Greenville Zoo

Greenville Zoo and its collection

Greenville Zoo, opened in 1960, is a zoo in Greenville, United States.

History

The city council gave approval in 1957 and building work began in 1960, with an early collection made up largely of local wildlife: bears, deer, a bobcat, foxes, ducks and prairie dogs. A domed monkey house dates from 1962 and arrived with 26 colobus. Work in the late 1960s brought fencing, paved paths and a chimpanzee house.

Exhibits

The first giraffe calf here, Kiko, was born in October 2012 to Autumn, a Masai giraffe on breeding loan from Franklin Park Zoo.

What the venue says

• The zoo offers on-site food service options and concessions
• Two free parking lots are located directly across from the zoo entrance. Additional parking is provided for special events.
• handicap accessibility to all of its primary animal exhibits, indoor spaces like the reptile house, and main restroom facilities