The Fort Worth Zoo is a zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, that was founded in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock and a few rabbits. The zoo now is home to 7,000 native and exotic animals and has been named as a top zoo in the nation by Family Life magazine, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today, as well as one of the top zoos in the South by Southern Living Reader's Choice Awards.
The Fort Worth Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Main exhibits
Current zoo exhibits include Penguins, World of Primates, the Brand New Elephant Springs, Raptor Canyon, Flamingo Bay, Meerkat Mounds, Australian Outback, African Savanna, Parrot Paradise, Texas Wild! and the Museum of Living Art (MOLA).
Penguins
This indoor exhibit is home to a colony of African penguins and southern rockhopper penguins, and includes a beach and an underwater viewing area.
World of Primates
Opened in 1992, World of Primates is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) exhibit that includes both indoor and outdoor habitats. The atrium is a tropical rainforest that has since been turned into an aviary, in which visitors can observe several different bird species from around the world and mantled guerezas. Once through the atrium, visitors take a winding boardwalk past other primates including the zoo's western lowland gorilla troop, Sumatran orangutans, mandrills, bonobos, and Northern white-cheeked gibbons.
Elephant Springs
The all-new Elephant Springs was opened in April 15, 2021 (Originally opened in 1992 as half of the former Asian Falls) and includes a huge remodeled Asian elephant yard complex. Before getting to the elephants, visitors can go past the entrance and either go to the River Village or check out a viewing area that gives a better view of the expanded yards of the Indian rhinoceros.
Raptor Canyon
Raptor Canyon is an aviary that opened in 1993 and is home to crowned eagles, Andean condors, king vultures, harpy eagles, white-backed vultures, and palm-nut vultures.
Cheetahs
The cheetah exhibit was opened in 1994 and was home to the zoo's cheetahs. Two other enclosures in this exhibit are home to bongos, warthogs, and red river hogs.
Flamingo Bay
Flamingo Bay is home to the 70 or so flamingos at the zoo. The exhibit includes three species of flamingo, including American flamingoes, Chilean flamingoes, and lesser flamingoes, with the latter two having been successfully bred in captivity here.
Meerkat Mounds
This exhibit was opened in 1997 and features an entire colony of the extremely social meerkats. This exhibit has been relocated to the renovated African Savanna.
Australian Outback/Great Barrier Reef
This exhibit has been renovated and now includes the Great Barrier Reef exhibit in addition to being home to the zoo's red kangaroos & Tammar wallabies.
African Savanna
Opened in 2018, the newly renovated African Savanna allows guests to see reticulated giraffes, Grant's zebras, dama gazelles, lesser kudu, springbok, ostriches, Abyssinian ground hornbills, pink-backed pelicans & helmeted guineafowl from multiple viewing spots, including an elevated boardwalk that allows giraffe feeding.
Parrot Paradise
Parrot Paradise was opened on the zoo's upper path between the lions and Raptor Canyon in 2004. It is a free-flight aviary featuring rosellas, macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars.
Museum of Living Art (MOLA) (2010)
The Museum of Living Art is a $19 million, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) herpetarium built to replace the original herpetarium at the zoo. The facility houses more than 5,000 animals representing more than 100 species. Residents include a saltwater crocodile, Aldabra giant tortoises, a Burmese python, Pig-nosed turtles, golden-headed lion tamarins, ring-tailed lemurs, gharials, a Chinese giant salamander, and a king cobra. The zoo's Komodo dragons will find a new home here with both indoor and outdoor exhibits.
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