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The Phoenix Zoo opened in 1962 and is the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States. [6] Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, [7] a member of the Maytag family, and operates on 125 acres (51 ha) of land in the Papago Park area of Phoenix. [1] It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. [6]
In the fall of 1971, the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums membership voted to become an independent association. On January 19, 1972, it was chartered as the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums with its executive office located in Wheeling, West Virginia, within the Oglebay Park Good Zoo. [1]
The Animal Game: Searching for Wildness at the American Zoo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674737341. OCLC 946906577. Flank, Lenny (2021). The Zoo Tourist: Visiting America's Zoos and Aquariums. Red and Black Publishers. ISBN 9781610011440. OCLC 1400972328. Nyhuis, Allen W. (2008).
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Baby Masiki the white rhino was born Nov. 7 “in excellent health,” Wildlife World Zoo officials said in a Nov. 21 news release. The zoo is about 25 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix.
The two new lion cubs at Phoenix Zoo now have names after an online contest that saw 10,000 votes helped make the final decision. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
The WAZA has two types/levels of membership. The first is an association member that is through another zoo association such as the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The second is a direct institutional membership of WAZA.
Papago Park is a hilly desert park covering 1200 acres in its Phoenix extent and 296 acres in its Tempe extent. Tempe refers to its section of the park specifically as Tempe Papago Park. Papago Park is notable for its many distinctive geological formations and its wide variety of typical desert plants, including the giant saguaro cactus .