# Ellen Trout Zoo

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 31.375294, -94.727104
- **Area:** 15 acre
- **Opened:** 1967
- **Website:** https://www.ellentroutzoo.com/
- **Location:** Lufkin, Texas
- **Zoo Name:** Ellen Trout Zoo
- **Date Opened:** June 17, 1967
- **Image Width:** 250px
- **Num Animals:** 700
- **Annual Visitors:** 150000

The Ellen Trout Zoo is a small zoo founded by Walter Trout in 1967 and located in Lufkin, Texas, United States. The zoo gets about 150,000 visitors a year. It is currently owned and operated by the City of Lufkin, with Friends of Ellen Trout Zoo (F.O.E.T.Z.) supporting it with funding for major expansion and renovation projects in the Zoo's master plan.

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Trout_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)