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Denver Zoo

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Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo
Phone:
+1 720-337-1400

Hours:
Sunday9am - 4pm
Monday9am - 4pm
Tuesday9am - 4pm
Wednesday9am - 4pm
Thursday9am - 4pm
Friday9am - 4pm
Saturday9am - 4pm


The Denver Zoo is an 80-acre facility located in City Park of Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1896, it is owned by the City and County of Denver and funded in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District . It is the most popular paid attraction in the Denver metropolitan area. The Denver Zoo was started with the donation of an orphaned American black bear. With the construction of Bear Mountain, it became the first zoo in the United States to use naturalistic zoo enclosures rather than cages with bars. It expanded on this concept with Primate Panorama, featuring huge mesh tents and open areas for apes and monkeys, and with Predator Ridge, which has three separate areas through which animals are rotated so that their overlapping scents provide environmental enrichment. Toyota Elephant Passage, which opened on June 1, 2012, is divided into five areas for rotating the various species. The Denver Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is also a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums . The zoo achieved ISO 14001 certification in 2009, was given the first AZA Green Award in 2011, and was named the Greenest Zoo in the Country at the World Renewable Energy Forum in 2012. In 2015, it was re-certified for ISO 14001 and achieved OHSAS 18001 certification, becoming only the fourth zoo in the world to get both certifications.
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