Snowleopard's Mammals: A Lifetime List of Species Mammalian and Non-Mammalian

[Komodo Dragon]

Hoping that small felids have a bright future in zoos. They’re a good investment, but don’t appear common. As you’ve demonstrated good exhibits for them can be surprising hard to find. Perhaps soon the tides will shift and trend away from cramped cages for small cats.

 

[carlos55]

In Mexican zoos lions and tigers are often found, as they breed well here. Jaguars are quite common as are both pumas and bobcats.Ocelots and margays are also present in many collections. Of our native felids, the jaguarundi is least exhibited. Some zoos have leopards,but not many. At present no mexican zoo has cheetahs. Chapultepec has a male snow leopard and Leon zoo has an elderly female snow leopard. That is the situation of felids in mexican zoos.

 

[15399]

They’re a good investment

Personally, I'd challenge the notion that they're a "good" investment. Most cats sleep for large parts of the day, and a number of the small cats are notorious for hiding in places where visitors can't see them. In this regard, they're the type of animal that I'd argue makes for a poor exhibit animal, so I can easily see why zoos wouldn't want to invest in them. Most zoos have some of the Panthera species because people expect to see lions and tigers in zoos, but even Panthera I'd say aren't really that great of exhibit animals due to their inactivity and large space requirements. While I'm not saying all zoos should phase out cats from their collection, I do think it's a group that is more common than their behavior, conservation status, and educational potential likely warrants.

 

[snowleopard]

Now that I'm finished with PRIMATES (141 species) and FELINES (28 species), I'm going to roll right into CANINES.

Family Canidae is an interesting one as in the 800-page All the Mammals of the World (2023) there is no inclusion of either Dingos/Dingoes or New Guinea Singing Dogs. Fascinating. One animal that is in that book and the one that I've seen the most is of course the Wolf.

There's been a LOT of different examples of signs for wolves at all the zoos I've visited, and I'll list Red Wolves on another day, but today's post will focus on what I've labeled as Gray Wolf at each zoo. Or in the case of Canadians, we like to spell it in the British style as 'Grey'. There's been plenty of all-white animals with signs for Arctic Wolves, or other names such as Timber Wolves, European Wolves, Eurasian Wolves, Vancouver Island Wolves, Mackenzie Valley Wolves, or Alaskan Wolves, and there's even a full species known as the Eastern Wolf. Would I have seen Eastern Wolves in captivity? A number of the zoos on this list have had signs saying 'Wolf' in a very generic fashion.

Along with having a separate post about Red Wolves (a famously contentious full species), I'm also going to have a separate post about Mexican Wolves (a subspecies of Grey Wolf) simply because they are quite distinct and I've seen them at a fair number of zoos. Perhaps I will then merge my Grey Wolf and Mexican Wolf posts later in the week. Wolves must go by more names than perhaps any other mammal I can think of, with an endless list of subspecies.

Overall, I've seen Grey Wolves in 94 zoos. Generally, wolves do quite well in zoos and much like Cheetahs it's possible to have a spacious chain-link yard that will suffice to keep the animals well-maintained and healthy. Some type of treed area is best, allowing for shade and cover as wolves can be secretive mammals, and it's nice to see some exhibits with rolling terrain and a little bit of height via a raised area.

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 1975
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 1996
3- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 1998
4- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2001
5- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2005
6- Oregon Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2005
7- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2006
8- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2006
9- Denver Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2006
10- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2006
11- Grouse Mountain Wildlife Refuge (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2007
12- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2008
13- Toledo Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2008
14- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2008
15- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2008
16- Zoo Montana (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
17- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
18- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
19- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
20- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
21- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
22- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
23- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
24- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
25- Yellowstone Bear World (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
26- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
27- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
28- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
29- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
30- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
31- Red River Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
32- Pine Grove Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
33- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
34- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
35- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
36- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
37- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
38- Ochsner Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
39- Phillips Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
40- Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
41- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
42- Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
43- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
44- Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
45- Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
46- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
47- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
48- Austin Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
49- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
50- Out of Africa (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
51- Bearizona (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
52- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
53- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2016
54- Wolf Haven (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2016
55- Olympic Game Farm (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2016
56- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
57- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
58- California Wolf Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
59- Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
60- Border City Petting Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
61- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
62- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
63- International Wolf Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
64- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
65- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
66- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
67- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
68- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
69- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
70- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
71- MacKenzie Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
72- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
73- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
74- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
75- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
76- Menominee Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
77- Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
78- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
79- Wildwood Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
80- Zollman Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
81- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Grey Wolf – 2019
82- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Grey Wolf – 2019
83- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Grey Wolf – 2019
84- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
85- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Grey Wolf – 2019
86- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
87- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
88- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Grey Wolf - 2022
89- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Grey Wolf – 2022
90- Boras Zoo (Sweden) – Grey Wolf – 2022
91- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Grey Wolf – 2022
92- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023
93- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023
94- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) has a log cabin viewing area and then a slice of forest for its Grey Wolves. Much like many of the exhibits at this zoo, it's quite remarkable.

