Completed in 1982, the zoo’s four-acre Antelope and Zebra Area is home to an assortment of hoofed mammals, including camels, zebras, antelopes and deer. Family groups of these animals, most of them rare or endangered, graze in the shade of century-old trees in numerous outdoor habitats.

THE WILD FILE Needles and Haystacks Animal care specialist Dr. Barb Royal uses acupunture to help relieve an elderly camel's arthritis.