Emperor Valley Zoo
| Emperor Valley Zoo | ||
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| place | Zoo Road, St. Clair, Port of Spain | |
| surface | 2.9 hectares | |
| opening | November 8, 1952 | |
| Animal species | 200 | |
| Individuals | 2300 [obsolete] | |
| organization | ||
| management | Narine Lutchmedial | |
| Sponsorship | Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) | |
 The giraffes Melman and Mandela (2014) |
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| www.zstt.org | ||
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Coordinates: 10 ° 40 ′ 25 ″ N , 61 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ W.
The Emperor Valley Zoo is the largest and only public zoo in the Caribbean island state of Trinidad and Tobago .
location
The zoo is located in the St. Clair district to the north of Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain . It borders immediately to the north on Queen's Park Savannah , the largest open space in the city. The south-eastern foothills of the Maraval district begin to the west of the zoo , and the Royal Botanic Gardens border the zoo to the east . Immediately to the north rise the foothills of the Northern Range , which borders Port of Spain in the north. Formally, the zoo is not located in the city of Port of Spain, but in the adjacent San Juan-Laventille region, but administration is carried out from Port of Spain.
history
Construction of the zoo began in April 1947 after the Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago was established. The opening took place in November 1952 by the British governor of the colony at the time, Hubert Rance . The name of the zoo is derived from the blue morpho butterfly, which is also called "Emperor Butterfly" in English and used to be common in the valley in which the zoo is located. At the opening, the zoo presented ten cages with 127 animals, many of them in Trinidad. Today the zoo is still operated by the ZSTT and houses over 200 animal species. The number of visitors per year was 250,000 in 2011. The ZSTT is subordinate to the Trinidadian Ministry of Tourism and receives grants from it for the operation of the zoo. The feed for the animals is largely grown in an outstation of the zoo on the east coast of Trinidad.
Attractions
In 2013 an enclosure with two giraffes was opened. In 2014 an enclosure with three King Tigers was built ; one female gave birth to two young in 2015. The Emperor Valley Zoo is the only zoo in the Caribbean that is home to lions and giraffes. Entry was 30 TT dollars in 2017 , around four euros.
Research and Teaching
The zoo runs an educational project, as part of which children in the state's primary schools are educated about the local fauna on a weekly basis. He also regularly conducts inventories of leatherback and Caribbean manatee populations and conducts courses on how to behave when encountering snakes. The Emperor Valley Zoo operates a species exchange program with the San Diego Zoo .
criticism
In 2013 the zoo received criticism for the small size of the temporary giraffe enclosure, but emphasized compliance with international standards.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ZSTT.org: Emperor Valley Zoo. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Anthony : Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . Scarecrow Press, London 1997, ISBN 0-8108-3173-2 , pp. 216 .
- ↑ ZSTT.org: EVZ Species List. Retrieved December 18, 2017 . (PDF, 88 KB)
- ↑ a b Tourism.gov.tt: Administrative Report Fiscal 2011. Accessed December 18, 2017 . (PDF, 0.98 MB)
- ↑ Two tiger cubs born at the zoo . In: Trinidad Express . January 10, 2015.
- ^ DestinationTnT.com: Emperor Valley Zoo. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Trinidad Newsday of April 6, 2009: Emperor Valley Zoo spreads wings. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ ZSTT.org: About Us. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ AsaWright.org: When snakes came to visit. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Trinidad Guardian of December 17, 2013: Lutchmedial: Zoo well prepared for giraffes. Retrieved December 18, 2017 .