Herberstein wildlife
Herberstein wildlife | ||
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place | Buchberg 50 8223 Stubenberg, Germany |
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surface | 45 hectares | |
opening | 1960s | |
Animal species | 83 species (Jan. 1, 2015) | |
Individuals | 722 animals (Jan. 1, 2015) | |
Visitor numbers | 208,494 (2014) | |
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management | Doris Wolkner-Steinberger (Managing Director) Reinhard Pichler (Zoological Director) |
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Sponsorship | Styrian Landestiergarten GmbH | |
Member of | WAZA , EAZA , VdZ | |
Common housing of camels and wild horses |
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www.tierwelt-herberstein.at | ||
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Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ 9 ″ N , 15 ° 48 ′ 45 ″ E
The wildlife Herberstein at Herberstein is a zoo in the municipality Stubenberg in Styria .
history
The keeping of wild animals has a long tradition in Herberstein and can be traced back to the 17th century, when fallow deer were first kept in Austria . Towards the end of the 1960s, Herberstein was converted into a zoo where visitors can get impressions of animals from all five continents. At this time, the castle itself was opened to the public for the first time. With the Herberstein case in connection with the improper use of state subsidies to the Herberstein zoo, the zoo has been under the management of the Styrian Landestiergarten GmbH since 2006.
Animal park
The zoo is beautifully designed and has the largest cheetah enclosure in Europe. In 1978, a so-called prey simulator (comparable to a drag lift) was installed for the first time in the world to feed the cheetahs .
photos
Web links
- Website of the Herberstein Animal World
- Entry about the zoo on the Herberstein Castle website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Herberstein Animal World at the Association of Zoological Gardens. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ↑ Andrea Herberstein has to be imprisoned for seven months. In: The press