For many years, the Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) had at least 5 American Black Bears and several 'Vancouver Island' Wolves all together in a 10-acre habitat that could only properly be seen via a bus tour. This setup ended at least a decade ago. Here's an image of what a small part of that space looked like:

Zoo Montana (USA) has a spacious Grey Wolf exhibit that is lush and green in the summer and then somewhat denuded in the wintertime. Either way, the wolves have a large area to roam.

@Pleistohorse

Yellowstone Bear World (USA) had some white-coloured Grey Wolves in with American Black Bears when I drove through that part of the park in 2014. As long as there is a significant amount of space for both species, the combination of bears and wolves seems to work at many zoos around the world.

Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (USA) has 3 exhibits for Grey Wolves and the setup there is exemplary. There's numerous viewing angles and rotational options for the various packs of wolves.

Some zoo exhibits are far too open for Grey Wolves, such as this one at Red River Zoo (USA):

But, the flipside is that a facility like Como Park Zoo (USA) has Grey Wolves behind chain-link fencing and then after a small strip of meadow it's all forest. Seeing them there is a real challenge and if visitors don't get even a glimpse of a wolf then that becomes a disappointment.

There's not an issue in seeing two all-white Grey Wolves in their cement bunker home at Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) in Wisconsin. The exhibit does stretch farther to the right, but it's pretty poor and I took this image in 2014. My hope is that the two wolves are not still sitting there!

Olympic Game Farm (USA) had an American Black Bear and a Grey Wolf together in this enclosure in 2016:

Even theme parks in America have kept Grey Wolves, such as here in a former Cheetah exhibit at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (USA):

There are a lot of wolf-centric zoos in the United States, probably more than a dozen in total. One of them, the International Wolf Center (USA), has a nice setup for Grey Wolves.

The exhibit there is 1.25 acres in size:

Of course, Pairi Daiza (Belgium) took a mixed-species idea to a whole other level when they opened their British Columbian themed new 'world' a few years ago. I'm not sure what this exhibit looks like now, but at one point there was at least 11 Brown Bears and a bunch of Grey Wolves all together. I'm guessing that the numbers are a bit lower these days, but regardless some of the viewing areas are spectacular.

Both photos via @KevinB

This exhibit houses 'Canadian' Wolves, or 'Mackenzie River' Wolves, or 'Northwestern' Wolves or 'Timber' Wolves, depending on what photo label an individual looks at in the ZooChat gallery for Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany). Perhaps these should be called 'Miner' wolves.

@Animal

I saw a huge pack of Grey Wolves at Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) in a wonderful themed area based on the Province of Manitoba in Canada. The African and North American zones at Osnabruck are arguably the highlights of that zoo, along with the amazing 'Underground Zoo'.

@twilighter

Then there's the 3.7-acre, massive habitat for Grey Wolves at Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark), and when I was there in 2022 the smell was awful as a rotting carcass was sitting out in the open. When I toured Scandinavian zoos that summer, it was quite common for huge chunks of stinking meat to be lying around inside carnivore enclosures.

The newest Grey Wolf exhibit in an American zoo is found at Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA), a brand-new facility that relocated and opened in 2020. They provide homes for rescued animals, but the wolf enclosure is a bit small for something so new.

 

[NNM.]

I know I said I wouldn’t mention Stone Zoo again on this thread, but for this specific animal, I can’t pass up this opportunity.

For all of my grievances for this zoo, their wolf exhibit is legitimately fantastic and the best enclosure from either Zoo New England zoo. Stone Zoo may have several shortcomings, but it’s not a total failure.

 

[15399]

I know I said I wouldn’t mention Stone Zoo again on this thread, but for this specific animal, I can’t pass up this opportunity.

For all of my grievances for this zoo, their wolf exhibit is legitimately fantastic and the best enclosure from either Zoo New England zoo. Stone Zoo may have several shortcomings, but it’s not a total failure.

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While I happen to like Stone Zoo more than you, I definitely agree with your take on this exhibit. Definitely the strongest wolf exhibit I've seen anywhere. It's also home to the critically endangered Mexican grey wolf, which is really great to see.

 

[snowleopard]

I've seen Mexican Wolves, one of the many subspecies of Grey Wolf, in 24 zoos. Exactly half of my sightings occurred in 2008 and 2010, when I toured a lot of big AZA zoos. Also, I've only ever seen this subspecies in American zoos.

1- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
2- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
3- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
4- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
5- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
6- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
7- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
8- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
9- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
10- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
11- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
12- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
13- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2011
14- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2014
15- Endangered Wolf Center (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2014
16- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
17- Living Desert Zoo – New Mexico (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
18- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
19- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
20- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
21- Wolf Haven (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2016
22- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2017
23- California Wolf Center (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2017
24- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2018

Brookfield Zoo (USA) has a much discussed Mexican Wolf exhibit in Wolf Woods, now an adjacent complex to Great Bear Wilderness. Here there is a gorgeous habitat for wolves, along with one-way glass to give the pack some privacy.

Both photos via @geomorph

Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) used to have an old-fashioned, chain-link, water moated exhibit for Mexican Wolves:

@Baldur

Here's a stunning portrait of a Mexican Wolf at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA):

@Arizona Docent

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) has a lushly planted habitat for Mexican Wolves in their Rocky Mountain Wild complex:

You can see a Mexican Wolf in this old bear grotto at El Paso Zoo (USA) in this image from 2010. Since then, the zoo has built a new exhibit for the species.

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) has showcased Mexican Wolves in a dry, extremely hot environment for many years.

@Coelacanth18

Then there's Dakota Zoo (USA), up in the northern region of the country and with significant snowfall each winter. I wonder how the Mexican Wolves adapt to that climate?

The Endangered Wolf Center (USA) had only 5 species when I went there for a tour in 2014 and it's only a half-hour away from Saint Louis Zoo. They had 21 Mexican Wolves just before my visit, but having sent 8 away they were down to a pack of 13 wolves.

It's nice to see Mexican Wolves in a warmer climate, but not in a boring chain-link enclosure, with little in the way of hiding opportunities, such as this one at Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) in New Mexico. Check out the howling wolf statue.

This is a spacious, yet very open exhibit at Wildlife West Nature Park (USA), one of two enclosures for Mexican Wolves at this zoo. Quite often in wolf exhibits it's easy to spot well-worn trails.

In 2016, the San Francisco Zoo (USA) opened a 'new' Mexican Wolf exhibit that was actually repurposed, 80 year-old bear grottoes. Perhaps not ideal for wolves due to the narrowness of the exhibits and the overall size, but a heck of an improvement on the bear accommodation.

California Wolf Center (USA) has a 2.5-acre Mexican Wolf exhibit that can be seen via pre-booked tours. I visited this facility with @Arizona Docent in 2017.

@Arizona Docent

There's a Mexican Wolf in this photo at Saginaw Children's Zoo (USA), which is similar to Fort Wayne Children's Zoo (USA) in that the inclusion of 'Children's' in the name is misleading.

 

[birdsandbats]

I've seen Mexican Wolves, one of the many subspecies of Grey Wolf, in 24 zoos. Exactly half of my sightings occurred in 2008 and 2010, when I toured a lot of big AZA zoos. Also, I've only ever seen this subspecies in American zoos.

1- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
2- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
3- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
4- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
5- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
6- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
7- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
8- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
9- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
10- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
11- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
12- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
13- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2011
14- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2014
15- Endangered Wolf Center (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2014
16- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
17- Living Desert Zoo – New Mexico (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
18- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
19- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
20- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
21- Wolf Haven (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2016
22- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2017
23- California Wolf Center (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2017
24- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2018

Brookfield Zoo (USA) has a much discussed Mexican Wolf exhibit in Wolf Woods, now an adjacent complex to Great Bear Wilderness. Here there is a gorgeous habitat for wolves, along with one-way glass to give the pack some privacy.

Both photos via @geomorph

Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) used to have an old-fashioned, chain-link, water moated exhibit for Mexican Wolves:

@Baldur

Here's a stunning portrait of a Mexican Wolf at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA):

@Arizona Docent

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) has a lushly planted habitat for Mexican Wolves in their Rocky Mountain Wild complex:

You can see a Mexican Wolf in this old bear grotto at El Paso Zoo (USA) in this image from 2010. Since then, the zoo has built a new exhibit for the species.

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) has showcased Mexican Wolves in a dry, extremely hot environment for many years.

@Coelacanth18

Then there's Dakota Zoo (USA), up in the northern region of the country and with significant snowfall each winter. I wonder how the Mexican Wolves adapt to that climate?

The Endangered Wolf Center (USA) had only 5 species when I went there for a tour in 2014 and it's only a half-hour away from Saint Louis Zoo. They had 21 Mexican Wolves just before my visit, but having sent 8 away they were down to a pack of 13 wolves.

It's nice to see Mexican Wolves in a warmer climate, but not in a boring chain-link enclosure, with little in the way of hiding opportunities, such as this one at Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) in New Mexico. Check out the howling wolf statue.

This is a spacious, yet very open exhibit at Wildlife West Nature Park (USA), one of two enclosures for Mexican Wolves at this zoo. Quite often in wolf exhibits it's easy to spot well-worn trails.

In 2016, the San Francisco Zoo (USA) opened a 'new' Mexican Wolf exhibit that was actually repurposed, 80 year-old bear grottoes. Perhaps not ideal for wolves due to the narrowness of the exhibits and the overall size, but a heck of an improvement on the bear accommodation.

