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4 de abr. de 2016 · The nucleus that evolved into the San Diego Zoo lay in the display of animals at the Panama-California Exposition held in 1915- 1916. So popular did the Exposition become, it carried on for a second year, added the word international, and included an array of animals for viewing along “the Isthmus”—the fair’s fun zone.
This timeline documents the 100+ year history of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, from the Zoo’s inception in 1916 after the Panama-California Exposition, to the founding of the Safari Park, and beyond.
The Panama–California Exposition was a world exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first United States port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal.
The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, housing over 12,000 animals of more than 680 species and subspecies on 100 acres (40 ha) of Balboa Park. The zoo is the most visited in the United States. Travelers have cited it as one of the best zoos in the world.
El Zoo de San Diego es uno de los zoológicos más importantes de Estados Unidos y de todo el mundo. Situado en San Diego, California, fue creado en 1915 y cuenta con unos 4000 ejemplares de más de 800 especies distintas.
In 1916, when a lone lion left in a cage in Balboa Park after the Panama-California Exposition was heard roaring by San Diego surgeon Dr. Harry Wegeforth, he quipped to his brother, “Wouldn’t it be splendid if San Diego had a zoo?”
The 1915-1916 Exposition in San Diego’s Balboa Park was an important stimulus to San Diego’s long-term growth, bringing millions of tourists to a city that had a population of only 40,000 people when Exposition planning began.
