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The Franklin Park Zoo is a 72-acre (290,000 m 2) zoo located in Boston, Massachusetts and is currently operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. [1] The zoo is located in the northeast portion of Franklin Park , Boston's largest park and the last component of the city's famed Emerald Necklace .
Franklin Park Zoo is located within the park grounds. Founded in 1912, the 72-acre (290,000 m 2) zoo has such exotic animals as lions, tigers, pygmy hippos, Masai giraffes, budgerigars, Amur leopards, western lowland gorillas, and Grévy's zebra.
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston; Lupa Zoo, Ludlow; Museum of Science, Boston; Southwick's Zoo, Mendon; Stone Zoo, Stoneham; The Zoo in Forest Park, Springfield [10] World War I Memorial Park and Zoo, Attleboro
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In the early 2000s, Zoo New England began a fund-raising campaign to reinvigorate both the Stone Zoo and the Franklin Park Zoo. [citation needed] On September 24, 2005, Stone Zoo celebrated its 100th anniversary. [2] The zoo layout was modified to make the grounds interesting and educational, despite the lack of large animals.
The zoo calls Enzi's arrival from Zoo New England's Franklin Park Zoo in Boston "a significant milestone, reinforcing the zoo's commitment to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species ...
Ward's Pond in Olmsted Park Fens from footbridge opposite Forsyth Dental building, looking north. Prudential building in background. This linear system of parks was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted to connect Boston Common, dating from the colonial period, and Public Garden (1837) to Franklin Park, known as the "great country park."
The Franklin Park Conservatory is embarking on 15 changes, including a new entrance off East Broad Street and a new visitors center, as seen in this layout of master plan changes.