Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Part Two

The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations in the United States. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Highland Park, the zoo sits on 77 acres (31 ha) of park land where it exhibits more than 4,000 animals representing 475 species, including 20 threatened or endangered species. The zoo's accredited membership of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) was dropped in 2015.

Exhibits
The Pittsburgh Zoo is divided into eight sections, each of which focuses on a particular theme.

Forest Passage
Forest Passage (formerly Asian Forest) contains several species from Eastern and Southeast Asia, and simulates a journey from the Himalayas to Indonesia.

Tropical Forest
The Tropical Forest, which opened in 1991, is a 0.5-acre indoor rainforest. This building focuses mostly on primates, containing 16 species in total.

African Savanna
Like the Asian Forest, the African Savanna is also a result of the zoo's Master Plan of 1980.[5] Completed in 1987, this section of the zoo is modeled to give the viewer the impression that he or she is walking along a river in an African savanna.

Bears
The three bear exhibits were built in 1937 under the Works Progress Administration program, and are the oldest exhibits in the zoo.

Water's Edge
Completed in 2006, Water's Edge is a newer section of the zoo, and is located adjacent to the PPG aquarium. This section is constructed to resemble a coastal fishing village, and illustrates the ways that humans interact with marine wildlife in coastal areas.

The Islands
Opened in June 2015, The Islands exhibit is a 22,000 square foot exhibit featuring several endangered animals.

Jungle Odyssey
Opened in June 2017, Jungle Odyssey is an expansion directly behind The Islands. The area displays rainforest animal species from rainforests around the world like Africa, Asia, and South America.

Kid's Kingdom
Kid's Kingdom opened in 1949, when it was then simply called Children's Zoo. In 1994 a naming contest was implemented for a new name to the newly expanded area.

PPG Aquarium
Built in 1967 (then called AquaZoo) and renovated in 2000, the PPG Aquarium is a 45,000 square foot, two-story aquarium that presents several aquatic habitats. The aquarium's theme is the "Diversity of Water" and contains several exhibits that portray different marine ecosystems.
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