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Party with the animalsOne of San Diego’s attractions is the famous San Diego Zoo. It is located in Balboa Park and is considered as one of the most progressive and largest zoos in the world. The zoo is privately managed by the Zoological Society of San Diego, which is a nonprofit organization. However, the equipment used in the zoo, all of the assets and the ownership of all the animals rests with the City of San Diego. Currently, the zoo takes care of over 800 species of animals coming from different parts of the world.While inside the zoo, you can go on guided tours by bus that passes through 75% of the park. You can also use an overhead gondola lift that offers an aerial view of the entire zoo. The zoo also has different exhibits that are designed around a specific habitat and featuring the various animals that can be found in specific types of environment. You can check out exhibits that range from the Artic tundra to an African rainforest. It is also the home of the largest free-flight aviaries with darkened blinds in order to view birds of all sorts. All of the exhibits are naturally built according to what is normally seen in the wild such as open air moats and pools for large mammals.The zoo also supervised the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park that exhibits animals in a more open and extensive condition that what is seen in a zoo.San Diego Zoo personnel are very concerned with its animals that they give due actions in the conservation and preservation of many endangered species such as the African Black Rhinos, Pandas and the California Condors. One of their effort is to bred these animals in captivity and release them in their natural habitat.