Zoological Parks

In our travels we visit Zoological Parks around the world (foreign zoos) and across the USA. We are primarily interested in the primate collection, specifically orangutans. The chart below indicates the type of primates you will see at that zoo. Several of the zoos are documented so you may read about the animals and their environments. Those highlighted in pink are the outstanding zoos in the US while those in yellow I have rated very high. My ratings take into consideration the habitat, stimulation, signage, and keeper/volunteer availability. The top zoos are highlighted in pink!

State City Zoo Primates
Alabama Montgomery Montgomery Zoo chimps, colobus, spider monkeys
Arizona Phoenix Out of Africa lemurs
Arizona Phoenix Phoenix Zoo orangutans, baboons
Arizona Phoenix Wildlife World Zoo white handed gibbon, spider monkeys
Arizona Tuscon Sonora Desert Museum  
Arizona Tuscon Reid Park Zoo mandrills, white-handed gibbons
Arkansas Little Rock Little Rock Zoo
18 species including orangutans, gorillas, chimps, siamangs, gibbons, and other smaller monkeys
California Los Angeles Los Angeles Zoo
4 orangs, chimps, colobus, baboons, spider, gibbons, & howler
California Sacramento Sacramento Zoo  
California San Diego San Diego WildLife Park  
California San Diego San Diego Zoo gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, douc langurs and other smaller primates 
California San Francisco San Francisco Zoo 2 orangs, 6 gorillas, owl faced monkey, langurs, Diana monkeys, howler, liontail, colobus
California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Zoo  
Colorado Colorado Springs Cheyenne Mountain Zoo orangutans, lowland gorillas, lemurs, howler monkeys, gibbons, colobus monkeys, and lion tailed macaques.
Colorado Denver Denver Zoo orangutans, gorillas, lemurs, and slow loris
Colorado Pueblo Pueblo Zoo white handed gibbons
DC Washington National Zoological Park orangutans, gorillas, gibbons, lemurs, howler monkeys
Florida Jacksonville Jacksonville Zoo chimps & siamangs
Florida Melbourne Brevard Zoo  
Florida Miami Miami Metrozoo orangutans
Florida Naples Caribbean Gardens Lemurs, patras monkeys, squirrel monkeys, white handed gibbons, and colobus monkeys
Florida Orlando Disney World Discovery Island  
Florida Orlando Disney World Wild Animal Kingdom gorillas including a 5 day old
Florida Panama City ZooWorld 2 orangutans, madrills, lemurs, siamangs, colobus
Florida Sanford Central Florida Zoo mandrills, spider monkeys, capuchins, howler, siamangs, lemurs
Florida Tampa Lowry Zoo 4 adult orangutans, 2 babies (3/8/2002)
Florida Wauchula Center for Great Apes 14 orangutans, 28 chimps
Florida West Palm Beach Lion Country Safari  
Florida West Palm Beach Palm Beach Zoo howler monkeys, 2 wk baby; tamerins
Georgia Albany Chehaw Park Zoo 2 gibbons
Georgia Atlanta Atlanta Zoo 2 families of gorillas, 7 orangutans + Chantek (2 Bornean ages 8,9); large and interesting habitats; Masai giraffes, African elephants, Sumatran tiger from National Zoo, 2 pandas
Idaho Idaho Falls Tautphaus Zoo DeBrazza monkeys, lemurs
Illinois Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo (free) Lowland gorillas
Illinois Chicago Brookfield Zoo (accepted volunteer rather than membership) Lowland gorillas, madrills, orangutans, spider, colobus, squirrel monkeys
Illinois Moline Niabi Zoo lemurs, white-handed biggons, colobus monkeys
Indiana Indianapolis Indianapolis Zoo baboons
Iowa Des Moines Blank Park Zoo gibbons, lemurs
Iowa Des Moines Great Ape Trust orangutans, bonobos
Illinois Kansas City Kansas City Zoo 5 orangutans (Borean and Sumatran)
Kansas Salina Rolling Hills Wildlife Refuge orangutans, chimps
Kansas Topeka Topeka Zoo orangutans, chimps
Kentucky Louisville Louisville Zoo

