Greenville Zoo, located five minutes east of the city center in Cleveland Park, is another popular attraction. Its beautiful grounds and huge cages are a treat to roam through, and it is home to an amazing assortment of animals. The Greenville Zoo is a zoo located near Greenville, South Carolina. The zoo, which is located at 150 Cleveland Park Drive near Interstate 385 on a 14-acre (5.7 hectares) location within Cleveland Park, first opened its doors in 1960. African lions, Masai giraffes, and a variety of primates may all be seen in the zoo. The zoo also has a farm exhibit with domestic animals and a reptile house with lizards, frogs, reptiles, and snakes, in addition to the wild animal displays. The zoo is located next to Cleveland Park, which features picnic tables throughout the park, as well as bicycle and walking paths, tennis and volleyball courts, children’s playgrounds, and several shelters that can be reserved. Except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, the zoo is open every day of the year. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has granted the Greenville Zoo accreditation (AZA). The Greenville City Council approved the zoo in 1957, and building began in 1960. Bears, deer, bobcats, foxes, ducks, and prairie dogs were among the creatures on display when the zoo first opened to the public. In 1962, a monkey dome was built, and 26 colobus monkeys were added to the zoo’s population. The zoo was walled, paths were paved, and a chimpanzee structure was erected to the displays in the late 1960s. Sea lions, otters, a macaw, and two leopards were also introduced to the zoo. Elephants were introduced to the zoo in the 1970s. The zoo had grown from 5 acres (2.0 hectares) to the current 14 acres by 1981, with 70 species in 11 display sections (5.7 ha). The zoo was closed in 1984 for substantial renovations. A new education center, reptile building, gift and refreshment shop, South American section, and waterfowl lagoon were added when it reopened in 1986. The Cub Kingdom preschool playground debuted in 2002, followed by an Asian Encounter exhibit in 2003. Autumn and Walter, two Masai giraffes, were featured in a public Masai giraffe display in 2008. The zoo converted the previous elephant exhibit into a South American Pampas exhibit in 2015, initially for a Giant anteater named Moe and then for two Rheas from the Queens Zoo in New York.  The zoo welcomed a newborn gibbon, the first at the Greenville Zoo, on March 14, 2015. The zoo also welcomed a newborn red panda called “Willie” after country musician Willie Nelson on June 21, 2015.

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