Cameron Park Waco Zoo in United States


Cameron Park Waco Zoo
Typezoo
Owner
Size416-acre (168 ha)
Founded1910
Address 1701 North 4th Street | 76707
Zip-code 76707
Place Waco
StateTexas
Country United States
Website Website
Directors
Key People
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Head keepers
of elephants
Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates2025-03-17:
Latest document update2025-03-17 19:27:15
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Description

Cameron Park Waco Zoo, located at 1701 North 4th Street | 76707, in Waco, Texas, United States , was founded in 1910

Cameron Park Waco Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

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Living elephants

At the Cameron Park Waco Zoo lives 1 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Tembo born 1977

Comments / picturesCameron Park is a 416-acre (168 ha) urban park located in Waco, Texas, USA.

1910: May 24, 1910, Flora B. Cameron, wife of the late William Cameron, announced that she was donating all 125 acres (51 ha) of the land to the city of Waco. The park was dedicated on May 27, 1910, and named in memory of Waco philanthropist and lumber baron William Cameron. (Wikipedia)

2007-10-00: In October 2007, Zoe was transferred to the Kansas City Zoo under breeding loan arrangements, a Missouri zoo which held the largest Herd of African elephants within the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Tanya was transferred to the Cameron Park Zoo from Abilene Zoo, to replace Zoe.

2020-10-06: Tanya, an African elephant who lived in Cameron Park Zoo, died at the age of 40 after “exhaustive efforts by the Zoo’s veterinarian and animal care staff,” the zoo announced Monday. A preliminary Necropsy revealed signs of a yet-unidentified disease that affected the circulatory system, heart, Lungs and brain.

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