Alameda Park Zoo

Alameda Park Zoo
Zoo sign on White Sands Blvd
Entrance gate and entrance bridge over the duck pond
32°54′05″N 105°57′40″W / 32.9015°N 105.9610°W / 32.9015; -105.9610
Date opened1898
LocationWhite Sands Blvd at 10th Street, Alamogordo, New Mexico United States
Land area13 acres (5.3 ha)
No. of animals265
No. of species90
Annual visitors60,000
Websiteci.alamogordo.nm.us/coa/communityservices/zoo.htm

Alameda Park Zoo, located in Alamogordo, New Mexico, was founded in 1898 and claims to be the oldest zoo in the Southwestern United States. It participates in the Species Survival Plan for the Mexican wolf.

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