Milwaukee County Zoo

Milwaukee County Zoo
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43°1′57.5724″N 88°2′14.64″W / 43.032659000°N 88.0374000°W / 43.032659000; -88.0374000
Date openedJanuary 16, 1892
(Washington Park site)
May 13, 1961
(current site)[1]
Location10001 W. Bluemound Rd.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Land area200 acres (81 ha)[1]
No. of animals3,100[2]
No. of species350[2]
Annual visitors1.3 million[2]
MembershipsAssociation of Zoos and Aquariums[3]
Major exhibitsAviary
Apes of Africa/Primates of the World
Aquatic and Reptile Center
Small Mammal Building
Large Mammals
Northwestern Mutual Family Farm
Public transit accessBus transport MCTS
Bus transport Waukesha Metro
Websitewww.milwaukeezoo.org

The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.[3] The zoo averages about 1.3 million visitors a year.[2] The zoo houses 3,100 animals from 350 species[2] and covers an area of 190 acres (77 ha).[4] The zoo is noted for the second birth of polar bears[5] and siamangs[6] in captivity and for their locally famous gorilla Samson, who lived from 1950 to 1981 and whose bones are now on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum. During World War II, a celebrity animal of the zoo was Gertie the Duck and her ducklings.[7] The zoo is also home to one of the largest group of bonobos in one location outside their native Democratic Republic of the Congo,[8] and has two cheetahs from the National Zoo in Washington, DC.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Milwaukee County Zoo-About Us". Milwaukeezoo.org. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e Diliberti-Shea, Jennifer. "Go behind the scenes at the Milwaukee County Zoo to be educated and entertained". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
  3. ^ a b "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". AZA.org. Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
  4. ^ "Media: Zoo Facts | Milwaukee County Zoo". www.milwaukeezoo.org. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference first_siamang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Animal-Human Relations | Encyclopedia of Milwaukee". emke.uwm.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
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  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference nat_zoo_cheetah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).