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Louisville Zoo
Louisville Zoo
History
The Louisville Zoo was founded in 1969, on land acquired
by the City of Louisville in the 1960s from the estate of
Ben Collins. Much of the initial funding was donated by
local philanthropist James Graham Brown.
In December 2009, the chief restorer of the Louisville
Clock Adam Burckle came to an agreement with
Louisville Metro mayor Jerry Abramson to install the
clock in a new landscaped plaza at the entrance of the
Louisville Zoo in Spring 2010, where it would be viewed
by about 900,000 zoo visitors a year.[4]
Zoo Entrance In December 2010, zoo officials decided the cost, to be
as much as $200,000 or more, to create a centerpiece and
Date opened 1969
a stand for the clock is too much, and is therefore unaf-
Location Louisville, Kentucky, USA fordable for now.[5]
Land area 135 acres (55 ha)
Coordinates 38°12′19″N 85°42′19″W / 38.20528°N
Exhibits
85.70528°W / 38.20528;
-85.70528Coordinates: 38°12′19″N
85°42′19″W / 38.20528°N 85.70528°W /
38.20528; -85.70528
Number of 1,300
animals
Annual 800,000+
visitors
Memberships AZA,[1] AAM[2]
Major Gorilla Forest, Islands
exhibits
Website www.louisvillezoo.com
Zoo,
Founded in 1969, the Louisville Zoo or the Louisville Zoo-
Garden,
logical Garden is a 135-acre (55 ha) zoo in Louisville, Ken-
tucky, situated in the city’s Poplar Level neighborhood.
The "State Zoo of Kentucky" currently exhibits over 1,300
animals in naturalistic and mixed animal settings repre-
senting both geographical areas and biomes or habitats.
The Louisville Zoo is accredited by the Association of
Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the American Association
of Museums (AAM). During the 2006-07 season, the zoo
set an all-time yearly attendance record with 810,546 vis-
itors.[3]
The Louisville Zoo’s mission is "To better the bond Western Lowland Gorilla
between the people and our planet."
The Louisville Zoo has six geographic settings within the
zoo: The Islands, African Veldt, Asian Plains, North and
South America Panorama, Aquatics and the Australian
Outback.
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Gorilla Forest
The zoo was awarded the 2003 Association of Zoos and
Aquariums Exhibit Award for its 4-acre (16,000 m2) ex-
hibit "Gorilla Forest".[6] The exhibit currently houses
eleven Western Lowland Gorillas, three Patas Monkeys
and four Pygmy Hippopotamus.
Inside the circular Gorilla Sanctuary, visitors are sep-
arated only by glass and can get nose to nose with the
gorillas. And there are several different outdoor vantage
points to the see the gorillas playing and relaxing. [7]
Herpaquarium
Sumatran Tiger
their awareness. Moreover, the exhibit is the first to have
natural predator and prey in the same space. There are
three outdoor exhibit areas and one indoor area. All an-
imals in this exhibit are endangered or threatened
species. The animals that are on display here change
from day to day so that visitors will have a new and dif-
ferent experience with each visit to the zoo. The ani-
mals that can be seen in this exhibit include the Suma-
tran Tiger, Orangutan, Siamang, Babirusa, Anteater, and
the Malayan Tapir.[10]
Albino Alligator at Louisville Zoo, named King Louie The Islands Pavilion is an indoor area that houses
many species of birds, including the White-throated
The HerpAquarium features 100 species of reptiles, am- Ground-dove. The zoo was the first zoo in the world to
phibians and fish from around the world. hatch this rare dove in captivity. The first hatchling was
A notable resident of the HerpAquarium is a 6-foot- born on October 17, 2006 and a second followed on De-
long (1.8 m) rare white American Alligator named King cember 1, 2006.[11] Some of the other birds species in-
Louie. He is named after King Louis XVI, which the city of cluded in the Islands Pavilion are the Mariana Fruit Dove,
Louisville is also named after.[8] Madagascar Fody and the Rockhopper Penguin. The Pav-
The Louisville Zoo currently houses a group of the ilion also houses the Rodrigues Fruit Bat, Cuban Crocodile
critically endangered Panamanian golden frogs. The and the Komodo Dragon.
