# Great Plains Zoo

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 43.537400, -96.764800
- **Opened:** 1963
- **Members:** AZA
- **Location:** Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- **Zoo Name:** Great Plains Zoo
- **Date Opened:** 30 June 1963
- **Num Animals:** 1000
- **Num Species:** 137
- **Accreditation:** AZA
- **Annual Visitors:** 300000

In 2021, Great Plains Zoo CEO Rebeka Dewitz indicated that the Black Bear exhibit, located adjacent to Fortress of the Bears, would receive a renovation as part of "improving aging infrastructure at the zoo."

![Photo of Great Plains Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/GPZEntrance.jpg)

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