Minnesota Zoo named a top spot for wildlife photography

Shutterbugs who like to take pictures of wildlife have a perfect place to do their work right here in the Twin Cities.

By Tim Harlow, Star Tribune

Last update: October 4, 2007 - 10:35 AM

Shutterbugs who like to take pictures of wildlife have a perfect place to do their work right here in the Twin Cities.

Popular Photography magazine has named the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley as one of the top zoos in the country to snap shots of wildlife.

The zoo was touted by the magazine for its collection of Siberian tigers and Mexican gray wolves.

Next year, wildlife photographers will be able to capture shots of Russian grizzly bears, sea otters, wild boars and Amur leopards when the zoo's new $23 million "Russia's Grizzly Coast" exhibit opens.

Others zoos on the magazine's list to shoot great photos include the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. for pandas, the Oregon Zoo in Portland for wolves, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. for sea otters, the San Diego Wild Animal Park for lions, lion cubs, lowland gorillas, condors; the St. Louis Zoo for wolves, and Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle for African wild dogs, lions, gorillas, wetland life.

Tim Harlow • harlow@startribune.com