Talk:Franklin Park Zoo

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BetacommandBot 18:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Euthanize?
They will not euthanize any animals -- this is a misinformation campaign from some people in the zoo! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.124.233.7 (talk) 19:44, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Assessment
This article has enough text and almost enough citations for C-class, but it really needs some photos to move up the scale. Donlammers (talk) 02:28, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Opening date
The current statement "The Franklin Park Zoo officially opened to the public on October 4, 1912 (although most citations say 1913)" is not cited and thus sounds like original research (see WP:No original research). The writer states that it contradicts "most citations" without giving any reason why this particular date is correct, or providing a citation for the date. I found dates in 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913. There is allegedly a history page on the zoo site, but I am getting a security error when trying to access it. If this page shows the October 1912 date, we can say something like "Opening dates are variously shown from 1910 to 1913 (include citations here), but the zoo claims to have officially opened on October 4, 1912," which acknowledges the discrepancies and states why we think the October 1912 date is correct. Donlammers (talk) 14:02, 10 July 2011 (UTC)