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The Phoenix Zoo opened in 1962 and is the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States. [6] Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, [7] a member of the Maytag family, and operates on 125 acres (51 ha) of land in the Papago Park area of Phoenix. [1] It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. [6]
The Animal Game: Searching for Wildness at the American Zoo. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674737341. OCLC 946906577. Flank, Lenny (2021). The Zoo Tourist: Visiting America's Zoos and Aquariums. Red and Black Publishers. ISBN 9781610011440. OCLC 1400972328. Nyhuis, Allen W. (2008).
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After more than a year without them, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has welcomed a new pair of giant pandas for guests to visit. Three ...
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Papago Park is a hilly desert park covering 1200 acres in its Phoenix extent and 296 acres in its Tempe extent. Tempe refers to its section of the park specifically as Tempe Papago Park. Papago Park is notable for its many distinctive geological formations and its wide variety of typical desert plants, including the giant saguaro cactus .
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Ruby (July 13, 1973 – November 6, 1998) was a 4.5 ton asian elephant who lived at the Phoenix Zoo and was famous for creating paintings. The most expensive of her paintings sold for $25,000. The most expensive of her paintings sold for $25,000.
The zoo is about 25 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix. ... the zoo adopted three female rhinos that were orphaned in South Africa and an imported male rhino from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park ...