Record Instance/Occurrence - One set of related data field values associated with a specific record typeâequivalent to an SQL row. Record Type - A collection of closely related data fieldsâequivalent to an SQL table. Similar to a C struct, a record type is defined by a set of closely related data fields.
The first group of animals moves from the Griffith Park Zoo to the new location. November 28, 1966: The Los Angeles Zoo opens. Among the animals at the Zoo on opening day was American alligator Methuselah, who passed away in 2010. 1967: Two three-month-old polar bear cubs arrive at the Zoo. Bruno died of cancer in 1996, but Sweetheart went on to set a longevity record for polar bears in captivity. 1967: The L.A. Zoo acquires a pair of extremely rare Arabian oryx, the beginning of one of the Zooâs most successful breeding programs.
In 1889, Atlanta lumber merchant George V. Gress gave the City a collection of former circus animals and buildings to house them in Grant Park. That was the beginning of what was to become the Municipal Zoo, now Zoo Atlanta. In April, 1890, the City purchased 44 acres from Grant to the north of the original tract in Land Lot 44 to bring the total acreage of the park area to 131.5 acres.