Bronx Zoo - one of the world's largest urban zoos. Located on seven hundred acres, it contains about four thousand animals (more than six hundred species) from all continents.

He appeared on the earth, which was once owned by Fordham University in the late XIX century to sell the site to New York for just a thousand dollars - with the proviso that it will be based here zoo. Perhaps, Catholic University, located in the village of Fordham, north of New York City like a buffer to shield the city from imminent. Of course, in the end, the city absorbed the whole area, but the townspeople appeared a great place to relax.

The zoo was opened in 1899. Then in his collection was about eight animals, including black and polar bears, grizzly bears, sea lions. Swimming pool for the sea lions are still preserved, as well as many other attractions XIX and XX centuries - pavilions in the Beaux Arts style, decorated with sculptures of wild animals, the Rockefeller fountain figures of jaguars, a huge boulder of pink granite, Gates Reyni- Memorial Gates. These bronze gate in the Art Deco style, built in 1934, designed by Paul Menshipa were dedicated to the memory of the famous American photographer Paul Hunter and James Rainey. Attention visitor entering the zoo with East Fordham Road, and now attracts forged stylized figures of animals among plants.

The zoo is so much fun that many come more than once. You can ride in carriages monorail - this trip is called "Wild Asia" will provide an opportunity to see how rhinos lying in the mud, protected from the sun, elephants poured water from the trunks, red pandas are on the trees, antelope galloping across the hills and through the reeds Bronx -River rybachat egrets. Nice to have your binoculars - it is clearly useful for such a walk! In "gorillovom forest" can be observed not only for gorillas, but also for the charming dwarf monkeys and other apes. On the "mountain tiger" Visitors admire the majestic Amur tiger. A section of "Madagascar" happy sight lemurs, geckos, crocodiles and hissing cockroaches.

Children are happy to ride "carousel beetles," visit a colony of sea birds, a butterfly garden, the so-called children's zoo - there are taught to behave like different animals. Many people rush into the open in 2013 a dinosaur safari, but we must bear in mind that the kid could wind howling and grinning figures of prehistoric reptiles that on this walk every now and then appear from the bushes.