California Wolf Center (USA) has a 2.5-acre Mexican Wolf exhibit that can be seen via pre-booked tours. I visited this facility with @Arizona Docent in 2017.

@Arizona Docent

There's a Mexican Wolf in this photo at Saginaw Children's Zoo (USA), which is similar to Fort Wayne Children's Zoo (USA) in that the inclusion of 'Children's' in the name is misleading.

How many total zoos is that for Gray Wolf ("generic" + Mexican)?

 

[Animal]

You used my picture from Hannover from the year the exhibit opened. I prefer a current view:

Part of the wolf exhibit at Zoo Hannover

• Animal
• 13 May 2024

Part of the wolf exhibit at Zoo Hannover

 

[snowleopard]

In exact chronological order, including all 'generic' Grey Wolves and Mexican Wolves, I've seen 'Wolves' at 113 zoos. (Red Wolves will be tomorrow)

Of note, is that 4 zoos had both Grey Wolves and Mexican Wolves.

2014 = 21 zoos
2018 = 23 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 1975
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 1996
3- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 1998
4- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2001
5- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2005
6- Oregon Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2005
7- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2006
8- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2006
9- Denver Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2006
10- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2006
11- Grouse Mountain Wildlife Refuge (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2007
12- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2008
13- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
14- Toledo Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2008
15- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2008
16- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
17- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2008
18- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
19- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
20- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
21- Zoo Montana (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
22- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
23- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
24- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
25- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
26- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
27- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
28- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
29- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
30- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
31- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2011
32- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
33- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
34- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
35- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
36- Yellowstone Bear World (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
37- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
38- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
39- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
40- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2014
41- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
42- Red River Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
43- Pine Grove Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
44- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
45- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
46- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
47- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
48- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
49- Ochsner Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
50- Phillips Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
51- Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
52- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
53- Endangered Wolf Center (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2014
54- Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
55- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
56- Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
57- Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
58- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
59- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
60- Austin Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
61- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
62- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
63- Living Desert Zoo – New Mexico (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
64- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
65- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
66- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
67- Out of Africa (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
68- Bearizona (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
69- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
70- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2016
71- Wolf Haven (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2016
72- Olympic Game Farm (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2016
73- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
74- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2017
75- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
76- California Wolf Center (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2017
77- Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
78- Border City Petting Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
79- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
80- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
81- International Wolf Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
82- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
83- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
84- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2018
85- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
86- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
87- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
88- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
89- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
90- MacKenzie Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
91- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
92- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
93- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
94- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
95- Menominee Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
96- Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
97- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
98- Wildwood Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
99- Zollman Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
100- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Grey Wolf – 2019
101- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Grey Wolf – 2019
102- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Grey Wolf – 2019
103- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
104- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Grey Wolf – 2019
105- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
106- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
107- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Grey Wolf - 2022
108- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Grey Wolf – 2022
109- Boras Zoo (Sweden) – Grey Wolf – 2022
110- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Grey Wolf – 2022
111- Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023
112- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023
113- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023

 

[snowleopard]

When I compiled all my data last year, I separated the wolves into Grey Wolf, Mexican Wolf and Red Wolf, and I also added in the subspecies commonly labeled as Eurasian Wolf, which I've seen at 16 zoos. Other than Red Wolf, a separate species, and Eastern Wolf, also a separate species these days, it's all rather a mute point as basically all the tons of wolf subspecies add up to all being Grey Wolves and I'll update my final Grey Wolf list at the bottom of this post. (I broke down some of my lists into subspecies to essentially force myself to do a heck of a lot more work!)

1- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Mongolian Wolf – 2003
2- Langenberg Wildlife Park (Switzerland) – Eurasian Wolf – 2003
3- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
4- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
5- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
6- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
7- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
8- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
9- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
10- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
11- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
12- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
13- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
14- Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
15- Ree Park Safari (Denmark) – Eurasian Wolf – 2022
16- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Eurasian Wolf – 2022

Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) is like many other zoos in that there's a log cabin in the background for the zoo's Eurasian Wolves. Everywhere in the world, wolves must hang out at log cabins.

One of the favourite zoos of @Pleistohorse, Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) has a well-shaded Eurasian Wolf exhibit.

@16217

GaiaZOO (Netherlands) is an establishment filled with lush, natural-looking exhibits, including this one for Eurasian Wolves:

@Mr Gharial

A spectacular exhibit that must be several acres in size is to be found at Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands). Containing close to a dozen Brown Bears, and a pack of Eurasian Wolves, there's a lengthy wooden boardwalk that bisects the impressive habitat.

@twilighter

@KevinB

@KevinB

An 'Arctic' looking Grey Wolf at Berlin Zoo (Germany) in 2020:

@Dianamonkey

Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) has wolves with a water moat in the foreground:

Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) has a well-shaded exhibit for wolves that has several viewing areas and old-fashioned wooden signs.

