Big Bear Zoo
42801 Moonridge Road, Big Bear Lake, CA General Information: (909) 584-1299 Injured Animal Hotline: (909) 584-1299 Big Bear Alpine Zoo Curator's Office: (909) 584-1299
Plan a Visit – Big Bear Zoo
You will find every type of animal that lives in the Big Bear Valley, and some additional ones that respond well to our environment such as Grizzly Bears and Wolves. Please check out the animal bio pages to learn the history of the animals in our care.
Our Animals - Big Bear Zoo
African Pygmy Hedgehogs at the Zoo: Quilliam – surrendered pet Description The African Pygmy Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), or four-toed hedgehog, is a tiny mammal that is covered…
About Us – Big Bear Zoo
The Big Bear Alpine Zoo (formally Moonridge Animal Park) opened its doors in 1959 after a devastating wildfire roared through the San Bernardino National Forest displacing local wildlife. The zoo is currently home to mammals, birds, and reptiles representing over 85 species and is located in San Bernardino County, the largest County in the ...
Tickets – Big Bear Zoo
42801 Moonridge Road, Big Bear Lake, CA General Information: (909) 584-1299 Injured Animal Hotline: (909) 584-1299 Big Bear Alpine Zoo Curator's Office:
Animals – Big Bear Zoo
Holly/Hazel: Found orphaned in the Santa Cruz mountains within a couple weeks of each other at the end of 2022. Both cubs were brought to Oakland Zoo by…
Black Bears - Big Bear Zoo
The Big Bear Alpine Zoo currently has 3 resident black bears. All of our bears are rescue bears that are unable to fend for themselves and cannot be released back to the wild. Hollybeary – Female black bear who arrived in 2005.
Mule Deer – Big Bear Zoo
Mule Deer at the Zoo Bailey – is our oldest Mule Deer but she is still very young. She came to us in 2009 because someone found her as a baby wandering in a cul de sac in Fontana.
San Joaquin Kit Fox – Big Bear Zoo
Kit Foxes at the Zoo. Kit Kat— male; was rescued in 2015 when a wildlife biologist noticed that he had a severe leg injury and had separated himself from his group. Joy and Heath – both came from the California Living museum in 2022. Heath is an amputee missing front left limb. Neither are releasable. Description
Fox Squirrels – Big Bear Zoo
Animals at the Zoo. Hansel and Gretel – Rescued together in 2021 – unreleasable as an invasive species. Description (sciurus niger) Highly adaptive, large, North American squirrel. In most parts of Southern California their upper body is brown/grey with a …