Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park

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
Memberships	JAZA
Website	http://www.asazoo.jp/

Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park (広島市安佐動物公園, Hiroshima-shi Asa Dōbutsukōen^?) is a zoo in Hiroshima, Japan.

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

Overview

Asa Zoological Park 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 varieties of animals including giraffes, lions, black rhinoceroses, lesser pandas, woylies, Japanese giant salamanders and macaws.

They are asking citizen volunteers to explain about the animals in detail and with humor to visitors.

Hours

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

Holidays

• Every Thursday

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.
• Night Safari started in the summer of 2003 and has run every summer since.

See also

• Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums

External links

• Asa Zoological Park
• Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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