The Puerto Rico Zoological Society () was founded by Dr.

Juan A. Rivero Dr. Juan Arturo Rivero Quintero (March 5, 1923 in Santurce, Puerto Rico – March 3, 2014) was a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican biologist who founded the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo at the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez Campus. Education Dr. Rivero ...

, a professor of Biology of the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico ( es, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 58,000 students and 5,3 ...

at Mayagüez. Dr. Rivero went on to serve as the Society's first president. The Zoological Society contributed to the development of Puerto Rico's only zoo, located at the UPR Mayagüez campus, named by the Legislature in 1998 as the "

Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo, officially named the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo of Puerto Rico, also known as the Mayagüez Zoo, was a zoo located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, owned by the Government of Puerto Rico and operated by the Puerto Rico Department o ...

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