Welcome to our Refuge for Exotic Animals
Our mission is to provide a permanent, safe and comfortable environment for all displaced exotic species.
Park Hours
We are open
364/365 days of the year!
Monday - Friday
Noon - 4:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
*Weather Permitting
CALL 775-677-1101
Closed Christmas 12.25
Hidden in the Hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains you can find Exotic and Endangered Animals.
Home to the Barbary Lion; Leo, and Ceasar & Crystal the white tigers. Sierra Nevada Zoological Park has a vast variety of animals; lions, tigers, and baboons, oh my!
We are on a very important mission here at Sierra Nevada Zoological Park, to provide a forever home to exotic animal species that have been displaced. While providing care to the beloved animals that have been placed with us, we also strive to bring top-quality educational and enriching experiences to all our visitors.
Our mission requires continual support from our community, especially in the winter months when we have fewer visitors.
After 30 years of operation, we are facing continual costly upgrades and maintenance, that will require a great deal of work and your help!
We feed out roughly 160 pounds of meat to our carnivores daily, and about the same in fresh produce every day. This does not include the hay and feed for the petting zoo animals. Specialized supplements for the big cats and primates also add up every month.
It is a big job that we love to do, but we cannot do it alone. Every contribution counts!
Can you help us reach our goals?
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Non Profit Organizations rely heavily on the support of the community and continuous donors.
Without your support, keeping the animals safe, fed, cared for, and enriched would not be possible.
This means all funds and donations that are received go straight to the animal's welfare and care.
There are only a handful of employees here at the Park, a majority of our work comes from volunteers and community service.
We are a Non-Profit!
Help Us Bust The Winter Blues!
We have missed our guests
this winter terribly!
So have the animals!
We would love to see our guests every chance we can get, though our winter is not quite over yet, we are looking forward to spring!
Speaking of spring, it looks like it may be arriving early, we already have baby goats and sheep! With more on the way!
Come see our nursery tent!
More babies are expected!
We send out special offers, updates on new events at the Park, new animals arrivals and more!
Join the mailing list and keep in touch!
Keep up to date!
Located just a few minute's drive North of the Reno/ Sparks Valley Area
You can find us just off Red Rock Rd Exit, we are the big red barn-style building that runs along old 395/ N. Virginia and Current 395 (We are on the West Side)
If your GPS is taking you out Red Rock Rd for more than just a couple minutes
you are headed to Animal Ark, and not here!
P.S. We do NOT have any kind of Groupon Specials.
Please see the map below for more details along with our address.
Thank you.
