Photo: Hawaii Tourism Authority / Tor Johnson Giraffes stand tall at the Honolulu Zoo An African elephant named Daisy arrived two years later and delighted visitors, including young children who got to ride Daisy around the park. The first animals included a monkey, a honey bear, and some lion cubs. Beginning in 1914, the administrator of the Parks and Recreation Department began collecting animals for the exhibit at the park. In 1876, King David Kalakaua, Hawaii’s “Merrie Monarch,” who granted the lands to be used for 300-acre Kapiolani Park. Billed as the largest zoo within a radius of 2,300 miles and the only zoo in the United States that originated from a king’s grant, the Honolulu Zoo welcomes more than 750,000 visitors every year.
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