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Charles Paddock Zoo

Coordinates: 35°28′00″N 120°40′13″W / 35.46667°N 120.67028°W

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Charles Paddock Zoo
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Meerkats at the zoo

35°28′00″N 120°40′13″W / 35.46667°N 120.67028°W / 35.46667; -120.67028
Date opened	1955^[1] 1963 (at current location)^[2]
Location	Atascadero, California, United States
Land area	5 acres (2.0 ha)^[2]
No. of animals	100+^[3]
No. of species	45^[3]
Annual visitors	72,000^[3]
Memberships	AZA^[4]
Website	www.charlespaddockzoo.org

The Charles Paddock Zoo is a five-acre (2.0 ha) community zoo located in San Luis Obispo County, California, in the City of Atascadero on the Central Coast. It is home to an endangered male Malayan tiger named Menderu.

Accredited since 1991, the zoo is one of the smallest zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).^[5]

History

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The Charles Paddock Zoo was started by Charles "Chuck" Paddock, a county park ranger, in the county animal shelter in 1955. Paddock would nurse wild animals back to health, and by 1959 his menagerie contained over 125 birds and mammals. In 1963 the animals were moved to the current location adjacent to the Atascadero Lake Park, just off State Route 41, and the new zoo was named Atascadero Children's Zoo.^[2]

In 1979, the City of Atascadero took over management of the zoo after it was incorporated. The name was changed to Charles Paddock Zoo in honor of its founder in 1980.^[2]

In 2010, while the zoo was under review for re-accreditation, it started a series of renovations and maintenance updates including new roofs, repaving, new public fencing, and a long list of other smaller projects.^[5] A new entrance to the zoo was opened on 9 November 2010. In April 2019, the zoo opened the Thelma Vetter Red Panda Experience, home to red pandas, Asian ratsnakes, and various birds.^[6]

Exhibits and animals

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The zoo is home to more than 100 animals representing 45 species.^[3]

Birds

Birds at the zoo include black-necked stilt, Inca tern, Mandarin duck, ring-necked parakeet, ringed teal, roseate spoonbill, scarlet ibis, Sulawesi ground dove, and white-faced whistling duck in the aviary, blue and gold macaw, double yellow-headed amazon parrot, salmon-crested cockatoo, and scarlet macaw at the Parrot Pond, as well as burrowing owl, Caribbean flamingo, emu, great horned owl, and helmeted guineafowl.^[7]

Mammals

Mammals at the zoo include Jacob's sheep in the barnyard, titi monkey in the South American exhibit, and African crested porcupine, Bennett's wallaby, black-handed spider monkey, Channel Island fox, fossa, Malayan tiger, mara (Patagonia cavy), prehensile-tailed porcupine, Prevost's squirrel, red river hog, red ruffed lemur, slender-tailed meerkat, and white-fronted marmoset.^[8]

Reptiles and amphibians

Reptiles and amphibians at the zoo include Aldabra giant tortoise, Burmese python, carpet python, desert tortoise, European pond turtle, giant Asian hill tortoise, Gila monster, South American red-footed tortoise, and African bullfrog (burrowing frog).^[9]^[10]

The Central Coast Zoo Society

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The Central Coast Zoo Society, originally formed in 1962 as the Children's Zoo Friendship Society, has formed partnerships with both the City of Atascadero and the Zoo Director to "support and promote the Charles Paddock Zoo, its exhibits, the educational and scientific programs, and the conservation and preservation of wildlife."^[11]

Projects

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Plans for the future include a new fisher exhibit^[1] and a new Indo-Burma exhibit to include a tiger, red pandas, and a reptile house for Komodo dragons.^[5]

Notes

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^ ^a ^b "Charles Paddock Zoo upgrade: New zoo view". sanluisobispo.com. The San Luis Obispo Tribune. November 6, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "History of the Charles Paddock Zoo". charlespaddockzoo.org. Charles Paddock Zoo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Charles Paddock Zoo". americanzoos.info. AmericanZoo. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Charles Paddock Zoo on the right track". sanluisobispo.com. The San Luis Obispo Tribune. March 16, 2010. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ Strickland,T (2019, April 1). Thela Vetter Red Panda Experience opens at Charles Paddock Zoo. Retrieved 2019-05-23 from https://pasomagazine.com/feature/thelma-vetter-red-panda-experience-opens-at-charles-paddock-zoo/
^ "Birds". charlespaddockzoo.org. Charles Paddock Zoo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ "Mammals". charlespaddockzoo.org. Charles Paddock Zoo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ "Reptiles". charlespaddockzoo.org. Charles Paddock Zoo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ "Amphibians". charlespaddockzoo.org. Charles Paddock Zoo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
^ "Central Coast Zoo Society". charlespaddockzoo.org. Charles Paddock Zoo. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

External links

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