The Zoo In Forest Park

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The Zoo In Forest Park and Education Center is a nonprofit zoo situated in Forest Park located in Springfield, Massachusetts. It spans over an area of four acres and is home to a variety of exotic, native, and endangered species.

Animals[]

Animals residing at the Zoo In Forest Park and Education Center include :

• African bullfrog
• African common toad
• African leopard
• African pygmy hedgehog
• Alpaca
• American alligator
• American beaver
• Anglo-Nubian goat
• Argentine black and white tegu
• Axolotl
• Bald eagle
• Ball python
• Barred owl
• Bennett's wallaby
• Black-capped capuchin
• Black-handed spider monkey
• Blue-and-yellow macaw
• Blue-tongued skink
• Boa constrictor
• Bobcat
• California kingsnake
• Catalina macaw
• Central bearded dragon
• Chinese water dragon
• Chukar partridge
• Common degu
• Common raven
• Corn snake
• Cottontail rabbit
• Coyote
• Dromedary camel
• Dumeril's boa
• Emu
• Ferret
• Flemish giant rabbit
• Gray fox
• Green iguana
• Grey parrot
• Goliath birdeater
• Groundhog
• Huarizo
• Indian peafowl
• Leghorn chicken
• Llama
• Long-tailed chinchilla
• Madagascar hissing cockroach
• Donkey
• Miniature horse
• Miniature rex rabbit
• Moluccan cockatoo
• North American porcupine
• Narragansett Turkey
• Painted turtle
• Pekin duck
• Poitou donkey
• Raccoon
• Red-and-green macaw
• Red-eared slider
• Red-footed tortoise
• Red-tailed hawk
• Red fox
• Rhode Island red chicken
• Ring-tailed lemur
• Russian tortoise
• Scarlet macaw
• Serval
• Severe macaw
• Short-tailed opossum
• Sika deer
• Silkie chicken
• Six-banded armadillo
• Snowy owl
• Southdown sheep
• Striped skunk
• Sulcata tortoise
• Sulphur-crested cockatoo
• Swedish blue duck
• Umbrella cockatoo
• Virginia opossum
• West African dwarf goat
• White-necked raven
• White's tree frog
• Wolf
• Yellow-bellied slider

Adopt an Animal[]

The Zoo offers the opportunity to become even closer to the animals and assist in supporting the cost of their food and care. Any individual or group can adopt an animal; singles, couples, families, school classes, office staff, clubs, businesses, sports teams, colleges, and community organizations. Most animals are adopted by more than one person or group.

See also[]

Forest Park (Springfield, Massachusetts)

External links[]

• Zoo Website

References[]