We’re not your typical petting zoo.  Kayleis petting zoo was founded on the belief that allowing people to interact with animals is beneficial to the animal world. We are advocates, creating more advocates.

Animals often get a raw deal. Shelters are full of unwanted pets and many factory farms treat animals as little more than a “product.” Our home state of Illinois ranked as the worst state to be an animal in.

We believe that animals deserve more. We are actively working with shelters, rescues and other advocates to improve the lives of animals in our state and our country.

We hope to in the near future hold a  fundraiser, for animal awareness. A community event in the city of east moline . It will  feature hand led pony rides, a large petting zoo, inflatables, food and other family entertainment. All proceeds for this event go to organizations that support homeless pets in the quad cities . We hope our first one will be in spring of 2024..

Our animals live on a 170 acre farm in rural east moline IL .  Our sole responsibility is taking care of our animals.

Our animals stay with us their entire lives and often live together in family units. Our Animal Care Director provides the animals with daily care, including feed, water and socialization. When animals are at our park locations or on events, they are cared for by our knowledgeable Family Members. Our animals spend most of their lives at home on the farm.

Providing excellent animal care is never easy or cheap. We get requests all the time for services we cannot provide due to our animal welfare policies.

• Our animals are part of the family and not for sale.
• Our animals are cage free ,with large fenced acreage to roam. except during transport. Also the exception of rabbit hutches.
• ALL Animals must be old enough to handle safely.
• We rescue before we buy or breed. If we have the option.
• We only take in animals who thrive in our environment. We have very few exotic animals.