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Carnivore Preservation Trust Phone:(919)542-4684 Home to 140 animals representing 11 species of threatened and endangered carnivores, including tigers, spotted leopards, snow leopards, jaguars, ocelots, servals, caracals, binturongs, and more. Guided tours enable close views of rarely seen animals.

Natural Science Center Phone:(336)288-3769 A hands-on museum, zoo and planetarium offering fun for the whole family.

NC Zoo Phone:(800)488-0444 Bring your curiosity and a comfortable pair of shoes to explore more than 500 acres which will allow you to see everything from Polar Bears in the icy Rocky Coast of North America to an authentic African marketplace just beyond zebras, elephants, and giraffes all in one day! Proud to be the country's largest and finest walk-through, natural-habitat zoo, the 37 acre African Plains exhibit is as large as many entire zoos!

Rising Meadow Farm Phone:(336)622-2842 Rising Meadow Farm is a sheep farm. The tour of the farm takes one and a half hours and provides information about care of the animals and wool-making demonstrations.

SciWorks Museum Phone:(336)767-6730 At SciWorks, it's fun to learn about science. Travel through the solar system under the dome of our state-of-the-art planetarium. Come face-to-face with river otters and other animals indigenous to North Carolina in our 15-acre Environmental Park. Enjoy interactive, hands-on special exhibits and programs in spacious exhibit halls.

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