Magnetic Hill Zoo
| Magnetic Hill Zoo | ||
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| place | 100 Worthington Avenue, Moncton, NB E1C 9Z3 | |
| surface | 16 hectares | |
| opening | 1953 | |
| Animal species | over 80 | |
| Individuals | more than 600 | |
| Species focus | protected species | |
| Visitor numbers | 137,000 (2011) | |
| organization | ||
| management | Bruce Dougan ( Manager ), Bernie Gallant (Coordinator), Jamie Carson ( Curator ) | |
| www.moncton.ca/zoo | ||
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Coordinates: 46 ° 8 '14.8 " N , 64 ° 53' 5.4" W.
The Magnetic Hill Zoo ( French Zoo de Magnetic Hill , formerly Magnetic Hill Game Farm ) is a zoo in Moncton , New Brunswick ( Canada ) that was founded in 1953. Since 1993 he has been a member of Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA).
history
It was founded in 1953 as Magnetic Hill Game Farm in order to be able to accommodate indigenous animal species in the event of injury or orphanage .
When it was taken over by the city of Moncton and renamed Magnetic Hill Zoo in 1979, the settlement of endemic and exotic species began .
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Support association
The creation of done to secure and expand the financing 1,989 development association Friends of the Zoo (dt. Friends of the Zoo ) by three people, Shirley Dingley, Deborah Fisher and Bruce Dougan. Fisher later became the director of the zoo.
In 1992 the association decided to create an educational program that received two awards by 2015 and, in addition to courses for self-study, also includes classrooms for training.
Awards
For the Ecodome : (about Ökohalle ) the CAZA gave the Magnetic Hill Zoo in 2003 the Environmental Enrichment Award (dt. Award for enrichment of the environment ), the lion - and ostrich enclosures followed this award in 2005. The newly built facility for Pumas in 2008, the concept for housing jaguars was also awarded the CAZA award in 2010.
Three more awards followed in 2011:
- the "Col. GD Dailley Award “for the population protection of the yellow-footed plover
- the "Eleanore Oakes Award" for the educational offer as a whole
- the "Animal Care Professional Award" for services to innovative animal care , given to Jamie Carson, later curator
The Eleanore Oakes Award was given again in 2003, then for the “Keeper Camp”, an educational offer for young people.
In 2008 the zoo was voted the fourth best zoo in Canada.
The zoo's logo took third place in a competition between 3200 participants.
Web links
- www.moncton.ca/zoo - official website
- facebook.com/zoodemagnetichill - official Facebook profile
- youtube.com/magnetichillzoo - official YouTube profile
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b moncton.ca/too ( memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , official website of the City of Moncton. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ caza.ca/awards ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on March 8, 2015.
