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The Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden is a zoo located in Evansville, Indiana. Set on a spacious 70-acre park, the zoo features 219 species and 560 animals roaming freely in natural habitats surrounded by exotic plants, wildflowers, and trees.

The zoo was founded in 1928 by Gilmour Haynie and other business leaders. Karl Kae Knecht, a local cartoonist for the Evansville Courier & Press, helped popularize the idea of a zoo. Mesker Park was the first zoo in Indiana and one of the first in the United States to use a moat system to display animals in more natural exhibits.

The zoo initially opened with two lion cubs, some antelope, and an elephant. Since its founding, the zoo has continued to grow and is undergoing ongoing expansion and rennovation. The zoo's exhibits currently include African Rift, African Panorama, Australia, North America, and South America. A popular petting zoo, which was added in 1975, has recently been renovated under the new name Children's Enchanted Forest.

A major new project, Amazonia, is currently in the design and development stage and will open in 2007. The $15 million project includes a new main entry complex, a tropical rain forest exhibit, and significant improvements and additions to the animal health services complex. New animals will include a jaguar, tapirs, a toucan, macaws, bats, and iguanas.

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