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The '''Oregon Zoo''', formerly the ''Washington Park Zoo'', is a [[zoo]] west of downtown [[Portland, Oregon]]. It is accessible by [[U.S. Highway 26#Oregon|U.S. Highway 26]] and by [[Metropolitan Area Express (Portland, Oregon)|MAX]], which stops underneath Washington Park at the deepest public transit station in North America. |
The '''Oregon Zoo''', formerly the ''Washington Park Zoo'', is a [[zoo]] west of downtown [[Portland, Oregon]]. It is accessible by [[U.S. Highway 26#Oregon|U.S. Highway 26]] and by [[Metropolitan Area Express (Portland, Oregon)|MAX]], which stops underneath Washington Park at the deepest public transit station in North America. |
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The zoo was founded in [[1887]], making it the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi. It got its start through a donation of animals formerly occupying a drug store in downtown Portland. |
The zoo was founded in [[1887]], making it the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi. It got its start through a donation of animals formerly occupying a drug store in downtown Portland. |
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Revision as of 06:35, 9 July 2004
The Oregon Zoo, formerly the Washington Park Zoo, is a zoo west of downtown Portland, Oregon. It is accessible by U.S. Highway 26 and by MAX, which stops underneath Washington Park at the deepest public transit station in North America.
The zoo was founded in 1887, making it the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi. It got its start through a donation of animals formerly occupying a drug store in downtown Portland.
The zoo participates in a California condor recovery program started by San Diego Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo.