Stone Zoo
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Stone Zoo is a medium-small size zoo (around 26 acres) in Stoneham, Massachusetts. It is operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. It was once a very popular zoo in the 1970s and 80s featuring elephants, giraffes, a polar bear, a large house of birds and many other exhibits. It went through a transition period where the zoo had almost no large animals. Recently the old facilities have been put to new uses such as using the giraffe house as an animal education center. The current layout aims to use the whole grounds to be interesting and educational without featuring as many large animals as a major zoo.
On September 24, 2005 Stone Zoo celebrated its 100 year anniversary.
