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Open Daily 10 am – 5pm!

April 25, 2013 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

We are OPEN EVERYDAY form 10 am – 5pm!

Weekdays – Rides Operate 11 am – 4pm
Weekend – Rides Operate 11am – 5pm
Parakeet Aviary open 12 – 4 daily
Elkhorn Mining open 11am – 4 weekday and 11 – 4:30 weekend!

Camel Rides: Closed Monday – Thursday, Open Friday 12 – 3, Sat & Sun 11 – 5

Giraffe Encounters are on Saturdays & Sundays ONLY and are first come first serve with limited slots at 11:30, 1:30, 3:30. We suggest you arrive for opening and purchase your giraffe encounters at the main entrance right away for $10 per person!

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Giraffe Encounters – Weekends Only

May 22, 2012 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

Get Up Close & Personal with out Amazing Giraffes!

Giraffe Encounters are an amazing way to view, learn about and give a special treat to these wonderful animals. Encounters are WEEKENDS (SAT & SUN) ONLY and are on a first come, first serve basis. Giraffe encounters cannot be reserved and must be purchased at the main admissions entrance upon arrival. They are in limited supply and sell out quickly, so come early! Times are 11:30 am, 1:30 pm & 3:30 pm and cost $10.00 per person!

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Giraffes

January 24, 2012 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

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Some Wonderful Pictures from Laura Vear

January 24, 2012 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

Laura Vear – a long time advocate of Southwick’s Zoo and good friend, took some wonderful pictures and we would like to share them with you.. Some of these photos and more are on sale in the Purple Peacock Gift Shop.

Copyrighted by Laura Vear, Bitteroot Photography

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Zookeepers Report

August 31, 2011 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

We feel very lucky that all of the animals, staff, and zoo suffered little damage due to Tropical Storm Irene. We’d like to thank everyone for their concern and really appreciate your support. We had a lot of clean up in the exhibits and in the park itself. Many of the animals enjoyed the leaves, twigs, and branches that fell! The hoofstock like the Giraffe’s, Warthogs, Aoudads, Goats, etc. love to eat the leaves and the primates love to play with the sticks and pull the bark off the branches! All of our animals were very secure and the storm didn’t phase them one bit! We’ve had a lot of new babies in the last month or so and we are excited as fall rolls around the corner with the arrival of our new White Rhinos! They are on site…when they get acclimated to their enviornment and to us they will go out into their new habitat! We are very excited!

These pictures we took after the storm…see the zebras and ostrich grazing as soon as the sun came out!

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The Faulkner Family Wins Giraffe Encounter!

August 25, 2011 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

Congratulations to the Faulkner Family who won the Giraffe Encounter on our Summer Slam Safari Scavenger Hunt Day! What a great day! …We’ll do it again Next August, don’t miss it!

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Zookeeper’s Report

June 27, 2011 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

Sorry for not posting this season yet! We have been very busy getting the zoo ready for summer! We’ve just opened a new Giraffe Habitat and our 2 1/2 yr old Molly Giraffe had to be acclimated to the new exhibit and her new friends Midas and Pina. We are offering a Giraffe Encounter for $10.00 per person where you’ll learn about the giraffes and get up close to feed them! This is a great program with a limited amount of tickets and we are so excited about our new exhibit. On June 16th, our visitors and staff were able to watch a red deer being born right near the train station. It was great that our visitors got to experience this amazing event. Here are some pictures as it happens. Red deer momma is a great mom and she took care of her newborn right from birth to nudging the fawn up to suckle! What a beautiful moment and we wanted to share it with you! There have been many other babies born and we are expecting a few more this coming summer, so stop by the zoo soon!

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Our New Giraffe Habitat is Now Open

June 17, 2011 By Southwick's Zoo Leave a Comment

We are offering a Giraffe Encounter on Weekends for $10.00 per person which includes a short presentation followed by a Giraffe Feeding! Limited Tickets Available at the Main Entrance for the 11:30 time slot and 2:30 time slot on SATURDAY and SUNDAY ONLY. This is on a first come, first served basis and cannot be reserved. Update – Giraffe Encounters have been selling out by noon—so come early to get your tickets. Doors open at 10:00 am!

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New Born Giraffe Molly has a Close Call

February 28, 2009 By Southwick's Zoo 8 Comments

As seen on http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/02/new-born-giraffe-molly-has-a-close-call.html#comments

Born just 3 days ago at the Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, MA, Molly, the baby giraffe calf had a rocky start. Her mother wasn’t producing milk and Molly was weak and unable to suckle. With some quick action on the part of the zoo and some veterinary specialists at Tuft’s Grafton School of Veterinary Medicine, it was determined that the baby suffered from dehydration and a low white blood cell count.

They pushed antibiotics through a catheter into her long neck and hand-fed her bottles of goat’s milk. Now, 24 hours later, Molly appears to be thriving, hospital staff said.