Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden celebrated a banner year in 2025. Not only did the winner of Evansville Living’s Best Family Attraction award welcome a record-setting 229,278 visitors, it also savored success with Wild Summer Lights, an eight-week light installation that sold more than 50,000 tickets. Ahead are more notable numbers from the past year.
700+
Animals among 186-200 species that call the zoo home
40+
Large-scale Chinese lantern displays installed for Wild Summer Lights
2
Approximate pounds of fresh fish the each resident of Penguins of Patagonia eats per day
400
Average number of orchids on display during February’s Orchid Escape exhibit
5,060
Pounds that Bandhu the Greater One-Horned rhinoceros weighs
365
Days a year that Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden is open
Source: Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden
