Zagreb zoo

Zagreb Zoo entrance portal

The Zagreb Zoo ( Croatian Zoološki vrt grada Zagreba ) was founded on June 27, 1924 by Mijo Filipović in Zagreb's Maksimir Park . It is the oldest zoo in Croatia . The facility covers seven hectares. The animal population includes around 2,225 animals from 275 species. The zoo participates in several European conservation breeding programs . A total of 70 people are employed in the zoo.

history

Mladen Anić was the zoo director from 1994 to 2007.

Attractions

In recent years, the zoo has been modernized through intensive renovation measures and numerous attractions have been added.

Are particularly worth seeing

Griffon vulture enclosure

• African village
• Australia information center
• Lemur enclosure
• Path of Conscience ( Homo-Sapiens - "enclosure")
• Meerkat enclosure
• Twilight Zone
• Monsoon forest pavilion
• Lynx enclosure
• Snow tiger enclosure

Others

Among the newer achievements is a new, walk-in insect house , the jungle hall (Zona Sumraka). In addition, a large griffon vulture enclosure has been found in the Zagreb Zoo for a long time .

gallery

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  Oceania enclosure

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  African village, fox mongoose

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  Homo sapiens "enclosure"

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  Swimming gray seal

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  Resting beaver rat in their enclosure

Web links

Commons : Zagreb Zoo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Zagreb Zoo website (Croatian)

Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′ 20 ″  N , 16 ° 1 ′ 17 ″  E