Opening Day at the Zoos

April 01, 2022

Opening day at Washington Park Zoo  and Potawatomi Zoo is April 1.

The Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City features over 90 different species of animals native to Australia, Africa, Asia, North America and South America.  The Zoo started as a sanctuary and continues to welcome wildlife in need.  Many of the animals who call the Zoo home have been pets that proved to be too wild or were confiscated as illegal and others have suffered injuries that would make life in the wild impossible.

Come meet the four giraffes that moved into the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend over the winter. It’s Indiana’s first zoo and home to more than 400 animals.