Košice Zoo

Coordinates: 48°47′1″N 21°12′14″E / 48.78361°N 21.20389°E / 48.78361; 21.20389
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Košice Zoo
Capybara in the Košice Zoo
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48°47′1″N 21°12′14″E / 48.78361°N 21.20389°E / 48.78361; 21.20389
Date opened1979[1]
LocationKošice, Slovakia
Land area292 ha (720 acres)[2]
No. of animals1200[3]
No. of species280[3]
Annual visitors250,000[2]
Websitewww.zookosice.sk

The Košice Zoo (Slovak: Zoologická záhrada Košice) is a zoo in Košice, Slovakia in the borough of Kavečany. Encompassing 292 hectares (720 acres), 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. Another area outside the visitors area is preserved as the Carpathian Biom, with many wild Slovak species of fauna and flora, including the Imperial Eagle, Black Storc, and Raven. The zoo hosts about 250,000 visitors each year. Inside the zoo is a large Slovak Jurassic Park and many educational trails. [citation needed]

History

Construction of the zoo started in 1979, and it opened to the public in 1985 with only 23 species and an area of 7 hectares (17 acres). A petting zoo was opened for children in 2000.[4]

Animals

Bears

As of 1 January 2020 the zoo houses the second largest animal collectin in Slovakia.

Species that are bred in the zoo include:

The Cuban Boa, Humboldt Penguin, Toco toucan, Silvery-Checked Hornbill, Himalaya Monal pheasants, European Brown Bear (official World Guinness Book recorded of 5 cubs born and reared in one litter in the zoo in 2002), Przewalski wild horse (3 animals released back to wilderness in Mongolia), Blasboock, Kafue red lechwe, Siberian ibex, Alpine Chamois, European Bison, Hutsul horse (protected horse form of Carpathians).

Animals at the zoo are mostly from Europe and Asia, though the zoo does keep some non-Eurasian species. The zoo has about 1200 animals in 280 species including the brown bear, lynx, emu, parrots, tamarins, turtles, tortoises, zebras, camels, ibexs, horses, antelopes, lions, tigers, european bison.[5]

Breeding programs

Horses

Over the years, the zoo has been successful in breeding the hucul horse. Having birthed 92 foals, the zoo has been returning some of its animals to the general gene pool of the species since 1996. 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 born in 2002 is in the Guinness Book of World Records),[4] baboons, lynx, Przewalski's horses, Shetland ponies, Chapman's zebras, Siberian wapiti, Capybaras, and emus.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Zoo Košice". zookosice.sk. Košice Zoo. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d "Zoo Košice". zookosice.sk. Košice Zoo. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Zoo". skrz.sk. SKRZ. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Zoo Košice". slovakiasite.com. SlovakiaSite. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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External links

Media related to Košická zoologická záhrada at Wikimedia Commons

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