Brevard Zoo

This community-built zoo’s mission is ‘Wildlife conservation through education and participation.’ It’s a world-class zoo that serves as a conservation hub where people gather to learn about animals, nature and conservation. In addition to enjoying the wonderful animals in natural habitats, you can add an extraordinary encounter to your visit. You can feed giraffes or exotic birds, take a kayak tour–even kayaking out to mingle with lemurs–or view the zoo from overhead through the spectacular Treetop Trek, an aerial adventure of climbing, zip-lining, and more. There’s even a water play area for young children. The Brevard Zoo is a small zoo that does big things!

Brevard Zoo is a 75-section of land charitable office situated in Melbourne, Florida, United States, that is home to in excess of 900 creatures addressing in excess of 195 species from Florida, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The zoo highlights creature feedings, kayak visits, in the background visits, and a train ride, alongside the fascination Treetop Trek. The zoo has likewise highlighted a dinosaur show a few times from quite a while ago; its latest display “Dinosaurs are Back” ran from November 2017 to April 2018. Brevard Zoo is a charitable association authorize by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

The zoo is partitioned into four circles: Expedition Africa, Lands of Change: Australia and Beyond, Wild Florida, and Rainforest Revealed. These circles are gotten to off of the principal circle that surrounds the flamingo lake.

In 1986, the East Coast Zoological Society of Florida, Inc. (ECZS) framed. One of their objectives was to construct a zoo for Brevard County to “act as a discussion center point where individuals could assemble to find out about creatures and nature. A spot to escape from the artificial world and reconnect with the variety of the existence with which we share this planet.” In 1992, development of the zoo started, with north of 16,000 individuals meeting up to assist with building the zoo. The Brevard Zoo professes to have had “The World’s Largest Volunteer Community Build”. Brevard Zoo praised its excellent opening on March 26, 1994.

A record 328,973 guests went to in 2007. This included 175,046 paid everyday visitors. The others included corresponding individuals from different zoos, and yearly individuals. The zoo has a yearly spending plan of $5 million a large portion of which is procured and not raised through gathering pledges or awards.

In October 2012, one of the southern white rhinos from this zoo was moved to Alabama’s Birmingham Zoo to partake in a rearing system with its two female southern white rhinos.

In 2014, the dark throated screen kicked the bucket. It was given to the zoo when it was two years of age in 2005.

In 2017, the zoo revamped their Australia and Asia shows and resumed them as “Grounds of Change: Australia and Beyond”.

In 2019, the zoo revamped their La Selva shows and resumed then as “Rainforest Revealed”.