America`s Teaching Zoo

Facts About
America’s
Teaching Zoo
• America’s Teaching Zoo is the only
public zoo in Ventura County and is
home to Moorpark College’s Exotic
Animal Training and Management
program (EATM).
• Established in 1974, EATM is the only
college program in the United States
that combines animal science with
wildlife management and training.
• This academically rigorous program
covers animal care and handling,
ethical issues, elementary veterinary
procedures, animal behavior and
training, wildlife education and
conservation.
• The zoo’s collection comprises 105
species for a total of 150 animals.
• More than 25,000 people each
year visit the zoo to appreciate and
understand wildlife.
Ongoing Zoo programs
• Open to the public on weekends
• Adopt-an-Animal
• Junior Safari Summer Camp
• On-site birthday parties
• Traveling outreach programs
• Private group shows and tours
Annual Zoo Events
• Spring Spectacular (3 weekends in March-April)
• Halloween Weekend Event
• Feasts for the Beasts (Thanksgiving weekend)
• Presents for Primates (December holiday weekend)
International Acclaim
• Teaching zoo staff and animals have
made numerous television and film
appearances including, the Tonight
Show, Airplane, 102 Dalmatians,
Congo and Hotel Hanoi.
• Moorpark 24/7, a 15-part
documentary was filmed for
the Animal Planet in 2001 by
Tapestry Films.
• Kicked, Bitten and Scratched, a
non-fiction book by Amy Sunderland
about EATM students was published
by Penguin Press in 2006.
EATM Graduates
• 45 - 50 students per year find
employment with federal and state
wildlife agencies, veterinarians, wildlife,
outreach and rehabilitation programs,
guide and service dog organizations,
museums, theme parks, the
entertainment industry and zoos.
Staff
• 4 zoo operations personnel, 8 faculty.
America’s Teaching Zoo
at Moorpark College
7075 Campus Road, Moorpark CA 93021
www.moorparkcollege.edu/zoo • (805) 378-1441
Open to the public for shows and tours
Saturdays & Sundays 11a.m. - 5p.m.