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It began more than a century ago with a single bear in Overton Park. Today, it covers 55 acres and is consistently cited as one of the best zoos in the country. The Memphis Zoo is a Midtown institution, and one of the city’s most valuable assets.

The Memphis Zoo has spent most of the 21st Century pursuing a program of upgrade and expansion. From the Northwest Passage, which brought polar bears and otters to the south; to the elaborate China, the $16 million zoogeographical extravaganza that puts giant pandas Ya Ya and Ling Ling in context with other Asian denizens, the zoo’s exhibits bring the animal’s worlds down home to the Bluff City. And while we Memphians may sometimes take the zoo for granted, the rest of the world knows how awesome it really is.

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