CHAPTER XVII 



ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS 

 SECTION I. ZOOLOGICAL PARKS 



There are in the United States at the present time (1925) over one 

 hundred and twenty-five collections of wild animals. As to size these col- 

 lections are of varying degrees of importance. With but very few excep- 

 tions all the collections are maintained as features of public park service. 

 The following table shows the date of establishment, number of acres 

 devoted to zoo purposes and the number of specimens in some of the zoo- 

 logical parks or gardens in the United States. Statistics are, for the most 

 part, as of 1925. 



City 

 New York City 1 (Bronx Park) 



Chicago 2 



Philadelphia 



Detroit 3 



Cleveland 



St. Louis 



Boston 



Baltimore . 



Pittsburgh . . . 



Los Angeles . . 

 Buffalo .... 

 San Francisco 

 Milwaukee 4 . . 

 Washington . . 

 Cincinnati . . . 

 New Orleans 5 . . 

 Kansas City, Mo. 

 Seattle .... 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Year 



Established 

 1898 

 1923 

 1876 



1925 

 1882 

 1915 

 1911 



1886 



1900 



Portland 

 Denver 



1904 

 1890 

 1875 

 1919 

 1909 

 1903 

 1900 

 1912 

 1914 



1905 



189- 



Acres 



Site 



264 



196 



40 



IOO 



72 

 80 



IO 



IO 



12 



4 



17-6 



40 



170 



78 



SO 



200 



30 



IO 



25 



2 



40 

 50 



Number 



Mammals 



553 



315 



235 



75 



39 

 130 

 700 

 367 

 503 

 434 

 139 

 127 

 200 



82 



150 



112 



Number 

 Birds 



2,355 



804 

 1,700 



500 



No data 



123 

 4,000 



599 



982 



1,029 



358 



200 

 576 



118 



200 

 658 



Number 

 Reptiles 



59 



86 



23 



135 



39 



28 



19 

 60 



10 

 i 



Total 

 Specimens 



3,300 



1,178 

 1,935 



589 



339 

 4,700 



989 

 1,620 



I.602 6 



525" 



346 



836 



212 



360 

 771 



Note: Acknowledgment is gratefully made by the editor for the valuable assistance of Dr.C. Emerson Brown, 

 Director of the Philadelphia Zoological Garden, in the preparation of the material in this chapter. 



1 There are two other collections of wild animals in New York City, one in Central Park, Manhattan, estab- 

 lished in 1866; and the other in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, established in 1878. 



2 The Chicago Zoological Park is now in process of development. The estimated ultimate cost of buildings 

 and landscape work is approximately $4,000,000. The plan contemplates an ultimate collection of five thousand 

 specimens. The Lincoln Park Commissioners maintain an excellent zoo and aquarium in Lincoln Park. 



3 The new zoological park in Detroit is now in process of development. The plans contemplate one of the 

 largest zoos in the United States. A small zoo is maintained in Belle Isle Park by the department of parks and 

 boulevards, also an excellent aquarium. 



4 A report late in 1925 gives over eleven hundred specimens. The zoo occupies a portion of Washington Park. 



5 There is also a small zoo maintained in City Park, New Orleans. The listed zoo is located in Audubon Park. 

 An excellent aquarium is also maintained in Audubon Park. 



6 1924. 



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