Santa Ana Zoo

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Santa Ana Zoo


Date opened	1952
Location	Santa Ana, California, USA
Land area	20 acres (81,000 m²)
Coordinates	33°44′38.094″N, 117°50′33.114″W
Accreditations/ Memberships	AZA
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The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California is a 20-acre site focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America. The Santa Ana Zoo hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana. Joseph Prentice donated land for the zoo with the stipulation that the city must keep at least 50 monkeys at all times.

The focus of the Santa Ana Zoo is recreation, education, and conservation.

The Santa Ana Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

1 Animals
2 Zoofari Express
3 Visitor Information
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Animals

Primate collection includes the following:

Prosimians:

New World Monkeys:

Old World Monkeys:

Lesser Apes:

White-handed Gibbon

Bird collection includes various South American birds, ratites, and Southern Californian birds of prey. Various other exotic mammals and a large collection of rare-breed farm animals are presented.

[edit] Zoofari Express

One of the most popular attractions at the Santa Ana Zoo is the Zoofari Express children's train. There are two engines: 1030 and 1036. Both are 14 gauge, 4-4-4 configuration locomotives.

The original 1030 engine was constructed in 1954 by the Hurlbut Amusement Company of Buena Park. Engine 1030 was originally installed at Santa's Village in Sky Forest, California. It operated there continuously for 44 years. When Santa's Village closed in 1998, the Friends of Santa Ana Zoo purchased the entire train and 660' of original track. The train was then restored by volunteers with the help of Bud Hurlbut. The restored train opened at the Santa Ana Zoo in the spring of 1999. The track length was expanded to 1850'. Engine 1030 was gas-powered, but is currently being adapted to electric.

Engine 1036 is a new electric powered locomotive that was installed in 2005, along with new passenger cars.

[edit] Visitor Information

The Santa Ana Zoo is located at 1801 East Chestnut Avenue in Santa Ana, California.

The zoo is open daily, except for Christmas Day, New Years Day and the 4th Saturday in August. The hours of operation are 10am to 4pm daily. During the summer, weekend hours are extended from 10am to 5pm.