The Living Desert Zoo Gardens

The living desert is a 1200 acre facility that specializes in the plants and animals found throughout the deserts of the world.Many exotic and endangered species can be seen in natural surroundings.

• To preserve a portion of the colorado desert in its natural state
• To foster, through interpretive exhibits, programs and publication, an awareness of, an and an appreciation for, the variety of plants and animals in worldwide ecosystems
• To build up under controlled conditions, populations of various species of desert animals and plants threatened with extinction in the wild state
• To foster through cooperative research and educational programs, biological studies contributing to the protection of desert species in a wild state.