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Located on 23.5 acres of Buffalo’s beautiful Delaware Park , the Zoo exhibits a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals, and more than 320 different species of plants. Open year-round, the Zoo is dedicated to serving as a constant source of conservation, education and recreation for Western New York. The Zoo traces its history to more than a century ago, when Jacob E. Bergtold, a prominent furrier, presented a pair of deer to the City of Buffalo. To provide the deer with room to graze, Elam R. Jewett, the publisher of the Buffalo Daily Journal, offered to house the deer on his estate. Plans were also in the works for a park to be constructed that would give city residents a place to stroll and socialize. Mayor William F. Rogers hired Frederick Law Olmsted , a talented landscape architect, to design North Park, which is known today as Delaware Park. Five years after the deer were donated, more animals were added to the collection, and the first permanent building was erected, signifying the establishment of the Buffalo Zoological Gardens in 1875. The Zoo underwent a large expansion during the Great Depression and became a major work site for the Works Progress Administration . Throughout the next several decades, more exhibits and facilities were added, including the Reptile House, Children’s Zoo, Giraffe House and Veterinary Hospital. The Zoo’s mission also began to change during the 1980s and 1990s, as it began reducing the numbers of animals in its collection to focus on the breeding of endangered species that might not otherwise have a chance at survival. In addition to its conservation efforts, the Zoo also placed more of an emphasis on education to teach visitors about the animals and their natural habitats. In 2002, a 15-year Master Plan was unveiled to transform the Zoo. High quality visitor amenities and naturalistic habitats will enhance future exhibits, including the Asian River and Highlands Zone, African Watering Hole, Arctic Edge and the Wonders of Water Children’s Zoo. Phase One of the Master Plan has resulted in the opening of the Vanishing Animals exhibit, EcoStation, Otter Creek and Sea Lion Cove. The completion of Phase One will be marked by the summer 2008 opening of the South American Rainforest, a four-season attraction that will feature a two-story waterfall, dozens of colorful free-flighted birds and a variety of other rainforest species. ANIMAL SPECIES IN COLLECTION MAMMALS Addax, American bison, Amur (Siberian) tiger, Angolan roan antelope, Asian elephant, Brazilian agouti, California sea lion, cotton-top tamarin, dama/scrub wallaby, domestic dog, domestic donkey, domestic zebu, gemsbok, golden tiger, grizzly bear, guanaco, Indian rhinoceros, Japanese macaque, kangaroo rat, Kodiak bear, lemurine douroucouli/owl monkey, lion, mandrill, maned wolf, mouflon, North American river otter, Ossabaw Island pig, peccary, pygmy goat, polar bear, prehensile-tailed porcupine, red panda, reindeer, reticulated giraffe, ring-tailed lemur, rock hyrax, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, serval, slender-tailed meerkat, snow leopard, spectacled bear, spotted (axis) deer, spotted hyena, Sulawesi crested macaque, two-toed sloth, western lowland gorilla, (common) zebra REPTILES African pancake tortoise, American alligator, Annam leaf turtle, Asian water dragon, beaded lizard, belted chameleon, black tree monitor, Chinese three-keeled pond turtle, Chinese three-striped box turtle, chuckwalla, collared lizard, desert iguana, desert tortoise, eastern diamondback rattlesnake, eastern indigo snake, eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Egyptian spiny-tailed/dab lizard, emerald tree boa, fence lizard, frilled lizard, gila monster, gopher tortoise, grassland whiptail lizard, green crested basilisk, hump-headed dragon, Indochinese box turtle, king cobra, mangrove snake, mata mata turtle, Mexican lance-headed rattlesnake, modest day geckos, northern blue-tongued skink, olive python, prehensile-tailed skink, reticulated python, scheltopusik/glass lizard, South American red-footed tortoise, spotted turtle, Venezuelan rattlesnake AMPHIBIANS Green and black poison dart frog, golden mantella, lemur leaf frog, Panamanian golden frog, Pratt’s rocket frog BIRDS Black swan, black-necked swan, Bourke’s parrot, cape teal, chicken, Chiloe wigeon, cinereous vulture, Cloncurry parrot, common peafowl, common pintail duck, common shama thrush, common shoveler duck, common white-eye duck, Eurasian wigeon, falcated duck, finch, Lady Ross’ plantain-eater, lilac-breasted roller, lory/lorikeet (10 species), mandarin duck, princess parrot, red-billed leiothrix/Pekin robin, red-breasted goose, red-rumped parrot, ringneck/Barbary Coast dove, rosella parrot, speckled mousebird, superb starling, trumpeter hornbill Heap, Mildred F. (1982). The Buffalo Zoo Story. Buffalo Zoological Gardens EXTERNAL LINKS |
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