Nederlandse Vereniging van Dierentuinen
The Nederlandse Vereniging van Dierentuinen (NVD) is the umbrella organization of the largest zoos in the Netherlands . It was founded in 1966 and is a member of EAZA and IUCN Netherlands . Smaller zoos and animal parks - some of them from the border area with Germany - are members of Dier en Park , another Dutch zoo organization.
aims
In addition to protecting nature , education , research and recreation are some of the main goals of the association. At the same time, the association promotes national cooperation between the 13 affiliated zoos. Internationally, around 300 projects were coordinated and promoted by the NVD in 2009.
Affiliated zoos and aquariums
The larger Dutch zoos and aquariums are affiliated to the NVD . These currently (2020) include:
- Apenheul in Apeldoorn
- Aqua Zoo Friesland in Leeuwarden
- Artis in Amsterdam
- Avifauna bird park in Alphen aan den Rijn
- Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem
- Dierenpark Amersfoort in the west of Amersfoort
- Dierenrijk near Eindhoven
- Diergaarde Blijdorp in Rotterdam
- Gaiazoo in Kerkrade
- Ouwehands Dierenpark in Rhenen
- Safaripark de Beekse Bergen between Tilburg and Hilvarenbeek
- Wildlands in Emmen
- Zoo Parc Overloon near Overloon
A former member of the association is the Dierenpark Wissel in Wissel . The Dolfinarium Harderwijk , the only dolphinarium in the Netherlands, also left the association in 2019, as it is more of a leisure park than a zoo with a correspondingly different objective.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nvddierentuinen.nl/nvd/
- ^ Dolfinarium Harderwijk stapt uit vereniging van dierentuinen. De Stentor, January 2, 2019.