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Like a lot of Rhode Island children and generations that came before, my daughter loves Roger Williams Park Zoo, embracing every opportunity to visit and absorb all it has to offer.

She’s unaware that, having opened in 1872, it is the third-oldest zoo in the country, or that it draws upwards of 800,000 visitors annually. What captures her attention are the penguins, giraffes and the many other species of animals that she’d otherwise not find in Rhode Island, and which make the zoo a particularly memorable and special place.

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