Calgary Zoo
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The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is located in Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, just east of the city's downtown and adjacent to the Inglewood and East Village neighborhoods. It is accessible via Calgary's C-Train light rail system, by car via Memorial Drive, and by bicycle and footpath via the Bow River pathway. A large portion of the zoo is located on St. George's Island in the Bow River.
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Date opened | 9 January 1929[1] |
Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Land area | 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) |
No. of animals | Over 1,000[2] |
No. of species | 272[2] |
Annual visitors | 1.54 million[3] |
Memberships | WAZA,[4] AZA,[5] CAZA[6] |
Major exhibits | Panda Passage, Penguin Plunge, Land of Lemurs, Canadian Wilds, Prehistoric Park, Destination Africa, African Rainforest, Eurasia |
Website | https://www.calgaryzoo.com/ |
The zoo is operated by the Calgary Zoological Society, an independent not-for-profit organization that is Alberta's oldest registered charity.[7] The AZA, WAZA, and CAZA accredited zoo was among the first in Canada to be accredited by all three associations. It is home to over 1,000 animals, excluding individual fish and insects, and 272 different species. The 120-acre zoo is organized by seven distinct zones: Destination Africa, Canadian Wilds, Penguin Plunge, Dorothy Harvie Botanical Gardens and ENMAX Conservatory, TransAlta Rainforest, Eurasia, and Prehistoric Park. The zoo is open every day except for Christmas Day.
The zoo has also received international recognition as one of the top zoos in the world for conservation research.[8] In 2013, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums said "the Calgary Zoo sets itself apart as one of the top zoos in the world."[9] In 2015 the zoo was named one of the top three most respected organizations in Alberta[9] and one of Alberta's 10 most beloved brands.[10]