Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix, Zoo in Rhodes, France

Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix is a 130-hectare zoo in Rhodes, in the Lorraine Regional Natural Park, built around four marked trails. The blue trail, the longest, crosses the deer plain, forest and ponds; the orange trail crosses a North American plain. Over 1,500 animals of 130 species are kept, including wolves, bears, lynx and bison.

The park opened in 1980 and grew from a small local project into a major center for European wildlife. Over time it became known for its work protecting and breeding endangered animal species.

The park's name comes from the hamlet of Sainte-Croix in Rhodes, Moselle. Its four colour-coded trails structure a visit: the blue trail crosses the deer plain, forest and ponds; the red trail, called "Le voyage de Néo", sets playful biodiversity missions; the orange trail covers North American plains. In autumn the park hosts red deer brame watching, cited among France's ten best brame sites.

The park covers 130 hectares and is organised around four colour-coded trails: blue, the longest, crosses the deer plain, forest and ponds; green covers the Animal and Man centre; red is the Néo biodiversity mission; orange, about an hour, crosses the North American plain. The gateway building has a wooden bench under its left wing and hay stored in the gable above the entrance.

The park has 56 nature lodges, and in 2020 it became the first animal park in Europe to be awarded an ecolabel for its nature-stay offer. The lodges include "La grange aux coyotes" and the lodges of the Black Bear river, built with the 2019 North America zone.