Pets No ‘Free Feeding’ Allowed At Randall Oaks Zoo Starting Monday Free feeding of animals has been in place for 60 years. Starting on Monday, some new rules will be in place regarding feeding at the zoo.
Starting on Monday, the zoo will remove its feeders and discontinue the sale of cups of feed, according to park district officials. (Randall Oaks Zoo)
WEST DUNDEE, IL — In an effort to provide better care for its animals, Randall Oaks Zoo will enact new rules Monday regarding how guests can feed the goats, ducks and other animals at the popular petting zoo.
For the past 60 years, guests to the petting zoo, at 1180 N. Randall Road in West Dundee, have been feeding the animals. In recent years, the zoo has had stations with feed available for purchase. At the stations, guests can fill their cups and then can feed the pellets of food to the animals. Starting on Monday, that will change. The zoo will remove its feeders and discontinue the sale of cups of feed, according to park district officials.
And instead of the traditional feeding methods moving forward, there will be three scheduled feeding times during the day. During the feeding sessions, guests can buy a cup of food for $1, according to park district officials. On busy days, there will be a limit of two cups per person. Sara Peters, zoo manager at Randall Oaks Zoo, said the changes were made with the animals best interests, and health, in mind.
Our Animal Care staff are always striving for best practices of animal welfare and by doing so, we need to change the method our guests will be feeding the animals,
