ZooTampa at Lowry Park preserves, protects and rehabilitates some of the world’s most unusual creatures. Home to over 1,300 animals, including chimpanzees, Borneo orangutans, Florida Panthers, Queensland koalas, and Florida manatees, the Zoo focuses on endangered, threatened and vulnerable species from around the world, with an array of habitats devoted to Asia, Africa, Australia and Florida.
Visitors can enjoy a variety of educational experiences, such as animal encounters, behind-the-scene tours, keeper talks, and other special events that relate to the living planet. Lowry Park Zoo is also home to Florida’s premier manatee rescue and rehabilitation center and operates one of the world’s foremost breeding programs to save a range of endangered species from extinction.
1101 W. Sligh Avenue, Tampa, FL, Phone: 813-935-8552
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