Kansas City Zoo'' Press Release, "The Kansas City Zoo Voted One of America's Best Zoos in 2008: Ranked Number One in the Nation for African Animals" 2008 May 28 It was ranked number one in the nation for “African Animals and Exhibits,” with the authors, Allen W. Nyhuis and Jon Wassner, praising its 95 acres Africa exhibit as representing five nations with "one of the most extensive collections of African animals we’ve ever seen."