San Antonio Zoo

A Few Facts About the San Antonio Zoo

• Established in 1914
• The San Antonio Zoo is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
• Open year round
• The Zoo spans 56 acres. Thirty-five acres are public pathways and exhibits
• The Zoo is home to a wide variety of animals representing 750 species
• Received numerous awards for captive propagation – and we participate in over 230 endangered species programs
• Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums with twenty-five plus years of continous accreditation status
• Accredited by the Zoological Association of America
• Acclaimed breeding programs for endangered and threatened species
• The first zoo in the country to breed the endangered whooping cranes
• Visited by nearly 80,000 school children each year
• First to reproduce the endangered white rhinoceros in North America
• The first to hatch and rear Caribbean flamingos
• Successfully bred 53 endangered snow leopards since 1970
• First to build an amphibian conservation center
• 1,000,000 guests annually and growing (60% local; 40% tourist)
• The only zoo in the country to have separate children’s zoo area, Kronkosky’s Tiny Tot Nature Spot, 
  designed for kids 5 and under
• Only zoo in the country to have a senior veterinarian on staff that is double boarded in zoo medicine and
  in reptile and amphibian medicine