Welcome to Lincoln Park Zoo
The Lincoln Park Zoo is only 35 acres in size, but due in part to its zero admission cost and proximity to downtown Chicago it receives over 3 million visitors every year. It is a very old zoo (1868) but one that has spent plenty of money on updating the majority of its enclosures, and in the past few years has won two AZA Awards for new exhibits. There are almost 1,300 animals squeezed into the zoo grounds, and the gates are often left wide open for anyone who cares to visit or jog through the area.
"Regenstein Center for African Apes" (2004) cost over $26 million, and is the most expensive set of exhibits in the zoo's history. It won an AZA exhibit award, and features chimpanzees and gorillas in 3 spacious habitats: Gorilla Bamboo Forest, Strangler Fig Forest, and Dry Riverbed Valley. The latter two habitats can accommodate either chimps or gorillas, as the two sets of apes can rotate through the enclosures. In the past 40 years there have been almost 50 gorillas births at the zoo!
"Regenstein African Journey" is the second AZA award-winning exhibit, and features 4 African ecosystems: Savanna, Rainforest, Dry Thorn Forest and Lake Malawi pool.
Another highly-rated set of exhibits is the "Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House", which has many smaller enclosures that feature animals from four different continents.
The Lincoln Park Zoo is only 35 acres in size, but due in part to its zero admission cost and proximity to downtown Chicago it receives over 3 million visitors every year. It is a very old zoo (1868) but one that has spent plenty of money on updating the majority of its enclosures, and in the past few years has won two AZA Awards for new exhibits. There are almost 1,300 animals squeezed into the zoo grounds, and the gates are often left wide open for anyone who cares to visit or jog through the area.
"Regenstein Center for African Apes" (2004) cost over $26 million, and is the most expensive set of exhibits in the zoo's history. It won an AZA exhibit award, and features chimpanzees and gorillas in 3 spacious habitats: Gorilla Bamboo Forest, Strangler Fig Forest, and Dry Riverbed Valley. The latter two habitats can accommodate either chimps or gorillas, as the two sets of apes can rotate through the enclosures. In the past 40 years there have been almost 50 gorillas births at the zoo!
"Regenstein African Journey" is the second AZA award-winning exhibit, and features 4 African ecosystems: Savanna, Rainforest, Dry Thorn Forest and Lake Malawi pool.
Another highly-rated set of exhibits is the "Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House", which has many smaller enclosures that feature animals from four different continents.
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