Lehigh Valley Zoological

As a member-supported non-profit organization, Lehigh Valley Zoological Society is seven years young, but as a treasured community landmark, our history spans over a century. Founded in 1906 by General Harry C. Trexler, a local industrialist, the Lehigh Valley's Trexler Game Preserve has educated and entertained more than five million people. General Trexler played a significant role in saving the North American Bison from extinction by providing a place where both bison and elk could roam freely undisturbed. In 1935, the County of Lehigh took ownership of the Preserve, and in 1974, construction began on the Preserve's 29-acre Children's Zoo. In 2004, the Lehigh Valley Zoological Society assumed management of the Zoo, as well as the daily management of the bison and elk herd and the palominos in the 1,100-acre Trexler Nature Preserve.

Located in Schnecksville, PA within the scenic 1,100-acre Trexler Nature Preserve, Lehigh Valley Zoo is home to more than 275 animals representing 70 species from African Penguin to Zebra. General attendance at Lehigh Valley Zoo grew from 63,000 guests in 2005 to over 100,000 guests in 2011 with another 30,000 students experiencing our formal wildlife conservation education programs. Lehigh Valley Zoo is open year-round (except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day). In 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Zoo was voted Best Family Day Trip in The Morning Call's Readers' Choice Awards.

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