THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



The New York Zoological Park was conceived and 

 planned by the New York Zoological Society, a scientific 

 body incorporated in 1895, under a special charter granted 

 by the Legislature of the State of New York, and has as its 

 avowed objects the making of a public zoological park, the 

 protection of American native animals and the promotion 

 of zoology. 



Control of the Park grounds was granted to this Society 

 by the City of New York in 1898 and work on the perma- 

 nent buildings was at once begun. The comparative new- 

 ness of the Park has enabled its founders to profit by the 

 world's experience in the planning of quarters for captive 

 animals, and many original features have been devised 

 either to meet special conditions or to improve upon ex- 

 isting methods. The Park occupies 264 acres of land and 

 water, whose varied contour comprises rocky ridges, shel- 

 tered valleys, lakes, deep forest and open glades, making it 

 possible to provide for the animals a suitable habitat and 

 affording space to an extent unrivaled by any other institu- 

 tion of its kind. 



The planning and general development of the Park are 



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