Editing Audubon Zoo (section)

{{short description|Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox zoo
|zoo_name=Audubon Zoo
|image=Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, Louisiana -entrance-6June2010.jpg
|image_caption=Main Entrance
|date_opened=1914<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waza.org/network/index.php?main=zoos&view=namerica&detail=audubon|title=WAZA : World Association of Zoos and Aquariums|last=WAZA|website=www.waza.org}}</ref>
|location=[[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States
|area={{Convert|58|acre|abbr=on}}
|coordinates={{Coord|29.9231|-90.1322|type:landmark_region:US-LA|display=inline,title}}
|num_animals=2,000
|members=[[Association of Zoos and Aquariums|AZA]],<ref name="aza_list"/> [[World Association of Zoos and Aquariums|WAZA]]<ref name="waza_list"/> 
|exhibits=African Savanna, Asian Domain, Audubon Aviary, Jaguar Jungle, Louisiana Swamp, Reptile Encounter, Sea Lion Theater, South American Pampas, World of Primates
|website={{URL|http://audubonnatureinstitute.org/zoo}}
}}

'''Audubon Zoo''' is an American [[zoo]] located in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]. It is part of the [[Audubon Nature Institute]] which also manages [[Audubon Aquarium]], Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Freeport-McMoran Species Survival Center, Audubon Park, and Audubon Coastal Wildlife Network. It covers {{Convert|58|acre}} and is home to over 2,000 animals. <!-- It opened in 1938, as the Merz Memorial Zoo (I have been unable to find confirmation of this; might it be a typo, 1928, sp?) --> It is located in a section of [[Audubon Park (New Orleans)|Audubon Park]] in [[Uptown New Orleans]], on the [[Mississippi River]] side of Magazine Street. The zoo and park are named in honor of artist and naturalist [[John James Audubon]] who lived in New Orleans starting in 1821.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/john_james_audubon/index.html|title=John James Audubon|newspaper=The New York Times |publisher=}}</ref>