York)
Squam Lake (New Hampshire)
New York State Zoo at Thompson Park (New York)
Maine Wildlife Park (Maine)
Maine State Aquarium (Maine)
Woods Hole Science Aquarium (Maine)
UGA Aquarium (Georgia)
Oatland Island Wildlife Center (Georgia)
High Desert Museum (Oregon)
Boonshoft Museum (Ohio)
Brookgreen Gardens (South Carolina)
Cosley Zoo (Illinois)
Hutchinson Zoo (Kansas)
Lee Simmons Wildlife Park (Nebraska)
Museum of Science (Massachusetts)
Queens Zoo (New York)
Virginia Living Museum (Virginia)
WNC Nature Center (North Carolina)
Maymont (Virginia)
Delmarva Discovery Center (Maryland)
Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin (Wisconsin)
Perkins Wildlife Center (Ohio)
The Ecotarium (Massachusetts)
ECHO Leahy Science Center (Vermont)
Mosquito Hill Nature Center (Wisconsin)

 

[birdsandbats]

Wildwood Zoo no longer meets the criteria for this thread as they recently added Annam Stick Insects to their collection. What a strange animal to be your only non-North American species!

 

[TinoPup]

A few of these no longer meet the criteria, especially if you include BTS animals. Completely forgot about this thread!

 

[birdsandbats]

I think ASDM has a Eurasian Eagle-Owl, too.

 

[SusScrofa]

Even the small nature centers and sanctuaries here in Florida often have at least one non-native species, like Yellow-headed Amazons (though since this is Florida we're talking about, there's probably a self-sustaining feral population as we speak).

 

[Adventuredl]

Last time I went to Bearizona they had a Burmese python on display, it’s been a few years though.

This listed has to be redone, with half the entries purged.

 

[Pleistohorse]

I believe Grandfather Mountain Park in North Carolina and Charles Town Landing in South Carolina may qualify….(Charles Town Landing does have Domestic Guinea Pigs as ambassador animals).

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History houses a small collection of native Ohio Wildlife.

 

[Corangurilla]

Last time I went to Bearizona they had a Burmese python on display, it’s been a few years though.

This listed has to be redone, with half the entries purged.

They’ve also got a Fennec Fox, African Crested Porcupine, Three-Banded Armadillo, and a variety of birds from Crowned Cranes to Hornbills to Turacos.

 

[Pleistohorse]

Whoops, seems you have the Perkins Wildlife Center in Cleveland already on your list. Consider instead the Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Milton, Massachusetts.

 

[birdsandbats]

Even the small nature centers and sanctuaries here in Florida often have at least one non-native species, like Yellow-headed Amazons (though since this is Florida we're talking about, there's probably a self-sustaining feral population as we speak).

Last time I went to Bearizona they had a Burmese python on display, it’s been a few years though.

This listed has to be redone, with half the entries purged.

I would say both Yellow-headed Amazon and Burmese Python probably qualify as both have introduced populations in the US.

 

[Persephone]

The Tallahassee Museum has one dedicated exhibit for (usually) non-native species but is otherwise all Florida natives. It doesn’t strictly count but fits in spirit.

 

[SwampDonkey]

I think ASDM has a Eurasian Eagle-Owl, too.

They do, I think they had a Facebook post with them last week.

 

[Smaggledagle]

Wildwood Zoo no longer meets the criteria for this thread as they recently added Annam Stick Insects to their collection. What a strange animal to be your only non-North American species!

Uhh if you wanna be specific, they actually lost that title in June 2021 when they acquired 5 rabbits of various breeds, all of which come from Europe.

 

[birdsandbats]

Uhh if you wanna be specific, they actually lost that title in June 2021 when they acquired 5 rabbits of various breeds, all of which come from Europe.

Domestic Rabbits are an introduced species in the US though.