Cottbus Zoo
Appearance
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51°44′35″N 14°21′00″E / 51.74306°N 14.35000°E | |
Date opening | 1954 |
Location | Kiekebuscher Strasse 5, 03042 Cottbus, Germany |
Land area | 25 hectares (61.8 acres) |
No. of animals | 1300 [1] |
No. of species | 170 |
Annual visitors | 156.743 (2015) [2] |
Memberships | VdZ |
Owner | Stadt Cottbus |
Website | www |
The Cottbus Zoo (German: Tierpark Cottbus) is a zoo in the town Cottbus in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The zoo was founded in 1954, and covers 25 hectares (61.8 acres). The park includes a lot of trees, growing along the river Spree.[3] The zoo breeds over 70 species of waterfowl, and its symbol is the red-breasted goose.
History
[edit]The zoo's first director, Erhard Frommhold (1956–1963), developed the park into a real Zoological park,[3] and the zoo had status as a Zoo in 1960.[1]
1966 the director was followed by Kunz Rauschert (1963–1966), followed by Klaus Jacob (1966–2002).[3]
1969 was the year of arrival of the first elephant, Sundali.[4]
2002 director Klaus Jacob retired and was replaced by Dr. Jens Kämmerling.[3]
Pictures
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Elephants
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Giant Canada goose
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Cottbus Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)
- ^ Pressemitteilung Nr. 2016/01 des Tierparks
- ^ a b c d "History of Cottbus Zoo from the official website". Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ record for Sundali on the Elephant Database
External links
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