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The Queens Zoo is a 5 acre (20,000 m²) zoo located in the New York City borough of Queens, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The zoo is operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The zoo was constructed on the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair, and the zoo's aviary is a geodesic dome, designed by Buckminster Fuller and used during the 1964 Fair.[1]
The Zoo originally opened on October 26, 1968, with the ceremonial ribbon cut by Robert Moses.[2] It reopened in 1992 after a four-year, 16 million dollar, renovation, redesign, and reconceptualization.[3]
In its current incarnation, the Queens Zoo is home to animals native to the Americas. It is the only one of the five zoos in New York City to exhibit Spectacled Bears. The zoo is also home to Cougars, California Sea Lions, Coyotes, Owl, Lynx, Pudú, Thick-billed parrots, Alligators, Roosevelt elk, Sandhill Crane, Bald Eagle, the previously-mentioned Aviary, and a petting zoo with a variety of domestic animals.
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- ^ a b c About the City Zoos, Wildlife Conservation Society. Accessed September 16, 2007.
- ^ Asbury, Edith Evans. "Moses Helps to Open First Queens Zoo", The New York Times, October 27, 1968. Accessed October 1, 2007.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah. "Zoo Story: A Q.-and-A. Stroll in Queens", The New York Times, October 22, 1993. Accessed June 11, 2009.
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Coordinates: 40°44′42″N 73°50′56″W / 40.745°N 73.849°W / 40.745; -73.849
