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On March 16, 2006, Build-A-Bear opened a special Workshop inside their hometown zoo, the Saint Louis Zoo in Saint Louis, Missouri. Officially called Build-A-Bear Workshop At The Zoo, Where Wild And Wonderful Friends Are Made&trade;, this store stocked not only standard Build-A-Bear furry friends but also special friends designed just for the store.<ref name="opening">[https://ir.buildabear.com/news-releases/news-release-details/build-bear-workshopr-opens-first-zoo-store-saint-louis-zoo-build Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) Opens First Zoo Store At Saint Louis Zoo; Build-A-Bear Workshop Answers Call To The Wild With Saint Louis Zoo Store | Build-A-Bear Workshop]</ref> Many, but not all, furry friends sold at the Zoo came with special Zoo-design tush tags.<ref name="zootag">[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/build-bear-st-louis-zoo-european-3533283735 Worthpoint: Saint Louis Zoo exclusive European Rabbit with tags]</ref><ref name="nonzootag">[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/build-bear-cownose-stingray-zoo-zoo-1781743272 Worthpoint: Saint Louis Zoo Cownose Stingray with tags]</ref>
 
The Saint Louis Zoo shared many of its exclusives with the Rainforest Cafe. Over the course of its lifetime, several Zoo exclusives were also made available from the buildabear.com webstore, and somemany wereZoo adaptedexclusives intohad nearly identical non-zooZoo-exclusive versions.{{Citationcounterparts needed}}that were released before or after them. Note that for the purposes of this list, furry friends are considered Saint Louis Zoo exclusive if they could not be purchased at regular Build-A-Bear Workshop locations. As ecommerce has become a larger part of Build-A-Bear's business model, the collecting community began to view bears as location exclusive onlyeven if they werecould alsobe in-store-exclusive; since most Saint Louis Zoo and Rainforest Cafe bearspurchased online.
 
Build-A-Bear Workshop At The Zoo permanently closed its doors on September 10, 2017.<ref name="closure">[https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/build-a-bear-closes-store-at-st-louis-zoo-new-retail-spaces-planned/article_c3f92576-7fd4-5f02-b209-3cc9c6adf984.html Build-A-Bear closes store at St. Louis Zoo, new retail spaces planned]</ref>
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