Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden

Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden

Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden Logo (2002-present)
Date opened 1902 (Wheeler Park Zoo)[1]
1920 (as Lincoln Park Zoo)[2]
Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Coordinates 35°31′16″N 97°28′21″W / 35.5212°N 97.4724°W / 35.5212; -97.4724Coordinates: 35°31′16″N 97°28′21″W / 35.5212°N 97.4724°W / 35.5212; -97.4724
Land area 119 acres (48 ha)
Number of animals 1,900 [3]
Number of species 512 [4]
Annual visitors 1,046,000 [5]
Memberships AZA,[6] AAM[7]
Website www.okczoo.com

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is a zoo and botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The zoo covers 119 acres (48 ha) and is home to more than 1,900 animals. It is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The Oklahoma City Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the American Alliance of Museums.

Exhibits

Other attractions within the zoo include Safari Voyage boats, the giraffe feeding platform, the Safari Tram, the Endangered Species Carousel, the Sea Lion Show, the Centennial Choo Choo, the Jungle Gym Playground and swan paddleboats.

Surrounding the zoo are the Zoo Amphitheater, Lincoln Park, Northeast Lake and the Lincoln Park Golf Course. The zoo is located Oklahoma City's Adventure District at the crossroads of I-35 and I-44. Other attractions in the Adventure District are the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Science Museum Oklahoma (formerly called the Omniplex), the ASA National Softball Hall of Fame, and Remington Park Racing/Casino.

Former exhibits

Famous denizens

Malee was an Asian elephant born April 15, 2011, weighing 300 pounds, the child of one of the Oklahoma City Zoo's elephants, Asha, and a male elephant named Sneezy who lives at the Tulsa Zoo. The Zoo held birthday parties for her every year.[14][15] On September 30, 2015, zookeepers noticed discoloration of her trunk. After two failed treatments, she died at 4 AM CST on October 1, 2015. The cause of death was determined to be elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, which the other elephants at the zoo aside from her sister Achara also had.[16]

Gallery

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Stephens 2006, pp. 9
  2. ↑ Stephens 2006, pp. 37
  3. ↑ http://www.okczoo.com/animals-plants/
  4. ↑ http://www.okczoo.com/animals-plants/
  5. ↑ http://www.okczoo.com/news/m.blog/56/okc-zoo-announces-record-attendance-8-15
  6. ↑ "List of Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "List of Accredited Museums" (PDF). aam-us.org. American Alliance of Museums. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Great EscApe". okczoo.com. Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Cat Forest/Lion Overlook". okczoo.com. Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Oklahoma Trails". okczoo.com. Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Noble Aquatic Center: Aquaticus". okczoo.com. Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Butterfly Garden". okczoo.com. Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  13. ↑ "Island Life". okczoo.com. Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  14. ↑ "Malee's 1st Birthday Bash at the OKC Zoo." (Press release). OKC Zoo. April 6, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ "OKC Zoo planning second Birthday Bash" (Press release). OKC Zoo. April 8, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ Patterson, Matt (October 1, 2015). "Virus eyed in death of Malee, zoo’s 4-year-old elephant". The Oklahoman. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

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