PHILADELPHIA, PA - Animals at the Philadelphia Zoo are on the move like never before. With the new animal exploration trail experience Zoo360, a campus-wide network of see-through mesh trails, allows animals to roam around and above zoo grounds.
This is another first — at America's first zoo and in the world — and continues the zoo's commitment to excellence in animal care and inspiring guests to conservation action. See tigers, orangutans, lemurs, and other animals explore above your head and around the zoo.
When you move around the Zoo, the Zoo moves around you.
Animals at the Philadelphia Zoo are on the move like never before. With the new animal exploration trail experience called Zoo360, a campus-wide network of see-through mesh trails allows animals to roam around and above Zoo grounds.
This is another first—at America's first zoo and in the world—and continues the Zoo's commitment to excellence in animal care and inspiring guests to conservation action.
Zoo360 currently consists of four trails: Gorilla Treeway, Treetop Trail, Great Ape Trail, and Big Cat Crossing (with more on the way!). The trails link existing animal habitats, so animals with similar habitat requirements can use one another's spaces in a time-sharing system and take advantage of more room to roam. New destination exhibits will also be coming in future years, designed to accommodate all of the species that would use each trail type.
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About the Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo, located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill River's west bank, was the United States' first zoo. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, its opening was delayed by the American Civil War until July 1, 1874. It opened with 1,000 animals and an admission price of 25 cents.[2] For a brief time, the zoo also housed animals brought over from safari on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, which had not yet built the National Zoo in the 1850s.[3]
The Philadelphia Zoo is one of the premier zoos in the world for breeding animals that have been found difficult to breed in captivity.[4] The zoo also works with many groups worldwide to protect the animals' natural habitats in their care.
The zoo is 42 acres (17 ha) and home to more than 1,300 animals, many rare and endangered. It features a children's zoo, a paddleboat lake, a rainforest-themed carousel, and many interactive and educational exhibits.
