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Kansas City Zoo
Located in the historic and beautiful Swope Park, the Kansas City Zoological Park is nestled inside valleys and rolling hills in Kansas City, Missouri. An accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the zoo opened in 1909 and has grown from a small building and 60 acres to a large, 202 acre zoo with over 1,300 animals. With the addition of the now-closed Sprint IMAX Theater, it became the first zoo to have an IMAX. In 2008, it was voted one of America's best zoos by The Intrepid Traveler, a travel publisher. It was ranked number one in the nation for its African animals, and among the top 10 for both Australian animals and pachyderms. Famed ape expert Jane Goodall has claimed the Kansas City Zoo has "one of the finest chimpanzee exhibits in North America."
 
Meerkats.
Cheetahs.
Sweet deer.
Slender-snouted crocodile.
Koi fish in pond.
Tawny emperor butterfly outside of the tiger enclosure.
 
Ring-tailed lemur; lappet-faced vulture.
Naptime! Meerkat huddle.
Bird of paradise flower.
Serval.
Masai hut roof.
Saddle-billed stork.
 
Lar gibbon.
African lion.
Canada geese family.
Eastern tiger swallowtail.
Blue poison dart frog.
Masai hut ceiling.
 
Lioness in black and white; baboon.
Sheep.
Cheetah.
Plane crash in Africa.
Elephant skeleton.
 
Rainbow lorikeet; waterfall.
African lion on lookout.
Koi pond.
Tawny emperor butterfly.
African lion under tree.
 
Masai giraffe.
Lar gibbon in black and white.
Resting lioness.
Colorful abandoned car in Australia.
Canada goose drinking from stream.
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