David Traylor Zoo of Emporia
Naturalized exhibits with a blend of native and exotic birds and animals presented in an area noted for extensive landscaping and horticultural features. Outreach education programs available.
The Emporia Zoo is a small zoo, but far from the smallest in Kansas. The animals seem interested in the zoo's visitors, to an extent that I suspect that people often ignore the signs and give them food. I particularly liked the unusually tame badger, the cute cotton-top tamarins, and the large bull elk which sometimes bugles and puts on a display for the buffalo and deer in the neighboring pen.
Don't miss the larger animals, which (with the exception of the mountain lion) are in a separate area behind the main portion of the zoo, and across the street. They can be seen from your automobile and they are available for viewing around the clock.
The Emporia Zoo is located in Soden's Grove Park, which has a small train which operates on summer evenings. Soden's Grove Park park also includes the Marsh Arch Bridge, which is no longer open to vehicles, and the All Veterans Memorial which has separate markers for each of the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Persian Gulf War.
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