Charles Paddock Zoo

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Charles Paddock Zoo
Location Atascadero, California, USA
Land area 5 acre (20,200 m²)
Coordinates 35°28′00″N 120°40′13″W / 35.466667, -120.67028
Number of Animals 100
Accreditations/
Memberships		 AZA
Website

The Charles Paddock Zoo is a small community zoo located in San Luis Obispo County, California, in the City of Atascadero, California. It is the only zoo in the Central Coast area of that U.S. state. It is also home to a female Indochinese tiger named Sala, one of only 235 world-wide.

It houses over 100 animals on a 5 acre (20,000 m²) site adjacent to the Atascadero Lake Park, just off State Route 41.

The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Accreditation Commission (AZA) [1].

Meerkats at the Charles Paddock Zoo, 12/2006.
Meerkats at the Charles Paddock Zoo, 12/2006.

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