Louisville zoo is working to preserve this species of frog
from extinction. Their numbers have declined in the wild
partly due to the chytrid fungus and habitat destruction.
On March 31, 2006, the zoo added a bachelor group
of seven vampire bats obtained from the Philadelphia
Zoo. And another 10 males from the Sedgwick County
Zoo were added to the group in late May 2006. Eventually
the exhibit will house around 40 bats. The exhibit is de-
signed to look like an old mine shaft. Zoo guests can get
an up-close view of the bats flying, eating and raising
families.[9]
Islands
The zoo has a distinctive zoological exhibit called "Is-
Red-necked Wallaby
lands", which is the first exhibit in the world that uses a
system of rotating a variety of animals into one exhibit.
This way, the animals can explore different habitats Wallaroo Walkabout
throughout the day, as they would in the wild. This helps The new Wallaroo Walkabout that opened in 2007 lets
to give the animals needed stimulation and heightens guests walk directly through the exhibit which is home
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Western Lowland Gorilla Brown Woolly Monkey Cottontop Tamarin Patas Monkey
Orangutan Siamang African Lion Cougar
Jaguar Ocelot Amur Tiger Grizzly Bear Snow Leop-
ard
African Elephant Asian Elephant Addax Hartmann’s Mountain
Zebra
Masai Giraffe Mhorr Gazelle Polar Bear Babirusa
Bongo Rodrigues Fruit Bat Vampire Bat Dromedary Camel
Black and Rufous Elephant Black-footed Ferret Guanaco Four-toed Hedgehog
Shrew
Pygmy Hippopotamus Black-and-white Ruffed Meerkat Naked mole rat
Lemur
Virginia Opossum Brazilian Porcupine White Rhinoceros Rock Hyrax
Grey Seal California Sea Lion Malayan Tapir Sumatran Tiger
Wallaroo Red-necked Wallaby Warthog Maned Wolf
Malayan Tapir Red Ruffed Lemur Ringtailed Lemur Zebra Mouse
Spiny mouse Donkey Nigerian Dwarf Goat Angora goat
Nubian Goat African Pygmy Goat Three-banded Ar-
madillo
to the Wallaroo and Red-necked Wallaby, as well as some
Australian birds including the Kookaburra, Blue-faced
Animals
Honeyeater, Emu and the Tawny Frogmouth. You are • Mojo, a patas monkey previously owned by NASCAR
able to interact with the Wallaroos and Wallabies as well, driver Tony Stewart, was given to the zoo on 24
such as pet them if they stay on the walkway. August 2007 when he became too aggressive to keep
as a pet.[15]
Lorikeet Landing • Scotty, an African elephant born on 18 March 2007,
Lorikeet landing is an Australian exhibit that is a walk- was the first elephant born in Kentucky. Scotty died
through aviary filled with several brightly colored birds on 12 May 2010 when he was only three years old
known as Lorikeets. Visitors can feed nectar to the birds due to severe gastric and intestinal
right out of their hands. The lorikeet species at the problems.[16][17][18]
Louisville Zoo are the Black-winged Lory, Green-naped • The Louisville Zoo has hand-raised three baby
Lorikeet, Perfect Lorikeet, Red Lory and the Swainson’s siamangs—Sungai (from the San Francisco zoo), Zoli
Lorikeet.[12] (born at the Louisville Zoo), and Zain (from the
Albuquerque Biological Park) after Zoli’s parents
Glacier Run died of E. coli septicemia and the other two were
brought in as companions[19]—and is thought to be
Finished in early 2011, this 4.3-acre (1.7 ha) outdoor ex-
the only Zoo to ever hand raise three baby siamangs
hibit is based on the theme of an old gold-mining town
this young.[20]
bordered by a glacier. It features polar bears, grizzly
• The zoo is also home to several Black-footed Ferrets,
bears, seals, and sea lions, as well as a splash park for chil-
as it participates in the Black-footed Ferret breeding
dren. The splash park opened in 2007, and was the first
program. The ferrets are one of the most endangered
part of this $25 million exhibit to open.[13][14]
species in North America.[citation needed]
The exhibit also includes classrooms, party rooms
• Bakari (Whose name is Swahili for hopeful) the Masai
available for rental, viewing areas above and below wa-
Giraffe was born on 17 February 2009 with angular
ter, and a 200-seat outdoor auditorium for watching ani-
limb deformity, and had periosteal stripping
mal training demonstrations.
