The Peoria Zoo (formerly Glen Oak Zoo) is a zoo located in Peoria, Illinois, in the United States. The zoo is owned and operated by the Peoria Park District...
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Peoria (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in and county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population...
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The history of Peoria, Illinois began when French explorers constructed Fort Crevecoeur in 1680. The County of Peoria was organized in 1825, the town in...
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Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre (14 ha) zoo in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868...
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Park Zoo, Bloomington Niabi Zoo, Coal Valley Peoria Zoo, Peoria Phillips Park Zoo, Aurora Randall Oaks Zoo, West Dundee Rainbow Ranch Petting Zoo, Nashville...
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Brookfield Zoo Chicago, also known as the Chicago Zoological Park, is a zoo located in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois. It houses around 450...
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The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
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The aquarium received awards for "best exhibit" from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for Seahorse Symphony in 1999, Amazon Rising in 2001...
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Miller Park Zoo is a zoo located in Miller Park, a public park in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. It is administered by the Parks and Recreation...
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Zoo in Evansville, Indiana Minnesota Zoo Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska Peoria Zoo Potawatomi Zoo Pueblo Zoo Red River Zoo Riverview...
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Phillips Park Zoo is located on the grounds of Phillips Park, in Aurora, Illinois, United States. It was originally established in 1915, and is still...
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90667°W / 39.82889; -88.90667 Scovill Zoo in Decatur, Illinois, is one of 210 zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums with 96 species spanning...
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Indian Boundary Park (redirect from Indian Boundary Park Zoo)
the Lincoln Park Zoo. In 2013, the zoo at Indian Boundary Park was closed and the remaining few animals were sent to Lincoln Park Zoo. Indian Boundary...
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Cosley Zoo is an AZA-accredited zoo located in Wheaton, Illinois. It is a facility of the Wheaton Park District and open year-round. The zoo, which is...
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The Henson Robinson Zoo is a private nonprofit zoo owned and operated by the Springfield Park District. The zoo was built in 1968–1970 on the eastern...
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Niabi Zoo is a public Zoological Park in Coal Valley, Illinois, serving the Quad Cities Area. This 40 acre zoo is nestled inside its 287 acre forest preserve...
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Warner Bros. cartoon character, makes his debut in One Froggy Evening. The Peoria Zoo opens in Illinois. Agricultural tractors outnumber horses on U.S. farms...
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2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718841A94599000.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Peoria Zoo of Illinois (accredited member of AZA) [1] Wikimedia Commons has media...
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6053. "Peoria approximella species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06. "Peoria approximella". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06. "Peoria approximella...
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Serpent Safari (category Zoo stubs)
reptile zoo located inside the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The zoo advertised itself as "America's Finest Reptile Zoo". The...
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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show (formerly known as The Z Morning Zoo) is an American syndicated weekday morning radio program hosted by Elvis Duran....
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6042. "Peoria longipalpella species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06. "Peoria longipalpella". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06. "Peoria longipalpella...
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24 bands, and 1,700 participants, and is broadcast in several countries. Peoria, Illinois has the longest running Santa Claus Parade in the U.S. The parade...
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number 20826), began to travel on the Rock Island line between Chicago and Peoria in February 1956 when pulling the line's Jet Rocket train, which bore a...
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bellwether in American culture, exemplified by the phrase Will it play in Peoria?. "Illinois" is the modern spelling for the early French Catholic missionaries...
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Wildlife Prairie Park (category Protected areas of Peoria County, Illinois)
Wildlife Prairie Park, is located in Peoria County, Illinois, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Peoria in central Illinois. Opened in the...
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Richard Pryor (category Actors from Peoria, Illinois)
(1977), and Pryor's Place (1984). Pryor was born on December 1, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois. He grew up in a brothel run by his grandmother, Marie Carter...
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January 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015. "Peoria plans to test app that allows mobile parking payment". Journal Star (Peoria). Retrieved 16 May 2015. "New app...
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Valley-Prescott, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the northern portions of Peoria and Wickenburg, the balance of which are in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area...
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charcoal. In 1971, using a $55,000 donation from the Forest Park Foundation of Peoria, the Chicago Zoological Society purchased the land as a conservation reserve...
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