Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo Full Species List

[birdsandbats]

Date of visit: September 4 2022

Children's Petting Zoo
1. Painted Turtle
2. Llama
3. Domestic Sheep
4. Domestic Goat
5. Domestic Cow
6. African Spurred Tortoise (walk-through)

Main Zoo
1. Duck Pond: Black Swan, Indian Peafowl, Domestic Mallard, Domestic Graylag Goose
2. Ring-tailed Lemur
3. Patagonian Cavy
4. South American Coati
5. African Crested Porcupine
6. Red Fox
7. Dromedary
8. Zedonk, Domestic Donkey, Domestic Horse
9. Yellow-headed Amazon, Yellow-crowned Amazon, Common Quail
10. Red Kangaroo

 

[birdsandbats]

Update:

Date of Visit: August 14 2025

Children's Petting Zoo
1. American Alligator
2. Painted Turtle
3. African Spurred Tortoise
4. Alpaca
5. Domestic Cow
6. Domestic Goat
7. Domestic Rabbit
8. Domestic Goat

Main Zoo
1. Domestic Chicken
2. African Spurred Tortoise
3. Duck Pond: Domestic Graylag Goose, Domestic Mallard, Domestic Horse
4. Ring-tailed Lemur
5. Patagonian Cavy
6. African Crested Porcupine
7. Red Fox
8. Black-tailed Prairie Dog
9. Nilgai
10. South American Coati
11. Domestic Donkey, Zedonk
12. Yellow-headed Amazon, Yellow-crowned Amazon, Common Quail
13. Red Kangaroo

 

[DavidBrown]

How does an alligator in a petting zoo work?

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

How does an alligator in a petting zoo work?

Maybe it's a baby Alligator? Even if it's not, presumably it has its mouth taped shut.

 

[birdsandbats]

It's a baby alligator. It doesn't have its mouth taped shut. It's a terrible idea and I don't understand why they do it or how they get away with it.

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

It's a baby alligator. It doesn't have its mouth taped shut. It's a terrible idea and I don't understand why they do it or how they get away with it.

Yikes, even babies are capable of taking fingers off.