@Mr Gharial

The Eurasian Wolf exhibit at Ree Park Safari (Denmark) is enormous:

@NicolaiKA

And, finally, the Eurasian Wolf exhibit at Nordens Ark (Sweden) is ridiculously large. A visitor is basically staring off into a deep Swedish woodland that must be a minimum of 5 acres in size.

I've seen Grey Wolves at a staggering 129 zoos, which far exceeded my expectations. There's still Red Wolves to come in the next post, but when I'm done this epic project then I wonder if there will even be 10 mammal species that I'll have seen more than wolves. Tigers and Lions for sure, Ring-tailed Lemurs are around in massive numbers, and a handful of others, but wolves are incredibly common in zoos everywhere. Also, they can sometimes be found in large numbers, with big packs of animals in some of these facilities, or multiple enclosures for rotational purposes. Will wolves crack the top 10 most common mammals? We shall see...

The 3 years with the most new zoos with wolves:

2014 = 21 zoos
2018 = 23 zoos
2019 = 19 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 1975
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 1996
3- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 1998
4- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2001
5- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Eurasian Wolf – 2003
6- Langenberg Wildlife Park (Switzerland) – Eurasian Wolf – 2003
7- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2005
8- Oregon Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2005
9- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2006
10- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2006
11- Denver Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2006
12- B.C. Wildlife Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2006
13- Grouse Mountain Wildlife Refuge (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2007
14- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2008
15- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
16- Toledo Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2008
17- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2008
18- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
19- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2008
20- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
21- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
22- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2008
23- Zoo Montana (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
24- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
25- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
26- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
27- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
28- Binder Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
29- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
30- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
31- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2010
32- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2010
33- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2011
34- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
35- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
36- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
37- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2012
38- Yellowstone Bear World (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
39- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
40- Bear Country U.S.A. (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
41- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
42- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2014
43- Roosevelt Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
44- Red River Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
45- Pine Grove Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
46- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
47- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
48- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
49- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
50- Lincoln Park Zoo - Wisconsin (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
51- Ochsner Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
52- Phillips Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
53- Wildlife Prairie Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
54- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
55- Endangered Wolf Center (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2014
56- Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
57- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
58- Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2014
59- Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
60- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
61- Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
62- Austin Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
63- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
64- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
65- Living Desert Zoo – New Mexico (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
66- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
67- Wildlife West Nature Park (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
68- Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2015
69- Out of Africa (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
70- Bearizona (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
71- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2015
72- Discovery Wildlife Park (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2016
73- Wolf Haven (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2016
74- Olympic Game Farm (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2016
75- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
76- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2017
77- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2017
78- California Wolf Center (USA) – Grey Wolf & Mexican Wolf – 2017
79- Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
80- Border City Petting Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
81- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
82- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Grey Wolf – 2018
83- International Wolf Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
84- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
85- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
86- Saginaw Children’s Zoo (USA) – Mexican Wolf – 2018
87- Wilderness Trails Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
88- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
89- Indian Creek Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
90- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
91- Summerfield Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
92- MacKenzie Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
93- Animal Gardens Petting Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
94- Jo-Don Farms (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
95- Bear Den Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
96- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
97- Menominee Park Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
98- Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
99- Special Memories Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
100- Wildwood Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
101- Zollman Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2018
102- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
103- Landgoed Hoenderdaell (Netherlands) – Grey Wolf – 2019
104- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Grey Wolf – 2019
105- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Grey Wolf – 2019
106- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
107- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
108- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
109- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
110- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
111- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Grey Wolf – 2019
112- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
113- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
114- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
115- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
116- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
117- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Grey Wolf – 2019
118- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
119- Nordhorn Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
120- Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
121- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Grey Wolf – 2022
122- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Grey Wolf – 2022
123- Ree Park Safari (Denmark) – Eurasian Wolf – 2022
124- Boras Zoo (Sweden) – Grey Wolf – 2022
125- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Eurasian Wolf – 2022
126- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Grey Wolf – 2022
127- Wildlife Images Rehab. and Education Center (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023
128- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023
129- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Grey Wolf – 2023

 

[TeaLovingDave]

1- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Eurasian Wolf – 2003

These were Mongolian Wolf, which are highly distinct at a genetic level and hence worth keeping a note of - sadly Zurich sent their group away last year, so I missed this taxon during my first visit a few days ago!

9- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019
10- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019

These two will have been generic zoomix wolves when you saw them - with North American and domestic blood in the mix! I think you've possibly counted a few other zoomix as Eurasian too, but as I'm currently on a train in Austria I can't double-check right now

 

[PossumRoach]

3- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Eurasian Wolf – 2019

I thought Artis has Mackenzie Valley wolf.

 

[birdsandbats]

I have never seen a zoo more devoted to wolves than DeYoung Family Zoo - kind of ironic considering they market themselves as "The Home of the Big Cats. They devote a massive amount of species to three different Gray Wolf subspecies: MacKenzie Valley Wolves, "Tundra Wolves" and Timber Wolves (aka Gray x Eastern hybrids).

Depending on how you define Gray Wolf, they way also keep two other subspecies well, considering they also have Dingo and New Guinea Singing Dog.

 

[snowleopard]

I've seen Red Wolves at 22 zoos, which again was a surprisingly high number. All of those zoos were between 2005 and 2015, an astonishing period where I saw a lot of Red Wolves. According to Zootierliste, there's none in any European collections and only 4 European zoos (Bremen, Cologne, Halle, London) have ever even kept the species.

I already posted my total of 129 zoos with wolves, and adding 20 of them below (because both Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo and Endangered Wolf Center were already counted with their Grey Wolves), gives me a running total of 149 zoos with some kind of wolf.

1- Point Defiance Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2005
2- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – Red Wolf – 2008
3- Knoxville Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2008
4- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2008
5- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2008
6- Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Red Wolf – 2008
7- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2010
8- North Carolina Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2010
9- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2011
10- Great Plains Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2012
11- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Red Wolf – 2012
12- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2012
13- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2012
14- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Red Wolf – 2012
15- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2012
16- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2014
17- Niabi Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2014
18- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf, – 2014
19- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2014
20- Endangered Wolf Center (USA) – Red Wolf – 2014
21- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2015
22- The Texas Zoo (USA) – Red Wolf – 2015

The first time I ever came across Red Wolves was at Point Defiance Zoo (USA) in 2005 and in 2010 the zoo opened a pair of brand-new exhibits called Red Wolf Woods.

@Northwest_FIsh_Keeping

Point Defiance Zoo has done more for Red Wolf conservation than perhaps any other facility in the world, with a large off-show breeding center at their 'sister park' Northwest Trek. At Point Defiance Zoo, there is a large wall display highlighting the work the zoo has done for this rare species.

Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had Red Wolves when I was there in 2008:

North Carolina Zoo (USA) is a zoo brimming with excellent exhibits, including one for Red Wolves:

@Coelacanth18

Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) has a Red Wolf exhibit over by the zoo's Reptile House. It's a decent wolf enclosure, but one flaw is that all the viewing angles see visitors peer down on the animals.

@African Grey

@Coelacanth18

A long, raised boardwalk again sees visitors look down at Red Wolves, this time at Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA) in an exhibit much shadier than the Fresno example.

Here's a Red Wolf in the snow at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA). The specimen in this photo looks a bit like a Coyote.

Both photos via @BeardsleyZooFan

ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) has long had Red Wolves in their Florida loop:

@SwampDonkey

Back in 2012, Jackson Zoo (USA) had Red Wolves in an old Cheetah enclosure. Now this exhibit sits empty, the zoo has lost its AZA accreditation, and the facility is barely able to keep its head above water and stay afloat.

Red Wolves do well at Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA):

Big, lush, chain-link yards don't offer up the best viewing of Red Wolves, but they are fantastic enclosures for hiding opportunities. I took this photo at Niabi Zoo (USA) a decade ago:

Red Wolf exhibit at Miller Park Zoo (USA) in 2014:

Red Wolf exhibit at Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) the same year:

There's a theme of spacious chain-link yards for Red Wolves. This one is at the Endangered Wolf Center (USA) in 2014:

Alexandria Zoo (USA) in 2015:

 

[snowleopard]

Neither are included as full species in the publication All the Mammals of the World (2023), which is what I've been using as a broad guideline, but I've seen Dingoes (or Dingos) and New Guinea Singing Dogs quite a few times in my zoo-touring life. I figure that it would be of interest to include them here, but I guess I won't count them in my final Canidae totals. I've never seen either of these mammals in a European collection.

I've seen Dingoes at 5 zoos and possibly a couple more from when I lived near Perth from 1986-1988.

1- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Dingo – 2007
2- Cleland Wildlife Park (Australia) – Dingo – 2007
3- Healesville Sanctuary (Australia) – Dingo – 2007
4- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (USA) – Dingo – 2010
5- Toledo Zoo (USA) – Dingo – 2018

As for New Guinea Singing Dogs, I've seen them at 17 zoos:

1- San Diego Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2008
2- Zoo Miami (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2008
3- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – New Guinea – 2010
4- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2011
5- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2012
6- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2012
7- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2012
8- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2014
9- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2014
10- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2014
11- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2015
12- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2015
13- Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2017
14- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018
15- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018
16- Columbian Park Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018
17- Animal Haven Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018

Here's a Dingo at Taronga Zoo (Australia). There's still some scientists that argue about this mammal being a full species.

@WhistlingKite24

I saw Dingoes at Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (USA) in 2010, which at the time was a revelation as they were probably the only ones in America at that time.

