Weißwasser Zoo
| Weißwasser Zoo | ||
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| place | Teichstrasse 56 02943 Weißwasser |
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| surface | 6.5 hectares | |
| opening | 1966 | |
| Animal species | more than 75 species and races | |
| Individuals | over 350 animals | |
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| management | Gert Emmrich | |
| Sponsorship | Tierparkgesellschaft Weißwasser eV | |
| Funding organizations | Friends of the Weißwasser zoo e. V. | |
 Entrance to the zoo |
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| http://www.tierpark-weisswasser.de/ | ||
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 41 ″ N , 14 ° 37 ′ 59 ″ E
The Weißwasser zoo is a zoo in the East Saxon town of Weißwasser / Oberlausitz near the city center, immediately north of the Jahnteich in the Jahnpark.
It was founded in 1966 as an initiative of citizens, businesses and institutions of the city and is home to more than 75 species and races, including from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, on an area of 6.5 hectares. The zoo takes part in the European Endangered Species Program and is home to a pair of the critically endangered Bali star . Its offspring have so far been unsuccessful.
Enclosures and facilities, some of which can be walked in, allow direct and close contact with some of these animal species.
In the mid-1990s, numerous enclosures and facilities were repaired, modernized or completely rebuilt.
At the beginning of 2003, the Weißwasser zoo was privatized. Since the zoo's 40th birthday in the summer of 2006, the zoo has had its own life-size mascot, Hedwig the owl, which is also visible in the zoo's logo.
Footnotes
- ↑ Martina Hanold: Offspring as a last chance. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Lokal-Rundschau for Weißwasser and Niesky. February 21, 2008. ( Online article ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
