Millbrook School's Trevor Zoo

Millbrook School's Trevor Zoo Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo at Millbrook School. Open Daily 9-5. AZA Accredited. Established in 1936. Did you know that the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo is one-of-a-kind?
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It is, in fact, the only zoo in this country that is located at a high school. The zoo was established in 1936 at Millbrook School, a coeducational independent high school in Millbrook, New York. Its founder, Frank Trevor, was Millbrook School’s first biology teacher, a man with a passion for sharing his love of wildlife with all people, especially children. And there are plenty of other interesti

ng facts about the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo:

It houses more than 160 exotic and indigenous animals
70 different species are represented
It is home to 10 endangered species
Its facilities extended over 6 acres
It operates a veterinary clinic
It is one of 239 zoos in the U.S. accredited by the AZA (Associations of Zoos and Aquariums)

What’s Red, White and Blue AND open every day of the year including ALL HOLIDAYS? The Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo of course! So p...
07/03/2025

What’s Red, White and Blue AND open every day of the year including ALL HOLIDAYS? The Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo of course! So please make us part of your Fourth of July Holiday Weekend. We are open from 9 am till 5 pm every day. See you soon!

This week the AZA SAFE team announced that SAFE Red Panda's 2025-2028 inaugural program plan has been approved and is no...
07/02/2025

This week the AZA SAFE team announced that SAFE Red Panda's 2025-2028 inaugural program plan has been approved and is now published on the AZA website under the SAFE species page. Congratulations to Team Red Panda!

Red pandas (Ailurus fulgens and Ailurus styani) are found in Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar and China and face a wide array of conservation threats ranging from habitat fragmentation, degradation and loss to zoonotic diseases. Climate change exacerbates existing habitat conditions for red pandas and other species specialized for life in the rugged Himalayas. The mission of the SAFE Red Panda program is to create long-term support for wild red panda populations by creating partnerships among zoological organizations that empower in-situ and ex-situ conservation collaborations. Over the next three years, SAFE Red Panda will be collaborating closely with Red Panda Network (RPN) as a vital field partner due to their singular focus on red pandas and community-centered approach to conservation, but the program will also identify and establish relationships with other key partners currently active in red panda conservation beyond RPN's focus in Nepal.

Our own Director of Animal Care, Kyleen Depew, is a Steering Committee member of the SAFE Red Panda team. We congratulate Kyleen and all her colleagues on the team for their hard work and commitment to saving these charismatic creatures from extinction!

You can check out the plan to learn more about SAFE Red Panda’s efforts on the AZA website at https://www.aza.org/safe-species

Photos of our Red Pandas Zhu and Lucy.

Flaca, our female Snowy Owl, knows how to stay cool on warm summer days.Snowy Owls are migratory birds and spend their s...
06/28/2025

Flaca, our female Snowy Owl, knows how to stay cool on warm summer days.

Snowy Owls are migratory birds and spend their summer nesting on the grounds of the far north tundra, up to the edge of the Arctic Ocean. In winter they head south and are often seen in our neck of the woods. They are attracted to airports because the lack of trees remind them of their Arctic homes.

Photo by Keeper Bree Hunsdon.

Our new Binturongs, Vivvy and Anton, have been enjoying their habitat, which formerly housed Keas. A lot of hard work we...
06/25/2025

Our new Binturongs, Vivvy and Anton, have been enjoying their habitat, which formerly housed Keas. A lot of hard work went into making the exhibit space, both inside and out, compatible for the Binturongs. A big thank you to all the crew who contributed including Rhett Roback ’04, Frank Billington, Pete Lasko, Alan Tousignant, Max Amsterdam ’26, and John Diotte at Continuous Coatings Inc. And a big shoutout to our Animal Care staff who planned, advised, and prepared the space to make it ready for Vivvy and Anton.

Check out these sweet custom cookies which Donna from DW Sweet Confections made for our recent renaming and dedication o...
06/18/2025

Check out these sweet custom cookies which Donna from DW Sweet Confections made for our recent renaming and dedication of the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo! Donna is based locally in Red Hook, New York, and you can find her on Facebook, Instagram and her website which is www.dwsweetconfections.com.

DW Sweet Confections

Special thanks to Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino who visited the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo last week. We were excited to ...
06/17/2025

Special thanks to Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino who visited the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo last week. We were excited to show Sue the newly renamed zoo, talk about our mission, and give her a special tour.

As Dutchess County Executive, Sue brings support and attention to businesses throughout the county, including Millbrook School and the Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo. And she helps our tourism marketing organization, Destination Dutchess, do the fantastic job they do - promoting all the wonderful attractions of our home county. Together they work to bring tourism to area businesses and our community by marketing and promoting the unique assets of Dutchess County to the nation and the world.

Thanks for the visit Sue, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

We have some BIG BUSHY NEWS! Please welcome Vivvy and Anton, two Binturong who came to us recently from the Mesker Park ...
06/16/2025

We have some BIG BUSHY NEWS! Please welcome Vivvy and Anton, two Binturong who came to us recently from the Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville, Indiana. Vivvy and Anton have been together for a long time and had many bintlets (baby binturongs) during their time in Indiana. Vivvy is 12-years-old and was born at the Prague Zoological Gardens in the Czech Republic. Anton is 14-years-old and was born at the Dortmund Zoo in Dortmund, Germany. They both first lived at the Chicago Brookfield Zoo before they moved to Mesker Park.

