My Visit to Famous St. Louis Zoo

Visit to St.Louis zoo

My grand daughter is studying Kinder Garden in a Nursery School called Centre at Conway in Chesterfield. On May 12th the school has arranged a visit to Local zoo for the children and they have invited parents to accompany. I have utilized this opportunity to visit Famous St.Louis Zoo which is more than 100 years old and very famous in US. On that day we went to the school at 9.00 AM and all children and accompanying elders gathered in the school and they have started for the Zoo in four busses. It was just half an hour drive. Snacks packets containing turkey sandwich, cookies, cool drink packet and a milk chocolate was given to children and also to the elders. All were asked to come back at 11.30 for returning.

The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is credited for the birth of the St. Louis Zoo. The Fair brought the world's attention to St. Louis and Forest Park. The Smithsonian Institution constructed a walk-through bird cage for the World's Fair. Ten days after the World's Fair closed, the citizens of St. Louis chose to buy the 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage for $3,500, rather than have it dismantled and returned to Washington, D.C. The St. Louis Zoo was born.

The Saint Louis Zoological Park is a zoo in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education. Admission is free through a public subsidy from the ZMD.One special feature is the Zoo line Railroad, a small passenger train that encircles the zoo, stopping at the more popular attractions. Home to more than 22,805 exotic animals, many of them rare and endangered. These 800 species represent the major continents and biomes of the world. Set in the 90 acres of rolling hills, lakes and glades of Forest Park, the Saint Louis Zoo is always a great place to be visited. Due to lack of time we have visited children park and few other places. There was slight rain and my grand daughter was enjoying the rain. We returned well before time and visited the Zoo stall in the entrance where many items like toys of animals, t-shirts, other gift items to remember the visit of the zoo are being sold.