| Magdeburg Zoo | |
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| 52°10′3″N11°38′29″E / 52.16750°N 11.64139°E /52.16750; 11.64139 | |
| Date opened | 1950 |
| Location | Zooallee 1, 39124Magdeburg,Germany[1] |
| Land area | 16 hectares (39.5 acres) |
| No. of animals | 1009[1] |
| No. of species | 223[1] |
| Annual visitors | approx.: 300,000[2] |
| Memberships | Vdz,EAZA,[3]WAZA[4] |
| Owner | Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg gGmbH |
| Director | Dirk Wilke |
| Website | www |
Magdeburg Zoo (German:Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg or Zoo Magdeburg) is azoo in the city ofMagdeburg in the regionSachsen-Anhalt,Germany.[1] The zoo was founded in 1950, and covers 16 hectares (39.5 acres).
The zoo is on an area of 16 hectares (39.5 acres) and receives 340,000 visitors annually,[2] in a park environment in the area ofNeue Neustadt, which also has a children playground. Zoo Magdeburg has kept flatland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) since 1980 and has recorded 31 births from three females up to 2018. Fifteen male and sixteen female pups were born, of which six males and nine females grew up. The last female cub born was bottle-reared.
In 2015, the zoo kept around 1400 animals from 190species.[5]
After theSecond World War there was a public interest to develop a zoological garden. Many volunteers took part in the creation of theMagdeburger Tiergarten, which opened 1 July 1950.
1957 it was decided to make the zoo larger, and in 1959 it had an areal of 20 ha, and the name was changed toZoologischer Garten Magdeburg, shortened toZoo Magdeburg.
In 1960 the first elephant arrived from Assam inIndia, a femaleAsian elephant called Sonja, who died ofelephant smallpox in 1971.[6]
From 1979 to 1998, during the appointment for the new director, Zoologist Wolfgang Puschmann, the zoo became internationally famous for its breeding ofblack rhinos and other threatened species.
1981 started a renovation of the zoo, and a lot of classical exhibits were replaced by more modern enclosures.
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