Belgrade Zoo
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 Entrance to the Belgrade Zoo | |
| Date opened | July 12, 1936 |
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| Location | Kalemegdan Park, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Coordinates | 44°49′33″N 20°27′12″E / 44.825832°N 20.453332°ECoordinates: 44°49′33″N 20°27′12″E / 44.825832°N 20.453332°E |
| Land area | 7 hectares (17 acres) |
| Number of animals | 2000 |
| Number of species | 270 |
| Website | www.beozoovrt.izlog.org |
The Belgrade Good Hope Garden (Serbian: Београдски врт добре наде / Beogradski vrt dobre nade) is a zoo located in Belgrade, Serbia. The zoo is situated at the very centre of the city, in Kalemegdan Park. The zoo was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest zoos in Europe.[1]
The zoo covers an area of about 7 hectares (17 acres),[2] and has 2,000 animals representing about 270 different species. The zoo holds domestic as well as exotic wild animals.
Its present look is contributed by many built facilities, new drinking-fountains, Wooden Sculpture Gallery, the work of the sculptor Vuk Bojović and the nursery for young animals - Baby Zoo. For its 60th anniversary it was enriched with a monument dedicated to its once most interesting and most famous resident - Sammy the chimpanzee, the first of its kind ever in this Zoo.
Animals
The belgrade zoo has 2000 animals and 270 species. mammals
- lion ( white and ordinary )
- white bengal tiger
- amur tiger
- black leopard
- cheeath
- grey wolf
- brown bear
- polar bear
- fennec fox
- balkan lynx
- puma
- pine marten
- european badger
- honey badger
- small-clawed otter
- meerkat
- yak
- american bison
- babary sheep
- camel
- red kangaroo
- parma wallaby
- harbor seal
- sea lion
... birds
- emu
- ostrich
- nandu
- black swan
- marabou stork
- ground hornbill
- golden eagl
- owl
- griffon vulture
- egiyptain vulture
- scarlet ibis
- flamingo
- grey crowned crane
... reptiles
- cuban croc
- piton
- anaconda
- nile monitor
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History
The Belgrade Zoological Garden was officially opened on 12 July 1936, by Belgrade mayor Vlada Ilic. The zoo was initially no larger than 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres), but was expanded to about 14 hectares.[2] During the Second World War, the zoo was bombed twice, in 1941 and 1944, heavily damaging the infrastructure and killing most of the animals. The zoo lost seven hectares of land.[2]
Vuk Bojović became the director on 1 May 1986 and still holds that position.[2]
Today, even though the zoo covers only seven hectares, it has over 2000 animals, including over 270 animals species. It is not accredited by any international zoo association because of its small size relative to the number of animals.[citation needed]
See also
Gallery
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Rare white lion male cub
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Scarlet Ibis
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"Muja" the oldest alligator in the world[1]
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Elephant
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White lion
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Ara
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Deer
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White tiger
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Giraffe
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Tiger
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References
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