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The '''Košice Zoo''' ({{lang-sk|Košická zoologická záhrada}} is a zoo in [[Košice]], [[Slovakia]] in the local city part of [[Kavečany]]. |
The '''Košice Zoo''' ({{lang-sk|Košická zoologická záhrada}} is a zoo in [[Košice]], [[Slovakia]] in the local city part of [[Kavečany]]. Encompasing {{Convert|292|ha|sing=on}}, it is the largest zoo in Slovakia and the third largest in Europe, though visitors are allowed only in about one third of this area. It was opened in 1979 and hosts about 170,000 visitors each year. |
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|title=City Branding as a Tool of the Local Development (Case Study of Košice, Slovakia) |
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|publisher=University of Prešov, Slovakia |
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Revision as of 23:35, 19 February 2011
| Košice Zoo | |
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| 48°47′1″N 21°12′14″E / 48.78361°N 21.20389°E | |
| Date opened | 1979[1] |
| Location | Košice, Slovakia |
| Land area | 292 ha (720 acres)[2] |
| No. of animals | 845[3] |
| No. of species | 151[3] |
| Annual visitors | 170,000[2] |
| Website | www.zookosice.sk |
The Košice Zoo (Slovak: Košická zoologická záhrada is a zoo in Košice, Slovakia in the local city part of Kavečany. Encompasing 292-hectare (720-acre), it is the largest zoo in Slovakia and the third largest in Europe, though visitors are allowed only in about one third of this area. It was opened in 1979 and hosts about 170,000 visitors each year.
Animals
Animals at the zoo are mostly from Europe and Asia, though the zoo does keep some exotic species. The zoo keeps 151 species including brown bear, Hamadryas baboons, lynx, emu, parrots, seals, tamarins, raccoons, turtles, tortoises, zebras, camels, goats, horses, antelopes, lions, tigers, bison, and hippos.[4]
Breeding
Over the years the zoo has been successful in breeding the hucul horse. Having birthed 80 foals, since 1996 the zoo has been returning some of fits animals to the general gene pool of the species. The zoo includes an 11-hectare (27-acre) off-visitor area for the horses to roam.[3]
Other breeding efforts at the zoo include brown bears (a litter of 5 is in the Guinness Book of World Records), baboons, lynx, Przewalski's horses, Shetland ponies, Chapman's zebras, and emus.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Zoo Košice". zookosice.sk. Košice Zoo. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ a b Matlovičová, Kvetoslava; Matlovič, René; Némethyová, Barbora. "City Branding as a Tool of the Local Development (Case Study of Košice, Slovakia)" (PDF). fhpv.unipo.sk. University of Prešov, Slovakia. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Zoo Košice". zookosice.sk. Košice Zoo. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Zoo Košice". slovakiasite.com. SlovakiaSite. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
External links
Media related to Košická zoologická záhrada at Wikimedia Commons
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