Reviews of Sunrise Children's Zoo (Zoo)

Samantha Cummings

Really cute small place for kids to stop in and see an assortment of animals as well as feed some of them and pet others. Nice staff. Well kept grounds and healthy animals.

Jenny Ball

My 4 year old LOVED it!!!

brother john

Only giving 1 star because I had to otherwise would have got 0 from my family. Animals were in horrible conditions. The owner was there and I pointed out to her that the donkey needed fresh water it was black with algi floating in it, she was incredibly rude and said we clean then every hour and I said that wasn't cleaned an hour ago lol she said she'd have someone take care of it, I went on to feed the chickens and my sister said the owner was whispering to other volunteers and pointing at me. This place needs shut down. They had a peacock in a small cage when it spread it's feathers it wasn't even able to fully because there was no room. People were teasing animals, this place needs to be shut down. I will be there when they open again to document on a YouTube channel the care these animals receive. I will expose this place and see that it gets shut down

Carolyn Gildersleeve

My son had a nice time here.

Patricia Jackson

Ok was looking for a cat but cost too much.

Timothy DeHeck

Small but fun

Brandon Kettman

Wonderful little place

Jose Reyna

Not open and no animals

Curt F.

Great little zoo for the kids, can get up close with many of the animals. My young kids have fun visiting here every summer, and I have fun as well

Brittney Bienfang

Great place for kids.

Kanoon Glass

Hood fabulous

Zach mac

I love this place, they have the best: animals, location and very friendly staff

Sherry Wilson

Great place.. Love the animals

Matthew Gibbon

Loads of fun for kids and parents! Great place to take the kids on the weekends.

Alok Ranjan

A nice petting zoo for animal loving kids.

Betzy Flores

it was fun and there were lots of farm animals to pet i give it 5 stars

ron sichra

Fun for my kids

Roxy K.L. Anderson

Animals are in bad condition!

Dan and Lynn Bolin

While not necessarily a destination "zoo" as a quick stop (30-45 minutes) while in Waterloo it's a nice little Petting Zoo. My elementary aged kids enjoyed seeing the animals up close, petting them, and feeding them. Since it's small I didn't worry too much about my youngest wondering off. I appreciate that this petting zoo is available for the Waterloo community giving kids & families an opportunity to experience animals up close. They have a hand washing station & a porta potty for use as well.

Sarah Jenkins

Awesome free activity for kids

Krystal Schellhorn

My son love's this place

Brittany Koch

Perfect little farm type hands on zoo. Clean, friendly staff, friendly animals. Our 3 year old loved it! $5 feed buckets are plentiful to feed all the animals.

Dani Cole

Very nice petting zoo! I work with adults with Disabilities and are always looking different activities to do with them for little or no money and this is a favorite!

lilbit JW

Free admission but pay to feed animals ... balances out.

Brittani Larrew

Free to get in, I wish more people donated to keep this running. Great place for kids to learn and play with animals.

Samii Peterson

Nice small local zoo for both kids and adults to enjoy. Goats, donkeys, llama, pigs and more.

Randy Thomas

Great little children's zoo

chew pop #eric

Some animals were taken care of and then there's the rabbits and the cats and Guinea pigs which shouldn't be there there were rabbits and and cats that were malnourished and not being fed could feel sharp bones cause they didn't get the nutrients they need I own 2 French lops and couldn't leave this place without calling animal control because they are not taking care of these animals right... and the workers (kids) didnt work they just went around holding animals. water looked dirty and the cages had poo every where place should be shut down in my opinion

Tony

A smaller zoo with approximately 10 types of animals. The goats are a big hit. Admission is free, you pay for food to feed the animals. Great for kids.

Abstinent Angela

This is NOT a zoo! This place is tiny and ONLY has, goats, a cow, chickens, rabbit, 2 miles, 1 peacock, and 1 deer. This is a pretting zoo NOT a zoo. The photos make it look like there are huge barns but in reality they are tiny little sheds. The animals looked well cared for and their stalls were clean. That's a huge positive.

Janelle Roelfsema

Very small but the kids really enjoyed it!!

