The Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo is a privately owned zoo in Hot Springs that has been raising alligators since 1902. The museum features a small museum with a collection of mounted alligators and houses around 200 alligators, as well as other animals like bobcats, cougars, chickens, turtles, wild boars, and ring-tailed lemurs. The petting zoo is home to pigs, goats, baby alligators, llamas, emus, and white-tailed deer that visitors can meet, greet, and pet, and there is an alligator feeding show where visitors can learn all about these ancient animals. The Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo also has a souvenir shop and a snack bar.

847 Whittington Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901, Phone: 501-623-6172

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