BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Roanoke -- Mill Mountain Zoo

VA -- Roanoke -- Mill Mountain Zoo:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MMZOO_081229_003.JPG: Fake rocks and tree trunks were brought in for the zoo
2. MMZOO_081229_017.JPG: The sign mentions that this llama is suffering from extreme arthritis and is under treatment for it but there's not much they can do.
Wikipedia Description: Mill Mountain Zoo
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The Mill Mountain Zoo is a zoo located atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia. Originally opening in 1952, the zoo was operated by the City of Roanoke for its first 24 years of existence. In 1976, the city turned its operation over to the Roanoke Jaycees. The Jaycees would subsequently operate the zoo through 1988 when its operation was placed into the hands of the non-profit Blue Ridge Zoological Society (BRZS). The BRZS today still serves as the operator and fund-raising mechanism for the zoo and its operations.

The zoo received its initial accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in 1995. In September 2007, its accreditation was reviewed and extended through 2011.

History:

With its location atop Mill Mountain not being conducive to a major expansion, a proposal developed in 1984 to relocate the zoo to a 400-acre (1.6 km2) tract adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway as the Blue Ridge Zoo. This proposal was later abandoned in favor of the development of Virginia's Explore Park at the location originally proposed for the zoo. After the failed relocation proposal, the Blue Ridge Zoological Society voted in 1988 to have the zoo permanently located atop Mill Mountain. As part of this decision, a 10-year master plan called Zoo 2001, was completed in 1991, with some of its suggestions successfully implemented over the course of the next decade.

Attractions and notable animals:

The following are some of the more notable animals to be housed at the zoo:

* Frump Frump - Was an African elephant donated to the zoo from a passing circus in 1970. Although she would die just a few months after being placed in the zoo, a record 107,000 visitors passed through the zoo, with many making the trip specifically to see her.

* Ruby - Was a Siberian tiger. She was donated to the zoo by law enforcement officers, who found her being kept illegally as a pet in Danville, Virginia. Ruby was at the zoo from November 1988 until her death on December 10, 2006.

* Oops - is a Japanese macaque who escaped her cage in July 2006. Her escape was covered nationwide in news stories before she was recaptured a week later

* Zoo Choo - Opening with the zoo's opening in 1952, it originally consisted of a gas-powered Model G-16 miniature train engine, two passenger cars and an observation car. The train would operate continuously at the zoo except between 1994–1996 and 2002. In 2007, it was relocated to the Virginia Museum of Transportation as the zoo looks to purchase a refurbished train from a Florida zoo.

The zoo is host to 85 animals and 35 different species, including three species on the endangered list, the Red Panda, Snow Leopard and White-naped Crane.
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