Buffalo Zoological Gardens

Founded in 1875, the Buffalo Zoo is the third oldest zoo in the United States. Each year, the Zoo welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York, second only to Niagara Falls.Located on 23.5 acres of Buffalo’s beautiful Delaware Park, the Zoo exhibits a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals and more than 320 different species of...

Elephants, birds and other animals educate and entertain visitors through seasonal shows and demonstrations.

Erie County residents (with ID) can enter the zoo for free from 10am-12pm on the last Tuesday of every month.

Endangered Amur (Siberian) tigers, Asian elephants, and Indian rhinos are among the nearly 1,000 wild and exotic animals found in this natural setting in Delaware Park. The grounds include an interactive, mock, field-research station, and a rain-forest exhibit opened in 2008. At this writing the zoo has secured funding to open an on-site children's zoo, which will feature farm animals...

The Background
In 1875, Buffalo mayor William Rogers received two deer as a gift. He sent them to graze in Delaware Park and inadvertently founded Buffalo's zoo. The 23-acre menagerie now...

Buffalo Zoo Facts
Founded in 1875, the Buffalo Zoo is the third oldest zoo in the United States. Each year, the Zoo welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York, second only to Niagara Falls. Located on 23.5 acres of Buffalo’s beautiful Delaware Park, the Zoo exhibits a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals and more than 320...

The Buffalo Zoological Gardens is the third oldest institution of its kind in the United States. The Zoo's mission is to provide the general public with an educationally, culturally and recreationally significant community resource.