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Dallas Zoo (also called the Dallas Zoological Park) is a 106-acre (43 ha) zoo located 3 mi (5 km) south of downtown Dallas, Texas, in Marsalis Park.Established in 1888, it is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas [1] and is managed by the non-profit Dallas Zoological Society.
Jenny was euthanized as a "quality-of-life decision" [2] at the Dallas Zoo on September 4, 2008, at the age of 55. [1] Colo, a gorilla who was kept at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and was the first gorilla ever born in captivity, [2] succeeded Jenny as the world's oldest known gorilla. [1] Colo died January 17, 2017, at the age of 60.
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).
The zoo closed in 1988, and the newest elephant Toni was shipped to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., in 1989. The zoo remained closed until summer 2003, when it reopened as a smaller wildlife rehabilitation center. In an article in Time magazine, this zoo in 2008 was the 4th worst animal treatment (abuse) zoo in America. In 2009 the zoo ...
The Dallas World Aquarium is a for-profit aquarium and zoo located in the West End Historic District of Dallas, Texas, USA. [4] It aids conservation and education by housing many animals that are threatened or endangered as part of a cooperative breeding program with other zoos around the world.
Dallas Zoo is a DART light rail station located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas at Ewing Avenue and Clarendon Drive. It opened on June 14, 1996 and is a station on the Red Line , serving the Dallas Zoo and Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
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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.