Happy Hollow Park & Zoo is a small 16-acre (6.5 ha) zoo and amusement park in San Jose, California, which originally opened in 1961. It was closed in 2008 for major renovations, and opened its gates again on March 20, 2010.

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and a member of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA).

History

Jaycees members Alden Campen and Ernie Renzel started planning the park in 1956. They bought the original 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) at the north end of today's Kelley Park for $300,000 on the city's behalf.

Features

• Puppet theater
• Animal hospital with indoor and outdoor quarantine, surgery and radiology
• Education center built out of hay bales with year-round classes for ages 12-months to adult
• Rides and structures for toddlers and children featuring slides, swings, ropes and climbing areas
• Carousel and roller coaster

Exhibits

• Petting zoo with an animal barn
• "Parallel play area" for children: next to endangered lemurs
• Fossa exhibit (a member of the mongoose family, most famous for its role in the movie Madagascar)
• The museum is open everyday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Animal list

Animals on exhibit

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• Black and White Ruffed Lemur
• Capybara
• Collared Peccary
• Dwarf Zebu
• Fennec Fox
• Fossa
• Giant Anteaters
• Guinea Pigs
• Jaguar
• Meerkats
• Navajo Churro Sheep
• Parma Wallaby
• Pygmy Goat
• Red Panda
• Red Ruffed Lemur
• Ring Tailed Lemur
• Squirrel Monkey
• African Spurred Tortoise
• American Alligator
• Red-Eared Slider Turtle
• Corn Snake
• Black-necked Stilt
• Blue and Gold Macaw
• Cattle Egret
• Crested Wood Partridge
• Eclectus Parrots
• Speckled Pigeon
• Turkey Vulture
• Ringed Teal Duck
• White Faced Whistling Duck

Animals that are part of their Education Program

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• Domestic Ferret
• Four-Toed Hedgehog
• Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
• Domestic Rabbit
• Striped Skunk
• Barbary Dove
• Eclectus Parrot
• Great Horned Owl
• Ball Python
• Box turtle
• Desert tortoise
• Indonesian Blue Tongued skink
• Leopard gecko
• Prehensile-tailed Skink
• Kenyan Sand Boa
• Hybrid Tiger Salamander
• Giant Forest Scorpion
• Red-Kneed Tarantula
• Giant African Millipede
• Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

Rides

Source:

Part of the Giggle Grove Area

• Dragon Flyer
• Kiddie Swings
• Frog Hopper
• The Granny Bugs
• The Mini Putts

Other Rides

• Keep-Around-Carousel
• Pacific Fruit Express Family Roller Coaster
• Danny the Dragon Ride