Toledo Zoo (USA) had Dingoes when I was there in 2018:

New Guinea Singing Dogs have been much more common in zoos in comparison to Dingoes.

Back in 2008, this was an exhibit for New Guinea Singing Dogs at San Diego Zoo (USA):

Zoo Miami (USA) in 2008:

ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) had a smallish enclosure for New Guinea Singing Dogs in 2012 that included some interesting wooden platforms.

Kansas City Zoo (USA), during a keeper presentation:

Palm Beach Zoo (USA) had a small enclosure for New Guinea Singing Dogs in 2012. This is one of 3 Florida zoos where I've seen these mammals.

Just last year, I saw a New Guinea Singing Dog in a big, barren enclosure at Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA). This zoo also held these dogs when I was first there in 2011.

Here's a small, crappy, chain-link cage for New Guinea Singing Dogs (with a tire in the middle!!) at Animal Haven Zoo (USA). Nasty!

This enclosure is possibly even smaller at Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA):

Equally shoddy is this cage for New Guinea Singing Dogs at GarLyn Zoo (USA):

Even though there is a blank piece of wood on this cage, it was definitely the enclosure for a New Guinea Singing Dog at Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA):

So many of these enclosures are pitifully small for active mammals. Roadside American junk. Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) had two New Guinea Singing Dogs in this puny homemade 'exhibit':

And here's a cement bunker that's maybe 12 feet wide for a New Guinea Singing Dog at G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) in 2015:

Another privately-owned American zoo, another ghastly little cage for a New Guinea Singing Dog. This one is at Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) in 2014 and the sign is almost as wide as the entire cage!!!

 

[MGolka]

It seems Kansas City went for a long stretch with Dingo, then Singing Dog, and now is back to Dingo. The zoo had Dingo on my first visit way back in 1995, but then as you note, had singing dog in the late 2000s. On my last couple visits in 2020, 2022, and 2023, they are back to Dingo.

 

[birdsandbats]

Neither are included as full species in the publication All the Mammals of the World (2023), which is what I've been using as a broad guideline, but I've seen Dingoes (or Dingos) and New Guinea Singing Dogs quite a few times in my zoo-touring life. I figure that it would be of interest to include them here, but I guess I won't count them in my final Canidae totals. I've never seen either of these mammals in a European collection.

I've seen Dingoes at 5 zoos and possibly a couple more from when I lived near Perth from 1986-1988.

1- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Dingo – 2007
2- Cleland Wildlife Park (Australia) – Dingo – 2007
3- Healesville Sanctuary (Australia) – Dingo – 2007
4- Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (USA) – Dingo – 2010
5- Toledo Zoo (USA) – Dingo – 2018

As for New Guinea Singing Dogs, I've seen them at 17 zoos:

1- San Diego Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2008
2- Zoo Miami (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2008
3- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – New Guinea – 2010
4- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2011
5- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2012
6- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2012
7- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2012
8- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2014
9- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2014
10- Miller Park Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2014
11- G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2015
12- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2015
13- Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2017
14- Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018
15- GarLyn Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018
16- Columbian Park Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018
17- Animal Haven Zoo (USA) – New Guinea Singing Dog – 2018

Here's a Dingo at Taronga Zoo (Australia). There's still some scientists that argue about this mammal being a full species.

@WhistlingKite24

I saw Dingoes at Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo (USA) in 2010, which at the time was a revelation as they were probably the only ones in America at that time.

Toledo Zoo (USA) had Dingoes when I was there in 2018:

New Guinea Singing Dogs have been much more common in zoos in comparison to Dingoes.

Back in 2008, this was an exhibit for New Guinea Singing Dogs at San Diego Zoo (USA):

Zoo Miami (USA) in 2008:

ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) had a smallish enclosure for New Guinea Singing Dogs in 2012 that included some interesting wooden platforms.

Kansas City Zoo (USA), during a keeper presentation:

Palm Beach Zoo (USA) had a small enclosure for New Guinea Singing Dogs in 2012. This is one of 3 Florida zoos where I've seen these mammals.

Just last year, I saw a New Guinea Singing Dog in a big, barren enclosure at Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA). This zoo also held these dogs when I was first there in 2011.

Here's a small, crappy, chain-link cage for New Guinea Singing Dogs (with a tire in the middle!!) at Animal Haven Zoo (USA). Nasty!

This enclosure is possibly even smaller at Wilderness Walk Zoo (USA):

Equally shoddy is this cage for New Guinea Singing Dogs at GarLyn Zoo (USA):

Even though there is a blank piece of wood on this cage, it was definitely the enclosure for a New Guinea Singing Dog at Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary (USA):

So many of these enclosures are pitifully small for active mammals. Roadside American junk. Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) had two New Guinea Singing Dogs in this puny homemade 'exhibit':

And here's a cement bunker that's maybe 12 feet wide for a New Guinea Singing Dog at G W Exotic Animal Park (USA) in 2015:

Another privately-owned American zoo, another ghastly little cage for a New Guinea Singing Dog. This one is at Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) in 2014 and the sign is almost as wide as the entire cage!!!

