Tiergarten Schönbrunn
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| Tiergarten Schönbrunn (Schönbrunn Zoo) |
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 Giant Panda in Vienna’s zoo Tiergarten Schönbrunn
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| Date opened | 1752 |
| Location | Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria |
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EAZA, VDZ, OZO |
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Tiergarten Schönbrunn (German for Schönbrunn Zoo) is a zoo located in the grounds of the famous Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. It was founded as imperial menagerie in 1752 and due to its local continuity it is the oldest zoo in the world.
It is one of the few zoos worldwide to house specimens of the giant panda. The zoo's pandas are named Yang Yang and Long Hui. Other zoo attractions include a rainforest house, in which the spectator is led through a simulation of the Amazon Rainforest, and an aquarium, which enables spectators to walk through underneath a simulation of the Amazon in flood. The new polarium for animals of the Arctic region was opened in early 2004.
On July 14, 1906, the zoo saw the birth of the first elephant in captivity.[1]
Since its privatisation in 1992, it has been led by Helmut Pechlaner, also president of WWF Austria, who managed to modernise most parts of the zoo and sustain its financial situation.
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 Hippopotamus in Vienna’s zoo Tiergarten Schönbrunn |
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- ^ Schönbrunn Zoo http://www.wien.info/article.asp?IDArticle=3101
Zoo • Public aquarium • Aviary • Menagerie • Tourist attraction
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Animals in captivity • Environmental enrichment • Endangered species • Conservation biology • Biodiversity • Endangered species • Extinction • Ex-situ conservation • In-situ conservation • Wildlife conservation • Zoology
