Pet Show Blog » Colorado http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow Everything pets! Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:48:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Everything pets! Pet Show Blog no Everything pets! Pet Show Blog » Colorado http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/category/places/colorado/ Oklahoma City elephant exhibit falls to No. 2 http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2012/06/04/oklahoma-city-elephant-exhibit-falls-to-no-2/ http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2012/06/04/oklahoma-city-elephant-exhibit-falls-to-no-2/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:06:38 +0000 Carrie Coppernoll http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/?p=3158 The elephant exhibit at the Oklahoma City Zoo is no longer the biggest in the country.

]]> The elephant exhibit at the Oklahoma City Zoo is no longer the biggest in the country.

The Denver Zoo unveiled its newest exhibit, the Toyota Elephant Passage, to the public June 1. The 10-acre Asian elephant exhibit is the largest in the country — taking the title from the Oklahoma City Zoo elephant exhibit.

The Asian elephant area in Oklahoma City is 9½ acres. It cost $13 million to build and opened last March.

While we may not be the biggest any more, our exhibit is still pretty darn fantastic. In fact, here’s some proof from The Oklahoman archives:

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