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Woodland Park Zoo is a zoological garden located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. == History == Occupying the western half of Woodland Park, the zoo began as a small menagerie on the estate of Guy C. Phinney, a Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer. Six years after Phinney's death, on December 28, 1899, Phinney's wife sold the Woodland Park to the city for $5,000 in cash and the assumption of a $95,000 mortgage. The sum was so large that the Seattle mayor (W. D. Wood) vetoed the acquisition, only to be later overruled by the city council. In 1902, the Olmsted Brothers firm of Boston was hired to design the city's parks, including Woodland Park, and the next year the collection of the private Leschi Park menagerie was moved to Phinney Ridge. , the zoo includes of exhibits and public spaces. It is open to the public daily,〔http://www.zoo.org/visit〕 and received 1.05 million visitors in 2006. Its collection includes: * 1,090 animal specimens * 300 animal species * 35 endangered and 5 threatened animal species * 7,000 trees * 50,000+ shrubs and herbs * 1,000+ plant species 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodland Park Zoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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