The Southern Nevada Zoo is permanently closed but families can still visit Gilcrease Sanctuary in North Las Vegas to see a variety of animals for a small admission fee of $4 or $2 (2- 12 years of age). My only regret is that we visited the sanctuary closer to noon when it was getting hot, hot, hot!
The sanctuary has a large number of birds but I had to stop and smell....I mean smile at the baby goats. The are super cute and super stinky. Did I mention that they are cute? How can you not resist those puppy goat eyes?
There were also little horses (hey, I don't know the proper terms but they were little), emus with gigantic scary eyeballs and llamas, oh my. Unfortunately, the heat was getting to us so we cut our visit short with a promise to see the rest of the animals another day.
