ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS 



Year Acres Number Number Number 



City Established Site Mammals Birds Reptiles 



Toledo 1900 31.4 500 .... 25 



Providence, R. 1 1891 .... 35 200 28 



St. Paul, Minn 1895 30 29 No data .... 



Atlanta 1892 .... 101 41 15 



Oakland 1922 I 33 152 .... 



Omaha 1912 10 300 30 .... 



Birmingham 1909 5 81 52 10 



Syracuse 1886 25 67 195 13 



Memphis 1905 .... .... .... .... 



San Antonio 1910 6 .... .... .... 



Dallas 1912 36 261 750 42 



Houston 1914 30 .... .... 



Springfield, Mass 1885 50 210 289 .... 



Salt Lake City, Utah .... 1911 6 118 300 5 



Norfolk, Va 1901 10 123 65 33 



Fort Worth, Texas 1910 20 200 190 15 



Spokane, Wash 1905 10 .... .... .... 



Tacoma, Wash 1903 30 75 50 .... 



Waterbury, Conn 1910 .... 44 21 I 



Oklahoma City, Okla 1923 50 50 100 6 



Canton, Ohio 16 29 57 6 



El Paso, Texas 1919 7 80 150 .... 



San Diego, Calif 1922 115 .... .... .... 



W 7 ichita, Kan 1905 10 35 60 5 



Sioux City, Iowa 1915 .... 94 43 I 



Sacramento, Calif 1915 3 50 



Racine, Wis 1925 27 39 



Davenport, Iowa 1904 .... 29 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1898 30 .... .... 



Fresno, Calif 1913 9 32 .... .... 



Pueblo, Col. (three small zoos) 1907 32 46 22 .... 



Kenosha, Wis .... 5 9 50 .... 



Stockton, Calif .... 5 25 50 .... 



Springfield, Mo. .... I 



(two small zoos) .... 4 40 60 .... 



Council Bluffs, Iowa .... 20 14 24 3 



Joplin, Mo 1920 10 22 I .... 



Lafayette, Ind .... .... 103 217 6 



90S 



Total 

 Specimens 



525 

 263 



IS7 

 185 

 330 

 H3 

 275 



140 

 1,053 



499 



423 



221 



45 

 25O 



125 



66 

 156 



93 



223 

 1,200 



IOO 



138 

 ?o 



139 

 4i 



114 



68 

 59 

 75 



23 

 326 



THE PLANNING OF A ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



Selection of a Site. 



The great majority of the zoological gardens in the United States are 

 located in medium-sized or large parks. A few are situated in areas devoted 

 specifically to zoological garden purposes as in New York, Cincinnati, 

 Dallas and the new zoos in Chicago and Detroit. There appears to be a 

 tendency among park officials and directors of zoos to favor the use of a 

 separate and independent unit of the park system for the zoological garden 

 rather than to locate it in a large park devoted to many other uses. From 

 the viewpoint of the design of a large park the exclusion of such a feature 

 as a zoo is no doubt desirable for the reason that the design of an area 



