Great Plains Zoo Full Tour - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The Great Plains Zoo is a 45-acre (18 ha) zoo and former museum located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Prior to its closure, the Delbridge Museum of Natural History displayed 150 mounted animals, including 38 "vanishing species". The Great Plains Zoo is owned and operated through a partnership between the City of Sioux Falls and the Zoological Society. The City of Sioux Falls owns the infrastructure, land, and all assets associated with the Zoo and Museum and maintains the grounds. The Zoological Society of Sioux Falls, a non-profit, operates the facility, manages the animal collection, and maintains the grounds within the exhibit. The mid-sized Great Plains Zoo was awarded the "Quarter Century Award" by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in 2016, marking 25 years of continuous accreditation.

Master Plan Exhibits

Asian Cats
The Asian Cat exhibit was renovated in 2008 and includes panoramic views of Amur Tigers, Snow Leopards. Pallas Cats

Hyvee Face-to-Face Farm
In 2009, the former Children's Zoo was rebuilt into the Hy-Vee Face-to-Face Farm. This area features rare breeds of livestock, including San Clemente Island goats, African Pygmy goats, Nigerian Dwarf goats, Alpacas, Jacob's sheep and several breeds of Chicken.

Rare Rhinos of Africa
The Great Plains Zoo created a new exhibit for a pair of Eastern black rhinoceros in 2010. Rare Rhinos of Africa, as it's called, provided a new habitat and breeding facility for the zoo's rhinos.

Japanese Macaques
In 2013, the zoo opened a Japanese Macaque exhibit with a renovation of the zoo's entrance, educational facilities and Chilean Flamingo exhibit. The Snow monkey exhibit features 180-degree views from covered shelters, and two water features that the Macaques have access to. In 2015, the Great Plains Zoo received Top-Honors in exhibit design for their Japanese Macaque exhibit. The zoo is, as of 2015, one of 13 zoos in the United States to care for Snow monkeys.

Fortress of the Bears
In 2018, the zoo renovated the Bear Canyon habitat, one of its oldest and most popular exhibits. This exhibit is Southeastern-Alaska themed, as that is where the largest concentration of Grizzly Bears in North America exists.

Walkabout Australia
In 2019, the zoo renovated several yards on its eastern and southeastern perimeter into an Australian-themed exhibit, providing renovated homes to Red and Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Bennett's Wallabies, and emus, and brings New Guinea singing dogs, Bactrian Camels, sheep in a station-themed petting enclosure, and several species of Australian birds.
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