If you love animals, you might enjoy trips to the zoo during the summer. Here’s a lesser-known zoo that also offers a petting farm, and you’re going to fall in love with the animals here.

Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm is a little family-owned zoo located at 6831 Big Bend Rd., Waterford, Wisconsin.
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
This charming zoo is small enough that you can easily see it in an afternoon, and large enough to be home to some pretty amazing animals. The zoo offers a mix of exotic animals, local wildlife and domestic farm animals.
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
Come and hang out with the lemurs...
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
...cuddle a kitten or two...
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
...and see just how slow a tortoise really travels. Exotic animals at Bear Den Zoo include lemurs, macaw, servals, Patagonian cavies, and kangaroo, just to name a few.
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You'll find native wildlife, like fawns, bobcat, red foxes, lynx, and even a ground hog.
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
Farm animals include goats (and their kids), pigs, horses, cows, ducks, chickens, alpacas and more.
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
Teddy the black bear also lives here, and you'll want to say hello to him during your visit.
Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm
The farm is beautiful, and has several shady spots to picnic and play.
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What are you waiting for? You need to pay Bear Den Zoo & Petting Farm a visit soon!
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Visit this charming zoo starting on Memorial Day through October. The $10 admission fee gets you into the zoo, gives you access to the baby animal petting areas and children's playground, and includes a hayride around the farm.
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For more information, visit the zoo’s website, and check out its Facebook page. Have you ever visited Bear Den Zoo and Petting Farm? We’d love to hear about your visit!

If you love wildlife and Wisconsin’s beautiful outdoors, you should check out this llama hiking adventure through the forest.

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