Donna Sommer

Sunrise children's zoo is a nice place to take kids. Its very clean and the animals are well cared for.

Sport Plex

Amazing. Also great prices for animal food

Melaniefarmlady Thomas

Hands down best place to visit every year, love the animals and staff !!!

Cathy M

Great place to take the kids. Just don't care for peeps that let their kids run wild.

Ann Condon

Really fun.

Amber Stueben

This place should have been shut down years ago. Really disgusting place. The animals always had poop in their pens and their water is never fresh.

Emilee Clark

Always a good experience for the kids.. was surprised that the lady working was able to answer all my kids random questions

Paul Hardison

Animals were nice and seemed healthy. Free admission and cheap animal food a plus. Small children will enjoy themselves. Problem is one worker believes the correct way to advise children on the correct actions is to scream at them. My 12 yr old son bent over to show my 2 yr old daughter a chicken roaming and when it ran he followed for a couple steps and was immediately screamed at to stop chasing 'her' chickens. He was by no means chasing and is a very obedient child. She still found the need to scream at the top of her lungs at him. When put off by this and considering leaving the other workers could only say...'yeah. not supposed to chase the chickens' . No apologies... just that we were wrong. Not a good way for a place supposedly surviving off donations to treat children. Needless to say no donation from us on our visit.

Dan Lichty

It's a nice place for little kids to see something they normally don't get to see!

Aaron Durbin

A GREAT place for the kids! Loved it

Jeremiah Aneweer

Kids loved seeing all the animals!

Amy Deutsch

First time there and it was a great trip. My grand kids had alot of fun..

Dean Samec

It's small but does have a variety of farm animals

Jody Ann

This zoo is small but fun for younger kids. You can get up and close to the animals, and feed a few of them.

Julie Johnson

Not many animals just goats, a pig, two horses, rabbits, turkeys, a deer; not alot of enthusiasm from young workers.

Mary W

Super fun place to take the kids.

Jayme Billups

Love the staff and animals! Great place to spend time woth your kiddos!!

glen stevenson

Reason why I'm giving this a 2 star is because I asked a lady nicely to get a kitten out of a cage and she rudely replied im not going to get the cat out for you because there's a rabbit out and pointed at a table that the rabbit was on and i think the animal's are Over fed with junk food that's just my opinion and If people like that are gonna be snooty they Shouldn't be allowed around children

Amy Wisner

Should have taken pictures while there but the animals were not taken care of. It was a hot summer day, all of the smaller animals (kittens, rabbits, etc.) seemed dehydrated (one kitten and rabbit in particular were about to pass out). There were just "workers" (kids) running around playing with these poor animals and nothing was being done to help them. It was sad, and when we left we had to call animal control because no animal should live how these were. Hope to see some changes this summer.

Jodi Thein

It was a good time friendly animals was clean and healthy

Wayne Burgess

A great place for kid's of all ages!

Brenda Douglass

Need to update your website that you are closed.

Danica Wilcox

Family friendly donation petting zoo.

Reo Miller

Great family fun

Tammy Good

The kids had a great time

Kate McElligatt

The conditions the animals are living in are far from ideal. Their enclosures are too crowded and without any items for stimulation. It's generally a very depressing place. The deer in particular appeared to be in distress. I really think they should be closed down.

Brooke Davis

It's great! I volunteer there and am learning much about the different animals. Admission is free to the public, but there is a small fee to buy food for the various animals if you want to feed them. A great experience for both kids and adults!

Dennis Andersen

Great place to introduce children to farm animals.

Trevor Bardessono

I went for the first time and it was so cool. You are able to feed the animals if you take $5. It is free to get in and then you buy a sandbucket of food for the Animals. ITgey use that $ to keep running the zoo. It is so amazing. My kids really enjoyed it.

Mathew Chapman

Love petting the animals. Her kid friendly. :)

Ben S

My 2 yr old loved being able to interact with the animals

Bryce Kinkades

Pretty good experience other than the goat that attacked my daughter

Amy Russell

It's a nice way for young children to enjoy seeing and learning about farm animals. They can feed them if they want to and it is educational as well. It's kept clean and the animals that are there are well cared for.