Detroit Zoo

Detroit Zoo
The Horace Rackham Memorial Fountain by Corrado Parducci, in 2007.
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42°28′37″N 83°09′25″W / 42.47694°N 83.15694°W / 42.47694; -83.15694
Date openedAugust 1, 1928
LocationHuntington Woods/Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Land area125 acres (51 ha)[1]
No. of animals2,000+
No. of species245+
Annual visitors1.5+ million[5]
MembershipsAZA,[2] AAM,[3] WAZA[4]
Major exhibitsArctic Ring of Life, Australian Outback Adventure, Cotton Family Wolf Wilderness, Great Apes of Harambee, Holden Reptile Conservation Center, National Amphibian Conservation Center, Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Matilda Wilson Free-Flight Aviary
Public transit accessBus interchange SMART
Websitewww.detroitzoo.org
Detroit Zoological Park
Detroit Zoo is located in Michigan
Detroit Zoo
Detroit Zoo is located in the United States
Detroit Zoo
Location8450 West Ten Mile Road,
Huntington Woods/Royal Oak, Michigan
ArchitectArthur A. Shurtleff, Heinrich Hagenbeck
NRHP reference No.90001226[6]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1990

The Detroit Zoo is a zoo located in the cities of Huntington Woods and Royal Oak in the U.S. state of Michigan. Spanning 125 acres (50.6 ha), it houses more than 2,000 animals and more than 200 different species. The zoo was the first U.S. zoo to feature bar-less habitats,[7] and is regarded to be an international leader in animal welfare, conservation and sustainability by the Detroit Zoological Society.

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  3. ^ "Find a Museum Member". aam_us.org. AAM. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Nagl, Kurt (January 4, 2018). "More Than 1.5 million Visit Detroit Zoo in 2017, Down Slightly from Record 2016". Crain Communications. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. ^ "Wayne County – A Brief History". Archived from the original on August 26, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2007.