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Salisbury Zoo, Salisbury

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The Salisbury Zoological Park, commonly referred to as the Salisbury Zoo, is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) zoo located on the Delmarva Peninsula in the Salisbury, Maryland city park. The Salisbury Zoo chooses to mainly house species native to North, South America, and Australia. Its collection of over 100 animals includes wallabys, American alligators, flamingos, North American river otters, ocelots, Patagonian cavies, red wolves, two-toed sloths, jaguars, llamas, turtles, macaws, rescued raptors and owls, and a spectacled or Andean bear.

Admission at the Salisbury Zoo is free.
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  • By gostartraveler
    A free zoo, but it could be better, even though we enjoyed our visit. Several pathways and the west entrance were closed due to COVID concerns - considering this is outside, I think those concerns...  more »
  • By 591karenp
    First started visiting this great zoo back in 1999 while living on the Eastern Shore for a few years and raising our family. The variety of animals as well as programming are top notch, especially...  more »
  • By The_Wanderer1992
    My husband had a random Sunday off for the first time in a long time, so we used the free morning to head to the Salisbury Zoo. This zoo is free, so right off the bat, the price is fantastic to get...  more »
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