Brookfield Zoo (Chicago, Illinois)

Brookfield Zoo, also known as Chicago Zoological Park, is a zoo located in the Chicago suburbs of Brookfield, Illinois. About 450 species of animals live on 216 acres (87 hectares). It opened on July 1, 1934, and quickly gained international recognition for its use of ditches and ditches instead of cages to separate visitors from other animals and animals.

Brookfield Zoo is also home to the first exhibit of giant pandas in the United States. One of the giant pandas (Su Lin) was stuffed and displayed at the Chicago Museum of Natural History. In 1960, Brookfield Zoo built the country's first fully enclosed dolphin exhibit, and in the 1980s, the zoo introduced Tropical World, the first fully enclosed rainforest simulation and the world's largest indoor zoo at the time.

Land area: 216 acres (87 ha)

Location: Brookfield, Illinois, United States

No. of animals:2300
No. of species:450

Date opened: July 1, 1934

Annual Visitors: 2.2 million

Website: www.brookfieldzoo.org