DALLAS ZOO

'Dallas Zoo' is a zoo located south of downtown Dallas in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The zoo was originally founded in 1888 and now covers , making it the largest zoological experience in Texas ^[1]. It has about 1,800 animals on zoo grounds with another 4-5000 animals at The Dallas Aquarium in Fair park, which it also manages. The facility is immediately adjacent to the Dallas Zoo Station on DART's .

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Incidents

On 18 March 2004 a gorilla named Jabari scaled a retaining wall and injured four visitors. He was fatally shot by a police SWAT team after being pursued by zoo employees through the Wilds of Africa exhibit.^[2] This incident prompted several zoos to create or enhance Emergency Response Teams to deal with escaped animals.

References

1. DallasZoo.com - General Information. Retrieved on 28 September 2006.
2. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/19/earlyshow/living/petplanet/main607290.shtml

External links

★ The Dallas Zoo

★ Dallas Zoo Photo Gallery