Dallas Zoo

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Dallas Zoo
Date opened 1888
Location Dallas, Texas, USA
Land area 95 acres [1] (0.384 km²)
# of Animals 1,800
Accreditations/
Memberships		 AZA
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Dallas Zoo is a zoo located just 3 miles (5 km) south of downtown Dallas in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The zoo was originally founded in 1888 and now covers 95 acres (385,000 m²), making it the largest zoological experience in Texas [2]. It has about 1,800 animals on zoo grounds with another 4-5000 animals at The Dallas Aquarium in Fair park, which it also manages. The facility is immediately adjacent to the Dallas Zoo Station on DART's Red Line.

[edit] Incidents

On March 18, 2004 a gorilla named Jabari scaled a retaining wall and injured four visitors. He was fatally shot by a police SWAT team after being pursued by zoo employees through the Wilds of Africa exhibit.[3] This incident prompted several zoos to create or enhance Emergency Response Teams to deal with escaped animals.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.dallas-zoo.org/yourvisit/yourvisit.htm
  2. ^ DallasZoo.com - General Information. Retrieved 28 September 2006.
  3. ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/19/earlyshow/living/petplanet/main607290.shtml

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