Portland Zoo

The Great Northwest - A Journey From The Mountains To The Sea

The Oregon Zoo, formerly the Washington Park Zoo, is a zoo in Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. 

Zoo is located 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Downtown Portland, the zoo is inside Portland's Washington Park, and includes the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Washington Park & Zoo Railway that connects to the International Rose Test Garden inside the park. Opened in 1888 after a private animal collector donated his animals to the City of Portland, the 64-acre (26 ha) zoo is now owned by the regional Metro government.

A member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, it has species survival plans for twenty-one endangered/threatened species, among which are successful breeding programs for endangered California condors, Asian elephants, and in recent times, African lions too.

The zoo has many major exhibit areas:

Ø Great Northwest,

Ø Fragile Forests, Asia, Pacific Shores and Africa,

Ø Africa Rainforest

Ø Africa Savanna

Ø Elephant Lands

Ø Bears

Ø Dinosaurs

Ø Predators of the Serengeti

Animals of the Oregon Zoo

Ø 1,955 individual animals represent 232 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates*

Ø 22 endangered species and 37 threatened species live at the zoo.*

Ø The zoo is active in 21 Species Survival Plans.*

Ø  (*Zoo animal data as of December 31, 2012)

My Journey To The Great Northwest