orangutans, gorillas, siamangs
Louisiana New Orleans Audobon Zoo 6 orangs, 4 gorillas, Talapoin monkeys, black howler, siamangs, colobus, whitefaced saki, redcapped mangabey
Maryland Baltimore Baltimore Zoo orangutans, gorillas,
Maryland Salisbury Salisbury Zoo spider monkeys
Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota Zoo Snow monkeys only primates
Minnesota St. Paul Como Park Zoo (free) gorillas, orangutans (2 Summatrans – Markisa (’87), Jambu (’85); others – Joy (74)Amanda (76), Carlos (86), Sherman (86)
Mississippi Jackson Jackson 2 orangutans, chimps, variety of monkeys
Missouri Springfield Dickerson Park Zoo gibbons
Missouri Springfield Exotic Paradise Animal Park  
Missouri St Louis St Louis Zoo
3 orangutans, gorillas, 9 chimps, lion tailed macaques, mongoose lemurs, colobus monkeys, Hamadryas Baboons, Dusky leaf Monkey, and tamarins
Nebraska Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo
orangutans, gorillas, lemurs, slow loris
New Jersey Cape May Cape May Park & Zoo howler monkeys, lemurs; lovely savannah with giraffes, zebras, bison
New Mexico Albuquerque Albuquerque Biological Park orangutans, gorillas
New York Buffalo Buffalo Zoo  
New York New York City Bronx Zoo gorillas, gelada baboons
New York Rochester Seneca Park Zoo orangutans
North Carolina Ashboro North Carolina Zoological Park gorillas
North Dakota Minot Roosevelt Park Zoo lemurs, spider monkeys
Ohio Cincinnati Cincinnati Zoo gorillas, colobus monkeys, guenons
Ohio Cleveland Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo 7 orangs -Kyle (12/7/96 male), Kayla & Tiram mom/dad; Chiquita -31, Jonathon (31), Alexandria and Lena (Jonathon's daughter); 3 male silverback gorillas, variety of monkeys
Ohio Cumberland The Wilds Herbivores only
Ohio Toledo Toledo Zoo 5 orangutans (2 male, 3 female; 8-28yrs old); 5 gorillas, 3 40yr old chimps, colobus, DeBrazza, Diane monkeys. Suzy – orang keeper
Oklahoma Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Zoo 9 gorillas + 2 babies; 3 orangutans, chimpanzees
Oregon Portland Metro Washington Park Zoo orangutans – Inji (38 yr), Batik (10 yr), Chang (6 yr)
Pennsylvania Erie Erie Zoo lowland gorillas, grivet & spider monkey
Pennsylvania Hershey Zoo America small but focused zoo
Pennsylvania Norristown Elmwood Zoo grey wolf, bobcat, jaguars, bison
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia Zoo Gorillas, orangutans, lemurs, lion tailed macaques
South Carolina Myrtle Beach Waccatee Zoo

chimpanzee, baboon, capuchins, squirrel monkeys

South Dakota Sioux Falls Great Plains Zoo & Museum Gibbon, spider, colobus, Dianes monkeys
South Dakota Watertown Bramble Park Zoo & Museum Simang, spider, squirrel, capuchin monkeys
Tennessee Memphis Memphis Zoo gorillas, orangutans
Tennessee Nashville Nashville Zoo at Grassmere none
Texas Abiline Abilene Zoological Gardens spider and colobus monkeys
Texas Dallas Dallas Zoo 2 families of gorillas, 8 chimps
Texas Fort Worth Fort Worth Zoo orangutans, gorillas, mandrills, chimps, bonobos, gibbons
Texas San Antonio San Antonio Zoo wolf's guenon, caupchins, brown gibbons
Texas El Paso El Paso Zoo orangutans, siamangs, lion tailed macaques, spider monkeys
Texas Victoria Victoria Zoo none
Utah Salt Lake City Hogle Zoo orangutans, gorillas, howler/spider monkeys, gibbons; baby polar bear; pools of water or water flowing thru habitats
Washington Seattle Woodland Park Zoo orangutans
Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee County Zoo gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, colobus monkeys, spider monkeys, and mandrills

 

FOREIGN ZOOS
Country City Zoo Primates
Belize Belize City

Belize Zoo
howler & spider monkeys
Czech Republic Prague Prague Zoo orangu tans, barbary apes, gorillas
Canada Alberta Dinosauer Provincial Park
Canada Calgary Calgary Zoo 2 orangs, 6 gorillas, spider monkeys
Canada Toronto Toronto Zoo orangutans
England London London Zoo lowland gorillas, red-faced black spider monkeys, white-faced gibbons
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Zoo
Mexico Mexico City Zoo at Chapultepec orangutans, gorillas, chimps, Patras monkeys, siamangs
New Zealand Wellington Wellington Zoo
Romania Bucharest Bucharest Zoo
Spain Madrid Madrid Zoo chimps, baboons, madrills, gorillas
St. Maarten Phillipsburg St. Maarten Neotropical
Switzerland Bern Bern Zoo
Tenerife, Canaries Puerto de la Cruz Loro Parque 5 gorillas, 5 chimps

 

Total number of zoos visited: 96 since 1996


Date Revised: 5/30/09