Friends of Pine Grove Zoo

The Pine Grove Zoo is a small Zoo that is part of a community of approximately 8,300 people. Even though we are small in size, the impact we have in the community and surrounding communities is vast. One way this is evident is in our thriving educational programs. The number of educational programs we offer is modest but the amount of information we are able to convey through our programs are immense and far reaching. Our programs are designed to connect with a variety of people of all ages, interests, and backgrounds thru interactive, educational, and fun activities. Visitors to the Pine Grove Zoo thru admissions and events totaled 26,311 for the 2023 season. These visitors came from 221 cities in Minnesota, 48 states, and 7 countries. Our on site self-guided and guided tours provided interactive, educational programming for 3,332 people from cities throughout central Minnesota. On-site education programs such as operant training demonstrations; zookeeper and enrichment presentations; drew over 2,109 people.we were able to have our Zoo gone wild in which we had 421 in attendance. In october, we had our first annual boofest with 1,983 in attendance.the volunteer efforts of Pine Grove Zoo were supported by 58 volunteers over the year and those volunteers logged 1,239 hours.