I doubt those ones at Fort Wayne were the only ones in the US. Dingoes are present in the private trade here (though less common than NGSD) and I've seen them at several roadside places (including DeYoung, when I thought you would have seen them).

 

[snowleopard]

They are not technically wolves or foxes, but I've seen Maned Wolves in 38 zoos. These long-legged mammals are fascinating to have in zoos as quite often it's possible to smell them before seeing them. They are stinky beasts!

1- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Maned Wolf – 1987
2- Denver Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2006
3- Melbourne Zoo (Australia) – Maned Wolf – 2007
4- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2008
5- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2008
6- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2008
7- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2008
8- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
9- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
10- Louisville Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
11- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
12- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
13- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
14- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
15- Houston Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2010
16- John Ball Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2012
17- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2012
18- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2012
19- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2012
20- Sunset Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2012
21- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2012
22- Endangered Wolf Center (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2014
23- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2014
24- Pueblo Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2014
25- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2015
26- Abilene Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2015
27- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2015
28- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Maned Wolf – 2017
29- Lille Zoo (France) – Maned Wolf – 2019
30- Maubeuge Zoo (France) – Maned Wolf – 2019
31- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Maned Wolf – 2019
32- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Maned Wolf – 2019
33- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Maned Wolf – 2019
34- Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (Netherlands) – Maned Wolf – 2019
35- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Maned Wolf – 2019
36- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Maned Wolf– 2019
37- Parken Zoo (Sweden) – Maned Wolf – 2022
38- Nordens Ark (Sweden) – Maned Wolf – 2022

Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had Wild Dog Drive when I was there in 2008, with several canine species including Maned Wolves:

Maned Wolves and Giant Anteaters were in a mixed-species exhibit at Phoenix Zoo (USA) for many years. Here's a photo from 2011:

Los Angeles Zoo (USA) has maintained Maned Wolves in their collection for a long time, although the current exhibit is not very impressive.

@Julio C Castro

@Green_mamba

Large, chain-link grassy yards are a typical Maned Wolf style exhibit at some places, such as at Louisville Zoo (USA) in 2010:

One imagines Maned Wolves being surrounded by tall pampas grass in the wild, but that was certainly not the case at Montgomery Zoo (USA) in 2010:

This spacious yard had Maned Wolves and Giant Anteaters together at Audubon Zoo (USA) in 2010:

I was shocked to see the Maned Wolf exhibit at John Ball Zoo (USA) when I was first there in 2012. It was more like a Snow Leopard enclosure! The small rocky island on the left was home to Saki Monkeys at that time, and you can see a Maned Wolf scaling the heights in its bizarre cage on the right.

@MountainBongo

Sunset Zoo (USA) is yet another zoo that combines Maned Wolves and Giant Anteaters together in the same exhibit. That combination obviously works.

Most of the exhibits at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) are very basic, functional enclosures. Here's one for Maned Wolves:

@MGolka

Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) has had Maned Wolves for years. It's surprising to see just how flat many of these enclosures are, with no rolling terrain anywhere.

Here's a Maned Wolf at Alexandria Zoo (USA), with lots of thin trees in the exhibit:

San Diego Zoo (USA) has a Maned Wolf exhibit that has curious fencing that slopes inwards:

@pachyderm pro

I have only visited two zoos in France but both had Maned Wolves. Lille Zoo (France) combined Maned Wolves, Lowland Tapirs and Capybaras all together in a spacious yard.

And at Maubeuge Zoo (France), Maned Wolves had minimal electric fencing that separated them from a pool full of turtles.

Another European zoo with Maned Wolves, another excellent exhibit. This one is at Aachener Zoo (Germany):

Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) has an exhibit for Maned Wolves:

Predictably, a Swedish zoo has a massive Maned Wolf exhibit that contains a small lake in the middle. Parken Zoo (Sweden):

And Nordens Ark (Sweden) is just as impressive, with their Maned Wolf exhibit containing a meadow section and a forested area. It is one of very few zoos I've visited where there is a glass viewing area to see Maned Wolves. You can see two people watching a wolf in my 2022 photo:

Canidae:

Grey Wolves - 129 zoos
Maned Wolves - 38 zoos
Red Wolves - 22 zoos

AND...

Not included as part of my Canidae list, but interesting to track nonetheless:

New Guinea Singing Dogs - 17 zoos
Dingoes - 5 zoos

 

[NNM.]

San Diego Zoo (USA) has a Maned Wolf exhibit that has curious fencing that slopes inwards:

I must ask where you saw this. Something frustrating about my visit to San Diego Zoo is that despite traversing the entire zoo, I was somehow just unable to locate certain animals, specifically in the Asian Passage, and this is one of them. Or maybe I'm just an idiot.