Sikypark
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| place | La Laimène 242, 2746 Crémines |
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| surface | 5 hectares | |
| opening | 1972 | |
| Species focus | Big cats, native birds of prey | |
| organization | ||
| Funding organizations | Tierpark Foundation, Crémines Sikyfriends Association |
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Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '25 " N , 7 ° 27' 22" E ; CH1903: 601323 / 235857
Sikypark is an animal park in Crémines in the Bernese Jura in Switzerland .
location
The park is located between Crémines and Gänsbrunnen in a side valley of the Raustal , on Hauptstrasse 30 . The park is easily accessible by public transport from the Crémines Zoo stop on the Solothurn – Moutier railway line .
history
The zoo was founded by the local entrepreneur Siegfried Roos as Siky Ranch in 1972.
- From 1996 to 2014 the system was run by the tamer Jerry Wegman. The white tigers were a specialty .
- In 2014 the system was sold to the falconers Christoph and Mélanie Keller.
- In 2018, the big cats were integrated into the converted facility by trainer Rene Strickler. The zoo is now called Sikypark .
credentials
- ^ Siegfried Roos , Dictionnaire du Jura
- ^ The tiger trainer .. , Dominik Galliker, Berner Zeitung July 26, 2015
- ↑ Siky Ranch , Dictionnaire du Jura
- ↑ Au Coeur du Sikypark de Crémines , Olivier Zahno, series of articles in Quotidien du Jura, August 13th to 18th, 2018