San Antonio Zoo

San Antonio Zoo

Infobox zoo
zoo_name=San Antonio Zoo


image_caption=
date_opened=1914
location=3903 N. St. Mary's Street
San Antonio, Texas, USA
area=56 acres (0.226 km²)
coordinates=
num_animals=3,500+
num_species=750
members=AZA
website=http://www.sazoo-aq.org

The San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium is an Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited zoo in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The 56 acre zoo has a collection of over 3,500 animals representing 750 species. The zoo's annual attendance exceeds 850,000.

History

What is now known as the San Antonio Zoo began in 1914 when Colonel George W. Brackenridge, one of the city's leading citizens, placed bison, deer, monkeys, lions, and bears on land he had deeded to the city. The land became Brackenridge Park and Golf Course.

The San Antonio Zoo opened two of the first cageless exhibits in America in November 1929 that offered visitors views of the animals not available in caged exhibits. The Richard Friedrich Aquarium was dedicated in 1948, and the Hixon Bird House, funded through the efforts of Colonel Frederick C. Hixon, opened in 1966. The zoo's bird collection is now one of the world's largest.

ee also

*San Antonio Japanese Tea Gardens

External links

* [http://www.sazoo-aq.org/index.html San Antonio Zoo] Official website


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