Happy Hollow Park & Zoo is a small 16 acres (6.5 ha) zoo and amusement park in San Jose

San Jose, California

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, California

California

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 which originally opened in 1961. It was closed in 2008 for major renovations, and opened its gates again on 20 March 2010.

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Association of Zoos and Aquariums

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums was founded in 1924 and is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.The AZA headquarters is located in Silver...

 (AZA) and a member of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions

International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions

Founded in 1918, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions represents over 4000 members, in 93 countries, as a collective way to increase operations while maintaining professional standards...

 (IAAPA).

History

Jaycees

Junior Chamber International

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 members Alden Campen and Ernie Renzel started planning the park in 1956. They bought the original 7.5 acres (30,351.5 m²) at the north end of today’s Kelley Park

Kelley Park

Kelley Park in San Jose, California, USA is 156 acres , including diverse facilities such as Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, the Japanese Friendship Garden, History Park at Kelley Park, Portuguese Historical Museum, and Viet Museum within the history 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 nearby endangered lemurs
• Fossa
  Fossa (animal)
  The fossa is a cat-like, carnivorous mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Eupleridae, a family of carnivorans closely related to the mongoose family . Its classification has been controversial because its physical traits resemble those of cats, yet other traits suggest a...
  
   Exhibit (a member of the mongoose family, most famous for its role in the movie Madagascar
  Madagascar (2005 film)
  Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked...
  
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Animal list

Over 140 animals in the zoo include:

• Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
  Black-and-white ruffed lemur
  The black-and-white ruffed lemur is the more endangered of the two species of ruffed lemurs, both of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur, it has a much smaller population that is spread out, living in lower population densities...
  
  
• Fossa
  Fossa (animal)
  The fossa is a cat-like, carnivorous mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the Eupleridae, a family of carnivorans closely related to the mongoose family . Its classification has been controversial because its physical traits resemble those of cats, yet other traits suggest a...
  
  
• Jaguar
  Jaguar
  The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
  
  
• Miniature horse
  Miniature horse
  Miniature horses are found in many nations, particularly in Europe and the Americas. The designation of miniature horse is determined by the height of the animal, which, depending on the particular breed registry involved, is usually less than as measured at the last hairs of the mane, which are...
  
  
• Muntjac deer
• Ring-tailed Lemur
  Ring-tailed Lemur
  The ring-tailed lemur is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families. It is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar...
  
  
• Capybara
  Capybara
  The capybara , also known as capivara in Portuguese, and capibara, chigüire in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador ronsoco in Peru, chigüiro, and carpincho in Spanish, is the largest living rodent in the world. Its closest relatives are agouti, chinchillas, coyphillas, and guinea pigs...
  
  
• Meerkat
  Meerkat
  The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan"...
  
  
• Squirrel Monkey
  Squirrel monkey
  The squirrel monkeys are the New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri. They are the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae.Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America in the canopy layer. Most species have parapatric or allopatric ranges in the Amazon, while S...
  
  
• Red Ruffed Lemur
  Red Ruffed Lemur
  The red ruffed lemur is one of two species in the genus Varecia, the ruffed lemurs; the other is the black-and-white ruffed lemur . Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar and occurs only in the rainforests of Masoala, in the northeast of the island...
  
  
• Wallaby
  Wallaby
  A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod . It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been given some other name.-Overview:...
  
  

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