So, what exactly its a Binturong, you might be asking? The Binturong, also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid (a mammal of the civet family) native to South and Southeast Asia. Uncommon in much of its native range, they have been assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining population. The binturong is long and heavy, with short, stout legs. They have thick coats of coarse black hair, with a large, bushy, prehensile tail.

Yes, they do look like a mixture between a bear and a cat. Yes, they are very cute. And YES, the rumors are true: They do indeed smell like popcorn.

This is a new species for the Trevor Zoo and we are very excited to learn more about them and share them with our visitors and students. They are living in the former Kea exhibit, across from the Red Pandas. The exhibit space has been completely re-furbished, re-painted, and re-perched for the binturong. And for the past couple of weeks, Vivvy and Anton have been venturing outside and getting to know their new home.

We hope you will come visit them in person soon. We are open every day of the year from 9 till 5.

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden

Happy Caturday from Stanley the Canda Lynx! International Lynx Day was celebrated this past Wednesday, on June 11th. The...
06/15/2025

Happy Caturday from Stanley the Canda Lynx!

International Lynx Day was celebrated this past Wednesday, on June 11th. The day is dedicated to raising awareness about lynx conservation and the importance of these fascinating wild cats. It’s a day to appreciate their unique characteristics and the threats they face, particularly in Europe, where they are the largest wild cat. A lynx is any of the four extant species of the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. They include the Canada Lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx, and the bobcat.

Two of the most well-known characteristics of a lynx are their tufted ears which adorn long black tufts of hair, and their large, thick and heavily furred paws. These evolved paws act like natural snowshoes, allowing the Lynx to walk on top of deep snow without sinking. This adaptation is particularly important for hunting in snowy environments, where their prey (like snowshoe hares) might also be using the snow for cover.

Each year, the Frank W. Trevor Cup is awarded to a member of the graduating class who has made the most significant cont...
06/11/2025

Each year, the Frank W. Trevor Cup is awarded to a member of the graduating class who has made the most significant contributions through study, project, or zoo work to the natural sciences and environmental stewardship at Millbrook School. This year’s Frank W. Trevor Cup was awarded to Jamie Katis ’25.

Dr. Kerry Dore shared these comments about Jamie at this year’s Prize Night.

“Jamie is the consummate zooie. We’ve only been lucky enough to have Jamie as a student for three years here at Millbrook, but she has probably spent more time in the facility than almost any other four-year student. The zoo staff shared with me that Jamie has not passed up any zoo-related opportunity that has come her way during her time here: she’s been a Zoo Squadder, a Vet shadow, a Community Service participant, a Student Curator, and now a Head Student Curator. She has attended The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Advocacy Day and Annual Conference, she’s represented the zoo with numerous visiting school groups, and she’s been on many animal transports and zoo visits with zoo staff. The list goes on. While her teachers and friends are going to miss her terribly next year, and the zoo offices will be quieter, the individual that might miss Jamie the most is Gus the Galago. Jamie will sit and do homework with him or even craft with him for hours. It takes a special and dedicated kind of person to develop a relationship like that with one of our animals and it speaks a lot about who Jamie is at her core.

I have had the pleasure of teaching Jamie in both of her science classes this year: Advanced Biology and Independent Science Research. For ISR, Jamie channeled her energy and enthusiasm for the zoo into a year-long research project where she investigated the impact of breeding-season separation on our endangered red wolves. Jamie wanted to know how this separation - necessary so we don’t have any more pups next year and don’t have to put the females on birth control - impacted the wolves’ behavior and stress. What Jamie probably didn’t want to know was how to homogenize frozen wolf f***s. They say necessity is the mother of invention - well, Jamie and the zoo staff invented the “pooperator” - essentially a mixer on a drill - to help with this necessary evil. In addition to collecting f***s for hormone analysis, Jamie systematically collected data on the wolves’ behavior using our cameras. Then, she analyzed the levels of hormones in the f***l samples by painstakingly extracting the hormone and then assaying the samples over about 20 hours in the lab. While there were no significant differences in the wolves’ f***l cortisol levels, Jamie’s research found that the female wolves had a more significant stress response to the separation - running more often than the males and exhibiting significantly higher variability in their hormone levels after the separation. This information can help our zoo and other zoos with red wolves better manage this critically endangered species. Jamie, thank you so much for everything you’ve done for our zoo and our community as a whole - your presence will be greatly missed next year!”

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282 Millbrook School Road
Millbrook, NY
12545

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5am
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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Did you know that the Trevor Zoo is one-of-a-kind? It is, in fact, the only zoo in this country that is located at a high school. The zoo was established in 1936 at Millbrook School, a coeducational independent high school in Millbrook, New York. Its founder, Frank Trevor, was Millbrook School’s first biology teacher, a man with a passion for sharing his love of wildlife with all people, especially children. And there are plenty of other interesting facts about the Trevor Zoo: It houses more than 180 exotic and indigenous animals 80 different species are represented It is home to 9 endangered species Its facilities extended over 6 acres It operates a veterinary clinic It is one of 232 zoos in the U.S. accredited by the AZA (Associations of Zoos and Aquariums)