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Sunset Zoo, Manhattan, KS

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Sunset Zoo

A city zoo with over 300 animals along trails themed to Africa, Australia, Asia, South America and the Kansas plains.

2333 Oak St · Manhattan, KS

About Sunset Zoo

Sunset Zoo is the city zoo of Manhattan, Kansas, home to over 300 animals from more than 100 species. You walk through regions such as the African Trail with cheetahs and okapi, Expedition Asia with tigers and red pandas, and Kansas Plains with bald eagles and prairie dogs. Founded in 1933 on land first bought as a cemetery, it still has limestone structures built by the Works Progress Administration.

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