Back To The Zoo!

The St Louis Zoo is situated in Forest Park which is only about 25 minutes from us. It originated after the 1904 World's Fair which was held at the Park. The Smithsonian Institution constructed a walk-through bird cage for the Fair, & 10 days after the Fair closed, the citizens of St. Louis bought the 'Flight Cage' rather than have it dismantled & returned to Washington, DC. The cage is still part of the zoo over 100 years later.

St louis Zoo is one of the best zoos in the US & is also recognized as being a leader in animal management, research, conservation, & education. Recently there have been some new additions, namely a baby elephant. We thought that we would take Rose & Richard to see if we would be lucky enough to see the baby as it does not permanetely live outside yet & is only brought out a few times each day until it gets older. As we got close to the elephant enclosure we saw that there was quite a large crowd so we were hopeful that we would get to see the baby - and we did!