From Wikipedia, so take this info with a lump of salt...but it appears that it is city-owned:txinvestigator wrote:As far as the zoo, I don't know who actually owns it.
From 1909 to October 1991, the Fort Worth Zoo was owned as well as operated by the City of Fort Worth. During the city's tenure, a long-standing tradition began of collecting money from the community to purchase animals for the Zoo. In 1939, the Zoological Society (now the Fort Worth Zoological Association) formed as a nonprofit organization to help raise additional funds to purchase even more animals.
In October 1991—with the Zoo facing decreasing support, demands to replace outdated animal housing and sharp declines in attendance—the Association assumed management of the Zoo's day-to-day operations under a contract with the City of Fort Worth.