performed on his leg. He is believed to be the first
giraffe to undergo this procedure.[21]
List of animals
Mammals
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Chinese Alligator Anaconda Bearded Dragon Boa Constrictor
Rosy Boa Panther chameleon Chuckwalla Cuban Crocodile
African Clawed Frog Poison Dart Frog Argentine Tegu Tomato Frog
White’s Tree Frog Gila Monster Komodo Dragon American Alligator
Philippine Sailfin Lizard Western green mamba Andean Milksnake Ball Python
Calabar Python Reticulated Python Timber Rattlesnake River cooter
Blue-tongued skink Shingleback Skink Corn Snake Eastern Indigo Snake
Sonoran Gopher Snake Western Hognose Snake Aldabra Giant Tor- Desert Tortoise
toise
Greek Tortoise Star Tortoise Chicken Turtle Matamata Turtle
Musk Turtle Razor-back Musk Turtle Gaboon Viper Panamanian golden frog
Grey Tree Frog American Toad Sonoran Desert Toad Smoky Jungle Frog
African Bullfrog Puerto Rican Crested Sinai Desert Cobra Egyptian Cobra
Toad
Green Tree Python Eyelash Viper Gopher Snake Red Diamondback Rat-
tlesnake
Aruba Island Rattlesnake Madagascar Tree Boa Spotted Skaapsteker Emerald Tree Boa
Desert Sidewinder Cottonmouth Copperhead African House Snake
Red-tailed Green Ratsnake Angolian Python Rough Scaled Sand Prairie Rattlesnake
Boa
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Green vine snake Black Kingsnake Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
Schneiders Skink Sandfish Mali Uromastyx Madagascan Giant Day Gecko
Sheltopusik Pygmy Spiny Tailed Green Basilisk Asian Box Turtle
Skink
Diamondback Terrapin Red-footed Tortoise Eastern Box Turtle Red-eared Slider
Wood Turtle Green Iguana Hellbender Alligator Snapping Turtle
Argentine horned frog California Kingsnake Four-Lined Zonosaur Rock Rattlesnake
Tiger Rattlesnake Sinaloan Milksnake Black Rattlesnake Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Southwestern Speckled Rat-
tlesnake
Reptiles and amphibians The zoo has a booth called "Handimals" located by
Birds the entrance where kids can make an animal out of their
Fish hand prints.
Arthropods Often when an animal is born in the zoo, the zoo
holds a contest where participants send in ideas for
Activities names.
During October, the zoo hosts the "World’s Largest Hal-
loween Party", one of the largest Halloween parties in the
Incidents
United States. On June 1, 2009 the zoo train had derailed the tracks.
