# Ponderosa Zoo

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Coordinates:** 53.693400, -1.670900
- **Area:** 11 acre
- **Logo:** File:Ponderosa Zoo logo 2017.jpg
- **Opened:** 1991
- **Slogan:** "Helping to bridge the gap"
- **Members:** BIAZA
- **Website:** https://ponderosa-zoo.co.uk/
- **Location:** Heckmondwike West Yorkshire, England
- **Date Opened:** 1991
- **Num Animals:** 120
- **Accreditation:** BIAZA
- **Annual Visitors:** 200000

Ponderosa Zoo is a zoo in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England. It was originally opened in 1991 as the Ponderosa Rural Therapeutic Centre before being granted a zoo licence in 2004.

![Photo of Ponderosa Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Ponderosa_Zoo_Entrance_and_General_View.jpg)

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