Washington Park Zoo
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| Location | Michigan City, Indiana, USA |
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The Washington Park Zoo is a zoo located in Michigan City, Indiana. The zoo covers 15 acres on a hilly sand dune close to the southeastern tip of Lake Michigan, where only nine acres are used for animal exhibits. The zoo exhibits more than 220 animals of 90 different species fount thorugh the world. Under the zoo's new Assessment and Initiatives Plan the zoo is being developed into a modernistic biopark where animals are exhibited in natural settings, surrounded by botanical plantings. Amongs the Washington Park Zoo's exhibits are the Lion House exhibiting African Lions and Bengal Tigers; the Education Centerwhere the discovery room is located housing animal skulls, skins and educating animals, the Rotary Castle Buildig which houses our collection of cold-blooded creatures including: lizards, snakes, and frogs; Winged Wonders Exhibit our walk through Aviary where free flying birds fly overhead; and the Farm in the Zoo exhibit Miniture Domestic Horses, Donkeys, Pigs, and Goats that are allowed to be fed by visitors. The zoo's address is: On the Lake in Washington Park 115 Lakeshore Drive, Michigan City, Indiana 46360; and the phone number is (219)-873-1510; website address is: http://www.washingtonparkzoo.com; & e-mail is: info@washingtonparkzoo.com.
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