Lupa Zoo

We decided to take our six year old daughter to Lupa "zoo" today, in hopes that we would enjoy seeing a variety of beautiful animals. Within minutes of entering we began to see many beautiful animals that were in horrible dirty conditions. Their enclosures were old and falling apart, paint chipping from the wood. The animals all had a look of sadness and depression on their faces. Upon entering the reptile enclosure we were greeted with such a strong stench of feces and urine, it was almost too much to bear. There in front of us was a pen with several rabbits that had a plate of rotten bananas and fruit that was full of flies and I noticed the water bowl was full of rabbit feces , wood chips and appeared to be the color of urine. We saw a group of Sicilian donkeys that were all trying to escape their depressing enclosure, by scraping the asphalt ground repeatedly with their hooves. I've been to many zoos and this place has to be the worst I've ever seen. There was no way I was going to leave there without filing a complaint. I was directed to the owner. I calmly approached this woman, telling her I had a few complaints and she automatically began to raise her voice, and making excuses for why the animals had dirty conditions to live in. To me, there is no excuse that justifies the way those poor animals are forced to exist. Lupa needs to hire more help and refurbish the grounds and animal habitats. Stop taking donations to purchase more animals, when you can't properly care for the ones you already own! This place has the potential of being a nice zoo that highlights and compliments the animals and their beauty but instead it will continue to haunt me and my family after today's visit. I highly recommend you choose a different zoo if you want to enjoy your day! This place needs to be shut down and the animals need to be rescued from the dump they are forced to live with more

Anmals look sick. Place is outdated. Cages are decorated as if for a human, I.e.....stuffed animals, silk flowers. Run down, sad and depressing. Someone needs to inspect these poor animals. more

Hi first off Lupa zoo is not free, adults are 10 bucks children 6, and parking is FREE, and there are NO DISEASED ANIMALS! all the animals are very happy and healthy & me and my kids love going here!! So dont believe that rude post and go to Lupa zoo to see the beautiful animals! There are nothing but healthy animals here! They even have granpa monkeys very old healthy Lemurs there! So do check out Lupa zoo & bring your family for a wonderful time!! The monkeys are sweet! They are my sons favorite animals to see! :0) :0) great zoo, great animals, great workers & the animals love the workers as well! more

Himalayan Black Bears very over weight, monkeys that are obviously diseased. The animals that are in the best shape are farm animals. Lupa Zoo should only be licensed for farm animals, not exotic animals. Be prepared to be depressed after visiting this zoo. more

Lupa Zoo, from what I understand, was started by a family who wanted to raise animals from all over the world. They have zebra, giraffes, bears, monkeys, pigs, birds, the list goes on and on! The best part about it is that admission is FREE! You pay $5.00 for parking and can also buy food to feed the animals ($5.00 for a bag - honor system). They have a gift shop and small food stand. more