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2. Brookfield Zoo Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Brookfield Zoo Chicago, known until 2024 as simply Brookfield Zoo, and also known as the Chicago Zoological Park, [2] [3] is a zoo located in Brookfield, Illinois. Brookfield Zoo is owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and is managed by the Chicago Zoological Society. It is largest zoo in the Chicago metropolitan area and houses ...

3. Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Wikipedia

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   The Forest Preserves also owns the lands on which the Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden operate, and its Chicago Portage area preserve is also affiliated with the United States National Park Service. The Cook County Board of Commissioners also serves ex-officio as the board for the district.

4. Hollywood station (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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   Hollywood station is the main stop for the Brookfield Zoo. It was originally built in 1893 when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer, began selling building lots platted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line.

5. Brookfield Zoo welcomes 4 adorable meerkat pups - AOL

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   Brookfield Zoo Chicago recently celebrated the arrival of four adorable meerkat pups, born on February 11.

6. Association of Zoos and Aquariums - Wikipedia

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   The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA), is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.

7. Cook County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   The district is a belt of 69,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest reservations surrounding the city of Chicago. The Brookfield Zoo (managed by the Chicago Zoological Society) and the Chicago Botanic Garden (managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society) are located in the forest preserves. Cook County is the fifth-largest employer in Chicago. [29]