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Top 25 Exotic animal sanctuaries worldwide
RevenueBase identified 453 exotic animal sanctuaries worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 5,458 professional contacts across them, including 1,089 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Gainesville the largest hub.
This list covers exotic animal sanctuaries worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for exotic animal sanctuaries follow the table.
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The 25 largest exotic animal sanctuaries worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 448 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Le ZooParc de Beauval n’est pas seulement un lieu d’accueil pour les espèces animales menacées d’extinction dans la nature.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 304 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1929, the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is Canada’s most visited zoo and a cherished family destination for locals and visitors alike.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 291 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AAP rescue centre for exotic animals AAP strives for a better future for exotic animal like primates, big cats and other exotic mammals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 282 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oakland Zoo was established in 1922 and is managed by the Conservation Society of California, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife both…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Australia Zoo - Home of the Crocodile Hunter!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, are Kent’s award winning wild animal parks, working in conjunction with the world leading conservation charity, The…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At The Wilds, our mission is simple but powerful: Empowering People.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is dedicated to the conservation of species in peril, conducting scientific research, training of professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hertfordshire Zoo is voted Hertfordshire’s No.1 Outdoor Attraction by Trip Advisor and is set in the beautiful surrounding of Broxbourne Woods in the Heart of the Hertfordshire…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Raystede is a charity that aims to give animals a better life through rehoming, rehabilitation and sanctuary, and give people the support and knowledge they need to treat animals…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tanganyika Wildlife Park is an organization dedicated to the conservation of endangered and exotic species.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As human populations expand, wildlife comes under increasing threat.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission: Connect people with wildlife to inspire responsibility and respect for the world we share.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The N/a’an ku sê Foundation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At the Howell Nature Center, our story begins with a deep-rooted passion for nature and wildlife.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WildCare's mission is to advocate for wildlife for a sustainable world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1977, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation (WRR) receives over wild animals per year for rehabilitation and release as well as providing permanent sanctuary for more…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that rescues and offers a life-time home for big cats and other dangerous carnivores.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dedicated to education and conservation, the Greater Vancouver Zoo is home to many rescued, donated and orphaned animals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital has 3 veterinary hospitals in Mesa, Phoenix & Tucson, Arizona, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lions Tigers & Bears is a federally and state licensed non-profit 501(c)(3) rescue facility dedicated to providing a safe haven for unwanted and abused Big Cats and other exotic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cedar Run is a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey’s wildlife and habitats through education, conservation, and rehabilitation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Sanctuary provides free comprehensive medical and rehabilitative care to almost injured wild animals each year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: exotic animal sanctuaries. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names exotic animal sanctuaries.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of exotic animal sanctuaries, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name exotic animal sanctuaries. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Exotic animal sanctuaries worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among exotic animal sanctuaries, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for exotic animal sanctuaries are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “exotic animal sanctuaries”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names exotic animal sanctuaries), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among exotic animal sanctuaries, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,089 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Exotic animal sanctuaries by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Exotic animal sanctuaries list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names exotic animal sanctuaries, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many exotic animal sanctuaries are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 453 exotic animal sanctuaries worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
ZOO DE Beauval, headquartered in St Aignan, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most exotic animal sanctuaries?
The United States leads with 222 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (40). Every exotic animal sanctuaries list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most exotic animal sanctuaries?
Gainesville leads with 4 headquartered companies, followed by Austin (3) and Oudtshoorn (3).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,089 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 453 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.