…….and now we are Ten!
Welcome to Papanack Park Zoo and our tenth year of being officially open to the public. We would like take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support – we could not have done it without you! If it were not for our faithful ‘regular visitors’, our school groups and day camps, our Junior Zoo Keepers, our Scout and Guide Groups, the passing tourists who only visit once and local visitors who visit several times a year, and Volunteers, we would not be celebrating our tenth anniversary. So, again a big thank you from all the staff and animals that have spent time at Papanack over the years.

Over the years there have been many changes that have taken place over the years. If you take a look at the Map on the center pages you will see an outline of the original area of the zoo. Most of this area is no longer open to the public, but is used as a special zoo for our Junior Zoo Keeper Camp, storage and temporary housing for animals.

Here are a few interesting comparisons that we hope you will find interesting:

that was then……. and this is now……..
1995 2005
Feed Bill:
Vegetables 3650 lbs 20106 lbs
Grain 1300 kgs 4500 kgs
Hay 700 Bales 3600 Bales
Alfalfa Pellets  1400 kgs 5000 kgs
Monkey Chow 100 kgs 1500 kgs
Beef  13000 lbs 52000 lbs
Chicken  2600 lbs 18000 lbs
Miscellaneous:
Area of Zoo  3 Acres 30 Acres
Fencing used  500 feet over 1.5 miles
Cats housed  4 30
Junior Zoo Keepers  13 over 165
Staff  6 over 30
Water  200 litres 12600 litres

 
Over the years we have housed the following creatures of interest:

  • The fastest hoofed animal in the world – the Pronghorn
  • The most aggressive animal in the world – the Wolverine
  • The largest hawk in the world – the Ferruginous Hawk
  • Some of the smallest primates – the White Fronted Marmoset and the Bush Baby
  • The rarest of the large cats – the White Tiger

We have had breeding success with the following animals:

  • Snow Leopards
  • Lynx
  • Foxes
  • Raccoons
  • Timber
  • Wolves
  • White Lions
  • Ducks
  • Pea fowl
  • Deer
  • Arctic Wolves
  • Ring Tailed Lemurs
  • Mongoose Lemurs
  • Black & White Lemurs
  • Coyotes
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Rabbits
  • Chinchillas
  • Gerbils
  • Geese
  • Chickens
  • Donkeys

Some of which are on the Appendix I for endangered species.