Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park

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Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park
entrance of the zoo
Date opened	September 1, 1971
Location	Dobutsuen, Asa-cho, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima
Number of Species	170
Accreditations/ Memberships	JAZA
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Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park is the one of the famous zoos in Japan.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Hours 1.2 Holidays 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Overview

Asa Zoological Park has opened in 1971 in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima as the 62nd zoo in Japan.

The gross area of the zoo is 49.6 ha.

There are about 170 variety of animals include giraffes, lions, black rhinoceroses, lesser pandas, woylies, Japanese giant salamanders and macaws.

They are asking citizen volunteers to explain about animals minutely and amusingly to visiters.

[edit] Hours

• From 1st of January to 29th of December
• From 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

[edit] Holidays

• Every Thursday

[edit] History

• Opened as the 62nd zoo in Japan on September 1, 1971.
• World's first success of the artificial insemination of frozen sperm from a dead Chimpanzee in 1998.
• Opened the animal contact areas for kids in 2001.
• Began the night operation Night Safari every summer since the summer in 2003.

[edit] See also

• Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums

[edit] External links

• Asa Zoological Park
• Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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