Christmas lights at Lehigh Valley Zoo in Schnecksville in December 2020
In 1906, Harry Clay Trexler started purchasing farms in Lowhill and North Whitehall townships to create a preserve to help protect bison, elk, and white-tailed deer. He purchased a total of 36 farms comprising 1,108 acres (448 ha) before he died, and then bequeathed the land to Lehigh County. In 1935, the area officially became the Trexler-Lehigh County Game Preserve.[4]
Construction on the children's zoo in the park began in 1974. When it opened, the zoo included petting and feeding exhibits and exotic animals from Africa, Asia, and Australia.[5]
In 2004, with the original purpose of saving native species accomplished, the county opened the entire preserve to the public.[4] At the same time, the Lehigh Valley Zoological Society took over management of the zoo within the park.[5]
lehigh, valley, acre, located, schnecksville, lehigh, valley, region, eastern, pennsylvania, located, inside, acre, trexler, nature, preserve, open, year, round, entrance, june, 201340, 658251, 625956, 658251, 625956date, opened1974, locationschnecksville, pen. The Lehigh Valley Zoo is a 29 acre 11 7 ha zoo located in Schnecksville in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania It is located inside the 1 100 acre 445 ha Trexler Nature Preserve The zoo is open year round Lehigh Valley ZooEntrance to the Lehigh Valley Zoo in June 201340 39 30 N 75 37 33 W 40 658251 N 75 625956 W 40 658251 75 625956Date opened1974 1 LocationSchnecksville Pennsylvania U S Land area29 acres 11 7 ha 1 No of animals275 2 No of species70 2 Annual visitors100 000 30 000 students 2011 1 MembershipsAZA 3 Websitewww wbr lvzoo wbr org Lehigh Valley Zoo has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums AZA since March 2006 1 Contents 1 History 2 Conservation 3 Gallery 4 Notes 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Christmas lights at Lehigh Valley Zoo in Schnecksville in December 2020 In 1906 Harry Clay Trexler started purchasing farms in Lowhill and North Whitehall townships to create a preserve to help protect bison elk and white tailed deer He purchased a total of 36 farms comprising 1 108 acres 448 ha before he died and then bequeathed the land to Lehigh County In 1935 the area officially became the Trexler Lehigh County Game Preserve 4 Construction on the children s zoo in the park began in 1974 When it opened the zoo included petting and feeding exhibits and exotic animals from Africa Asia and Australia 5 In 2004 with the original purpose of saving native species accomplished the county opened the entire preserve to the public 4 At the same time the Lehigh Valley Zoological Society took over management of the zoo within the park 5 Conservation editIn 2009 the zoo was participating in three Species Survival Plans SSP African penguin mongoose lemur and scimitar horned oryx Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Grant s zebra nbsp Dromedary camel nbsp Laughing kookaburra nbsp Dwarf crocodile nbsp Mexican wolf nbsp American bison nbsp OstrichNotes edit a b c d Lehigh Valley Zoo Fact Sheet lvzoo org Lehigh Valley Zoo Archived from the original on October 30 2010 Retrieved July 8 2010 a b Who We Are lvzoo org Lehigh Valley Zoo Retrieved July 8 2010 List of Accredited Zoos and Aquariums aza org Association of Zoos and Aquariums Retrieved July 8 2010 a b History 1935 Present trexlernaturepreserve org Trexler Nature Preserve Archived from the original on July 28 2011 Retrieved July 8 2010 a b History of the Zoo lvzoo org Lehigh Valley Zoo Archived from the original on October 30 2010 Retrieved July 8 2010 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lehigh Valley Zoo Official website Lehigh Valley Zoo on Facebook nbsp Lehigh Valley Zoo on Instagram nbsp Lehigh Valley Zoo on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lehigh Valley Zoo amp oldid 1184072626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
