Cheyenne Mountain Zoo voted #3 Best Zoo with #2 Best Zoo Exhibit in North America

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- For six years in a row, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has been voted one of the top ten zoos in North America.

This year, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was recognized in two categories in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards, Best Zoos in North America and Best Zoo Exhibit in North America,

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was voted #3 best zoo in the continent and was voted #2 for its Rocky Mountain Wild Exhibit.

This is the fourth time the Rocky Mountain Wild Exhibit has been nominated in the Best Zoo Exhibit category, and the sixth time Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has been nominated in the Best Zoo category.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo aims to set itself apart by making every guest experience inspiring. With its simply stated vision, “Every Kid. Every Time. Goosebumps.” at its cultural core, CMZoo creates environments and experiences that bring people closer to animals. Exhibits are designed to remove as many physical barriers as safely possible between guests and animals. Guests can experience this for themselves by hand-feeding the giraffe herd – one of the largest herds in North America, with 17 giraffe – or by waddling alongside penguins or getting eye-to-eye with a baby hippo at CMZoo’s newest exhibit, Water’s Edge: Africa. CMZoo’s goal is to foster connections that inspire guests to take action to protect animals and their habitats in the wild.

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The Rocky Moutain Wild Exhibit opened in the summer of 2008 and is home to a pack of endangered Mexican wolves, four Canda lynx, an Alaska moose, two North American porcupines, a bald eagle, two grizzly bears, three mountain lions, and four river otters.

The 2022 USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Top Ten Best Zoos in North America, in ranking order, are:

1. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden - Cincinnati, Ohio
2. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium - Omaha, Nebraska
3. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - Colorado Springs, Colorado
4. Brevard Zoo - Melbourne, Florida
5. Memphis Zoo - Memphis, Tennessee
6. Audubon Zoo - New Orleans, Louisiana
7. Philadelphia Zoo - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium - Columbus, Ohio
9. Houston Zoo - Houston, Texas
10. Saint Louis Zoo - St. Louis, Missouri

For more information on the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, click here.