Herberstein wildlife

Herberstein wildlife
place	Buchberg 50 ; 8223 Stubenberg, Germany
surface	45 hectares
opening	1960s
Animal species	83 species (Jan. 1, 2015)
Individuals	722 animals (Jan. 1, 2015)
Visitor numbers	208,494 (2014)
organization
management	Doris Wolkner-Steinberger (Managing Director) ; Reinhard Pichler (Zoological Director)
Sponsorship	Styrian Landestiergarten GmbH
Member of	WAZA , EAZA , VdZ
	Common housing of camels and wild horses
	www.tierwelt-herberstein.at

47.219167 15.8125Coordinates: 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 .