Visiting The Memphis Zoo
In the past decade, the Memphis Zoo has become one of the premier zoos in the Southeastern US.
The Memphis Zoo was founded in 1905 when a bear named Natch, the mascot for the Memphis baseball team, was chained to a tree in Overton Park.
Throughout the past century, the Memphis Zoo has grown and now bears the distinction of being one of only 4 US zoos to host a pair ...

