Zoo Atlanta

Zoo Atlanta is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Atlanta, Georgia. The 40-acre zoo, founded in 1889, is located in Atlanta's Grant Park and attracts around one million visitors a year. The zoo features almost 1,000 animals representing 250 species from around the world.

The zoo's most notable holding are two giant pandas, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, on loan from the Chengdu Zoo until 2009. The $4.5 million Ford African Rain Forest is home to 23 western lowland gorillas, one of the two largest collections in North America. Zoo Atlanta is a participant in the AZA's Species Survival Program with efforts for the red panda, and the sumatran tiger &mdash: one of the most endangered species in the world.