Cosley Zoo
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| Cosley Zoo | |
|---|---|
 The main sign | |
 Interactive map of Cosley Zoo | |
| 41°52′41″N 88°07′15″W / 41.8781°N 88.1208°W | |
| Location | Wheaton, Illinois, US |
| Land area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Memberships | AZA[1] |
| Website | www |
Cosley Zoo is an AZA-accredited zoo located in Wheaton, Illinois. It is a facility of the Wheaton Park District and open year-round. The zoo, which is situated on 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land, is built on the site of a historic train station and consists of both domestic animals and wildlife that is native to North America.
The zoo holds various youth-directed programs, including a Junior Zookeepers program, birthday parties/facility rentals, and holiday events.
Cosley Zoo, the DuPage County Forest Preserve, and other local partners collaborate in an effort to increase the population of the endangered Blanding's turtle. Eggs are incubated and hatched at a partner facility, then some arrive at Cosley Zoo where they are reared for about a year before being released into a DuPage County wetland. The zoo has helped rear and release more than 4,000 Blanding's turtles since becoming involved with the head start component of the Blanding's Turtle Recovery Project in 2001.
Species list
Amphibians
four-toed salamander, Cope's gray tree frog, gray tree frog
Birds
American kestrel, American robin, Baltimore oriole, barn owl, blue jay, brown-headed cowbird, chicken, domestic duck, gray catbird, great horned owl, Hahn's macaw, killdeer, mallard, northern pintail, red-tailed hawk, redhead, Sandhill crane, screech owl, turkey vulture, wood duck
Invertebrates
giant African millipede, Honduran curly hair tarantula, Madagascar hissing cockroach
Mammals
American guinea hog, black angus cattle, Canada lynx, coyote, four-toed hedgehog, Guernsey cattle, domestic rabbit, lesser Madagascar hedgehog tenrec, llama, miniature donkey, miniature horse, Montadale sheep, nine-banded armadillo, North American porcupine, Norwegian Fjord horse, Nubian goat, raccoon, red fox, white-tailed deer
Reptiles
Blanding's turtle, California kingsnake, central bearded dragon, common bullsnake, corn snake, eastern blue-tongued skink, eastern box turtle, eastern rat snake, midland painted turtle, three-toed box turtle, western dusky hognose snake
