Santa Barbara Zoo
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| Date opened | 1963 |
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| Location | Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Coordinates | 34°25′10″N 119°39′54″W / 34.41944°N 119.66500°WCoordinates: 34°25′10″N 119°39′54″W / 34.41944°N 119.66500°W |
| Land area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| No. of animals | 600 |
| No. of species | 160 |
| Memberships | AZA |
| Major exhibits | African Veldt, California Trails, Cats of Africa, The Crawford Family Penguin House, Elephant Walk, The Forest's Edge |
| Website | www |
The Santa Barbara Zoo is located on 30 acres (12 ha) near the ocean in Santa Barbara, California. It was built on the site of what was known as the Child Estate. The zoo has been ranked numerous times as one of the nation's best small zoos. It has more than 500 animals in numerous exhibits, including capybara and California condors, and is famous for having had a giraffe with a crooked neck. It also features a few non-animal attractions, such as the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge Zoo Train, complete with a pair of Chance Rides C.P. Huntington locomotives. The zoo first opened in August 1963.
Cats of Africa, which features African lions and black-footed cats, opened in 2003. Built on a hillside, the area's black-footed cat exhibit is at the top of the slope, with the lion exhibit on the slope itself. The lions are visible from a platform near the black-footed cat exhibit.
The Forest's Edge houses two male western lowland gorillas. The exhibit opened in 1996 and has a glass-walled viewing area as well as an overlook from a replica ranger station.
California Trails exhibits California condors,Channel Island fox, desert tortoises and bald eagles. The condor aviary can be viewed from two sides, including on an elevated path lower on the hillside, past the bald eagles, and leading to The Forest's Edge.
Exhibiting animals from the savanna, African Veldt has Masai giraffes, East African crowned cranes, and Sulcata tortoises in a multi-species enclosure as well as slender-tailed meerkats in a smaller exhibit.
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