Fresno Chaffee Zoo celebrated the 10 years of their African Adventure exhibit

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Chaffee Zoo celebrated a decennary of savanna sights.

The African Adventure grounds opened 10 years ago, transforming 13 acres into unfastened spaces for animals.

Zoo leadership, section leaders and assemblage members gathered to bespeak connected the milestone.

Before its opening, the zoo said much than 100 animals were portion of the astir $56 cardinal expansion, paid for by Measure Z.

The Zoo says the wide unfastened country has proven its occurrence with the caller Elephant Calves, achromatic rhinos and giraffes, on with its increasing household of lions.

"We went from a Zoo that was thought of arsenic tiny but fortunate to 1 that was considered 1 of the apical Zoos successful the United States," said Fresno Chaffee Zoo CEO Jon Forrest Dohlin.

The nationalist is invited to travel observe the fashionable enlargement this Saturday.

It'll diagnostic household amusive and prizes for the large anniversary.