Kraków Zoo

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Kraków Zoo
Gate at the Zoo
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50°03′13″N 19°51′02″E / 50.05361°N 19.85056°E / 50.05361; 19.85056
Date opened1929[1]
LocationKraków, Poland
Land area16.76 hectares (41.4 acres)[2]
No. of animals1500[1]
No. of species260[1]
Annual visitors540,000 (2022)
MembershipsEAZA,[3] WAZA
DirectorTeresa Grega
Websitewww.zoo-krakow.pl/index_en.php

The Kraków Zoo (Polish: Ogród Zoologiczny w Krakowie) is located in Kraków, Poland and was established in 1929. It is home to over 1500 animals and about 260 species.[1] The zoo is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.[4]

History

The first mention of exotic animals being kept in Kraków dates back to 1406, when a pair of lions was transported from

Bielany.[5]

The opening of the zoo took place on 6 July 1929, in the presence of

Second World War, the zoo found itself under German administration and many of the animals kept in the zoo were transferred to other zoological gardens in Germany. In 1963, a company called City Park and Zoological Garden (Polish: Miejski Park i Ogród Zoologiczny) was established and a period of extensive rebuilding and modernisation took place.[5]

Currently, the zoo contains 1,500 animals representing 260 species and occupies the area of nearly 17 hectares. The annual number of visitors amounts to 300,000. The zoo's

chimpanzees, lar gibbons, and common marmosets.[8]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "About Cracow Zoo". Ogrod Zoologiczny w Krakowie. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ "WYKAZ OGRODÓW ZOOLOGICZNYCH W POLSCE" (PDF). eaza.net. Regionalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ^ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Krakowskie ZOO". Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  5. ^ a b "Historia ZOO". Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  6. ^ "Historia zoo". Zoo-krakow.pl.
  7. ^ "Młody kondor wychodzi z ukrycia". Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  8. ^ "Krakow's Zoological Garden". Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
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