Phoenix Zoo in United States

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Phoenix Zoo
Typezoo
Size125 acres
Total nrs1000
Opened for public1962
Number of animals1000
Last elephant left2025
Address 455 N. Galvin Pkwy
Zip-code 85008
Place Phoenix, Arizona
Country United States
Website Website
Related persons
Owner


Directors: Bert Castro

Zoological department
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since

Head keepers
of elephants


Elephant keepers

1998-2000: Heather Wright

Record history
History of updates2025-05-09: last elephant dead

Latest document update2025-05-09 04:30:14
Description

Phoenix Zoo, located at 455 N. Galvin Pkwy, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States , opened for public in 1962. The last elephant left in 2025Phoenix Zoo elephants were managed in Protected Contact.


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Records about Phoenix Zoo from English Wikipedia

The Phoenix Zoo opened in 1962 and is the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the Maytag family, and operates on 125 acres (51 ha) of land in the Papago Park area of Phoenix. It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride.

The Phoenix Zoo began as a personal project of Robert Maytag, who formed the Arizona Zoological Society (now the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation) with the intention of opening a zoo in Phoenix; before this time, there were a few modest proposals to establish a zoo in the fast-growing city, but none moved past the discussion stage.

Although Maytag died unexpectedly a few months before its opening, the zoo opened on schedule on November 21, 1962. It was originally named the "Maytag Zoo", but was renamed the following year to "Phoenix Zoo" to identify it more closely with the community.

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Koehl, Dan (2025). Phoenix Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=79. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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