Author: Kaiti Chritz

The 1960s were not a good time for the zoo, but long-time Lansing State Journal columnist Jim Hough and a Mexican burro named Herman helped turn things around. Jim Hough […]

The Great Depression had a huge impact on life in the 1930s. Even so, Potter Park Zoo was able to add significantly to the core of the zoo at a […]

Potter Park Zoo is the first AZA-accredited zoo or aquarium in Michigan to provide braille maps for guests. The zoo has continued to expand its initiative to become more accessible […]

As the animal collection grew at the zoo in the 1920s, there was a need for a new animal building. Funds were put in the city budget in the late […]

  For many years there was a large statue of a Native American in Potter Park. It was carved in 1975 and widely known at the time as the Indian […]

  Tucker is a yellow-naped Amazon parrot that was hatched at the zoo in 1994 and has lived her life here since. She was an ambassador animal at the zoo […]

This saga began in 2009, when Potter Park Zoo had one Amur tiger at the zoo – Sivaki, a male who had been born here in 2005 and grew up […]

Rhinos Become the BIG Species at the Zoo In the 1970s and ‘80s Potter Park Zoo had two singleton elephants at different times. There will be more on that topic […]

The oldest building still standing at the zoo was built in 1921. The animal collection was growing in the park, and additional housing was needed. A new animal building – […]

One hundred years ago Potter Park was thriving in the budding park system of Lansing. City leaders were correct in their prediction that its natural beauty among the oaks and […]