Bramble Park Zoo

06/05/2026

PUPDATE: The Votes Are In!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who voted! We loved being able to have our friends and family help us choose the wolves' names.

Meet the pack:
🤍 White Female Wolf: Aurora
🖤 Black Female Wolf: Ash
🤍 White Male Wolf: Everest
🖤 Black Male Wolf: Summit

The pups are growing and developing quickly. At nearly 7 weeks old, they spend their days developing their hunting and social skills, testing boundaries, and working out their pack hierarchy. Every day the pack is learning and changing dynamics.

We are putting the finishing touches on their new habitat and can't wait to move them into their new home. We hope to see you at the ribbon cutting on June 24th!

06/04/2026

The staff at Bramble Park Zoo want to say thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate the unveiling of our new Wolf Habitat tonight at our open house event. It was so nice to see everyone, make connections and get to show the newly renovated area. We're so excited for this space to become a home for our beloved wolf pups soon! 🐺

Thank you again. 🫶🏼🫶🏼
(Hopefully this rain is gentle on our freshly seeded exhibit. 🌩️🌱)

06/03/2026

The wolves won’t be out, but you can grab a dirty soda, tour inside the holding area, and enjoy a free evening at the Zoo!

TOMORROW JUNE 3RD 🎉

We will be at Bramble Park Zoo for the wolf habitat open house. Grab a beverage and check out the new wolf exhibit! Zoo entry is free for this event from 4-6 pm 🫶🏻

05/31/2026

We have been getting many calls on fledgling songbirds. This is a very important time for these songbirds as they leave the nest but it also is a very dangerous time. Please if you find a young bird in your yard, please leave them be but also keep your cats indoors and your dog leashed. These fledgling birds do not know what predators are and are easy picking for a predator. Unless the bird is injured in anyway and is brought into the zoo just because it was lone in your yard, we will more then likely send it back home with you to be put back where you found it. It is so important that these young birds be raised by their parents and not zoo staff.

There are some exceptions. If you find a lone duckling or just a couple with no other ducks or ducklings around, these birds need your help and can be brought into the zoo. When a hen duck is leading her brood to near by water (sometimes can be miles away) if any ducklings fall behind or get separated they will be left behind.

Spring/summer is a time for birds nesting and raising young so please keep cats inside, fledglings are easy prey for cats.

If you are concerned about a bird, before catching it and brining it to the zoo, please call and let us help to see if intervention is needed.

Thank you!

05/29/2026

Happy World Alligator Day! 🐊

BPZ is home to two American Alligators, Acorn and Alabama. Videoed here is each impressive reptile taking a tong-fed quail from a zookeeper for enrichment on their special day to celebrate them! 🎉
Come see our lovely pair of gators up close in their habitat all weekend!

See you later, alligators! 🐊🐊

05/29/2026

5/29 🐺 PUPDATE: Then & Now!

The wolves are almost 6 weeks old already. It's hard to believe how quickly these wolf pups are growing.

The wolf pups weigh about 10 pounds this week and are hitting all of their milestones. Their paws, heads, and ears still seem large, but that's exactly what they should look like at this age. They've started drinking water, have more energy between feedings, and are learning new skills every day. They enjoy practicing their jumps... usually onto a sibling.

We're also starting to see some changes in their coloring. The darker pups are developing white markings on their feet, and both now have white rings on their tails. While they're spending more time playing and exploring, they're still very much babies. They have more energy between feedings, but when it's nap time, they crash.

Don't forget to vote in the wolf pup naming contest! We're so excited to teach them their names and can't wait to share more as they continue to grow.

Which pup has changed the most? Let us know your opinion in the comments! 🐾

05/29/2026

⛅️ Enjoy the cooler weather and coffee today at the Zoo! ☕️

🦬🐊ZOO open 10am-4pm

☕️🧋ON THE BORDER COFFEE TRUCK here 10am-2pm

05/28/2026

Our 2026 Zoo Crew have officially been trained and are ready to take on their duties for the year!

You will see this group helping with classes, cleaning the barn, helping with animal encounters and outreach!

05/27/2026

It’s Officially Summer Break!! That means time for zoo school! We have openings in some of our classes- if you’re looking for a great learning experience for your kiddo- sign them up!

June 10-Amazing Reptiles 2-3:30 ages 3-6
June 9-10 - 10-12 -Zoo Olympics ages 5-11

05/26/2026

Quick bald eagle release today! This eagle is the sole survivor of 9 bald eagles brought in this spring due to lead poisoning, 8 other eagles did not make it to this stage. It is so important to these birds, and other birds, that people do not use lead shot or fishing tackle.

This eagle was found March 25th near Arlington SD and brought in by SDGFP. Luckily the bird was actually in fairly good health as lead poisoning does not take long before the bird is so sick it cannot pull thru. Treatments were started right away and supportive care is all we can do to save birds with lead poisoning.

This spring we saw a high number of eagles found with lead poisoning. Please if you hunt and fish, try to use non toxic tackle and ammo and always remember it is illegal to hunt waterfowl with lead shot, these eagles were victims of irresponsible spring goose hunters.