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Among the zoo's most notable holdings are two giant pandas, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, on loan from China's Chengdu Zoo until 2009. The $4.5 million Ford African Rain Forest habitat is home to 23 western lowland gorilla s, one of the two largest collections of the species in North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea. The zoo was also home to the popular Willie B., a gorillaGorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The Gorilla the largest of the primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of central Africa. Gorillas move about by knuckle-walking. Males range in height from 1. 75 m, and in weight from 140 kg to named for former Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield (as was the Hartsfield International Airport).

Zoo Atlanta is a participant in the AZA's Species Survival Program with efforts for the red panda, and the sumatran tigerTigers Panthera tigris are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four " big cats" that belong to the Panthera genus. Tigers are predatory carnivores. Tigers are easily recognizable by their stripes and their tawny fur color, which may range from yellow to — one of the most endangered species in the world.

The zoo was founded in 1889 as Grant Park Zoo, when local lumber merchant George Gress bought the zoo. Gress also bought the cycloramaFor the album by Styx, see Cyclorama (album). A cyclorama is a cylindrical painting designed to provide a viewer, standing in the middle of the cylinder, with a 360° view of the painting. The intended effect is that the viewer would feel as if they were s painting, "The Battle of Atlanta," which he moved next to the zoo as the Atlanta CycloramaThe Atlanta Cyclorama is a circular panoramic painting of the Battle of Atlanta. The cyclorama is housed in a museum, also called the "Atlanta Cyclorama" in Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Visitors view the cylindrical painting from the inside, entering t. For many years, the zoo was for whites only, in keeping with the segregated nature of the South at the time. The Municipal Zoo, as it came to be called, gradually fell into disrepair and in 1984 was named one of the ten worst zoos in the country. Ashamed of this label, Atlanta renamed it Zoo Atlanta and hired a new administrator to rebuild the zoo. Today, the zoo has rebounded and is nationally recognized.

External link

• Zoo Atlanta website