Trevor Zoo

If you are looking for a place in New York that can best be described as a hidden treasure, look no further than the Trevor Zoo! This is a zoo that is located at the Millbrook School in Dutchess County. 

The zoo was established in 1936 by Frank Trevor, a biology teacher at the school that had a passion for sharing his love of wildlife with everybody, especially children. Today, the zoo is one of 237 zoos in the US accredited by the Associations of Zoos and Aquariums, has more than 170 exotic and indigenous animals, represents 70 different species, is home to eleven endangered species, has facilities that extend over six acres, and operates a veterinary clinic. 

The zoo has many animals that represent almost all the continents of the world, and while most of them are outside, some of them are in either the Tropical Building, the Infirmary, or the Meigs Education Center. 

The animals that they have representing North America include a bobcat, a corn snake that is in one of the buildings, an arctic fox, a red fox, a Cooper’s hawk, a red-tailed hawk, a red-shouldered hawk, a king snake that is also in one of the buildings, river otters that are near the entrance, a barred owl, an eastern screech owl, a great horned owl, a snowy owl, a domestic rabbit, a wild turkey, turtles in all three of the buildings, sheep, a black vulture, a turkey vulture, a water area that has all sorts of waterfowl, and a red wolf, which is an endangered species. They also have two animals that represent Central America, which are an anole and a Muscovy duck.

The animals that represent South America are an alpaca, an Amazon aquarium in one of the buildings, a Patagonian cavy, a chinchilla, poison dart frogs in one of the buildings, a kinkajou in another building, a Geoffroy’s marmoset that has a home it can go in and out of, a greater rhea, a golden lion tamarin that can also go in and out of its home, and a red-footed tortoise that is in one of the buildings. 

The animals that represent Africa are all in the buildings at the zoo, and they are the Dumeril’s boa, the Lake Victoria cichlid, which is endangered, the northern greater galago, the black and white ruffled lemur and the ring-tailed lemur, both of which are endangered and can go in and out of their homes, the ball python, and the taveta golden weaver. 

The animals that represent Asia are an archerfish, which is in the tropical building, a white-naped crane, a Japanese sika deer, a leopard gecko, which is in the education center, a Kaiser’s spotted newt, which is also in the tropical building, a Reeve’s muntjac, a red panda, a Japanese serow, and a Whooper swan. 

The animals that represent Australia and New Zealand are bearded dragons, which are in the tropical building and the education center, a coral reef aquarium that is in the education center, an emu, a kea, and a red-necked wallaby. 

These are all very cool animals that you will want to see, so head on over to Dutchess County and go see one of the hidden sights of New York state!