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Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

I have reverted your recent edits to this article. Your edit summary "Animal list added. Grammatical errors corrected" does not address the massive removal of sourced content from this article. You have given no reason for removing material such as this:

In 1872, Andrew Erkenbrecher and several other residents created the Society for the Acclimatization of Birds in Cincinnati to acquire insect-eating birds to control a severe outbreak of caterpillars. A collection of approximately 1,000 birds imported from Europe in 1872 was housed in Burnet Woods before being released. The 'Acclimatization Society of Cincinnati' was established in 1873 as similar organizations with imperial aims proliferated in Moscow, Berlin, London and Melbourne in the late nineteenth century.

The Zoological Society of Cincinnati established a zoo, consisting of just over sixty-six acres in Blakely Woods. The land was purchased by Andrew Erkenbrecher and leased to the Zoological Society for 99 years. This site was acquired in 1874 and the zoo officially opened its doors to the public on September 18, 1875, making the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden the second oldest intentionally constructed zoo in the United States. The Zoo opened with 769 animals on display. Admission was 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.

Please do not remove sourced content again without a valid explanation. Doing so does not appear to be constructive.

Meanwhile, while Wikipedia does host some articles in list format, articles should contain primarily text. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists.

If you'd like to discuss the development of the article - and particularly to explain what issue you take with the sourced history of the zoo - please use the article's talk page, Talk:Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Thanks. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:24, 11 September 2011 (UTC)