 Desert Zone

In the Desert Zone, guests can see animals found in deserts from all around the world.A mixed-species exhibit with the zoo's African crested porcupines Jack and Blanche and two female Von der Decken's hornbills is in the Desert Zone.The Desert Zone also has two sand cats named White Cheeks and Deserae, a breeding pair of burrowing owls, and a colony of short-tailed leaf-nosed bats.