The zoo also includes a Zoo Key System. At the front Three open-air cars and the engine went off the tracks
of the park, a key, usually in the shape of an animal, may and caused the passenger car to topple over. The incident
be purchased. Around the park, visitors can insert these injured 22 people. An Indiana family that was on the train
keys into Zoo Key boxes for a song and/or information when the accident happened has sued the Louisville Zoo.
about the animal. Amy and Darren Bamforth filed the lawsuit on June 10,
2009. They are seeking unspecified monetary damages
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Mariana Fruit Dove Pink-headed Fruit Dove White-throated Ground- Wompoo Fruit-dove
dove
Pink Pigeon Jambu Fruit-dove Beautiful Fruit-dove Caribbean Dove
White-crowned Pigeon Papuan Mountain-pigeon Nicobar Pigeon Pied Imperial-pigeon
Cinnamon Ground-dove Violaceous Euphonia Demoiselle Crane Red-crowned Crane
Wattled Crane East African Crowned Steller’s Sea Eagle Bald Eagle
Crane
Hawaiian Hawk American Kestral African Openbill Stork Oriental Stork
White Stork African Pygmy-falcon Black Winged Lorikeet Perfect Lorikeet
Green Naped Rainbow Lori- Red-flanked Lorikeet Rupell’s Griffon Vulture Chilean Flamingo
keet
Asian Fairy Bluebird Blue-gray Tanager Bay-headed Tanager Eastern Screech Owl
White-rumped Shama Ostrich Greater Rhea Emu
Rockhopper penguin Bird of Paradise Peafowl Black-necked Stilt
Bali Starling Masked Laughingthrush Inca Tern Red-crested Cardinal
Madagascar Fody Blue-winged Leafbird Wattled Jacana Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Japanese White-eye Golden White-eye Crested Wood-partridge Blue Dacnis
Egyptian Goose Yellow-headed Amazon Red-billed Hornbill Hawaiian Goose
Hyacinth Macaw Barn Owl Red Shoveler Emerald Starling
Sun Conure Tawny Frogmouth Chestnut Teal Turkey Vulture
Chiloe Wigeon Bernier’s Teal Barnacle Goose Bar-headed Goose
Coscoroba Swan Barnacle Goose Southern Screamer Blue-faced Honeyeater
Kookaburra Bridled White-eye Geen-naped Pheasant Pi- Victoria Crowned Pigeon
geon
Waldrapp Ibis Geen-naped Pheasant Pi- Black Stork Sun Bittern
geon
Red-billed Leiothrix Swainson’s Lorikeet Red Lory Oriental White-eye
Red-tailed Hawk Peregrine Falcon Victoria Crowned Pigeon Yellow-breasted Ground
Dove
Bucktooth tetra Green Severum Silver arowana Redhook Metunnis
African Lungfish Banded Archer Fish Banded Lepornus Lookdown
Silver moony French Grunt Red-bellied piranha Largemouth bass
Redear sunfish Bluegill African moony Spanish Hogfish
Spotted gar Longnose gar Dolphin Catfish
Blue Bloom Birdeater Texas Brown Tarantula Venezuelan Suntiger Tarantula
Salem Ornamental Tarantula King baboon spider Mexican redknee tarantula
Chilean rose tarantula Mexican fireleg tarantula Brazilian salmon pink
Giant Millipede Madagascar hissing cockroach Deathstalker
as well as a court order preventing the zoo from alter- A spokesman for the zoo declined to comment. The zoo
ing or destroying the train while the lawsuit proceeds. train is currently closed.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is investigating. On July 1, 1994 a man was picked up and dropped sev-
eral times by an African elephant named Kenya. As a re-
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sult of the man’s injuries, his spleen and part of his pan-
creas were removed. The elephant had just finished giv-
ing rides to zoo visitors and was being led away when
she wandered off and picked up the man. Zoo officials
claimed that the elephant, who was normally considered
calm and docile, was just “horsing around.”
[22]
Gallery
• Red Ruffed Lemur
• Addax
• Demoiselle Crane
• African Pygmy Falcon
• African Lion • Asian Elephant
• Snow Leopard
• Masai Giraffe
• Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra • Mhorr Gazelle
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• Orangutan
• Maned Wolf
• Jaguar
• Peacock
• Sumatran Tiger • List of parks in Louisville, Kentucky
• Senning’s Park, Louisville’s first zoo
See also
• List of attractions and events in Louisville, Kentucky
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[18] "Deceased elephants at Louisville Zoo in United
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