The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens

About

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.

Story

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 such as bighorn sheep, oryx, cheetahs, wolves, striped hyenas, thick-billed parrots, leopards and golden eagles. The botanical gardens represent over 1500 species, indigenous to the arid areas of North America and Africa. A state-of-the-art wildlife hospital allows visitors to interact with the staff while procedures are being performed on animals. A children's discovery center and desert play park, live animal shows, endangered species carousel, G-scale garden railroad, and many other features can be found in this unique zoo which sits in the middle of the Coachella Valley, just 15 miles east of Palm Springs.

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For more information about The Living Desert, please visit our website at www.livingdesert.org or contact [email protected]

Mission

The Living Desert's mission is desert conservation through preservation, education and appreciation.

The objectives of The Living Desert are:

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;

and to foster through cooperative research and educational programs, biological studies contributing to the protection of desert species in a wild state.