Zagreb Zoo


Zagreb Zoo is a zoo located within Maksimir Park in Zagreb, Croatia and is across the street from Zagreb's Maksimir Stadium. It is one of three zoo parks in the country.
Zagreb Zoo is a member of both the European and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is a participant in the European Endangered Species Programme.

History

The zoo opened its doors on June 27, 1925. Reconstruction of the old zoo began in 1990.
In October 2016. first part of the Zoo reconstruction and modernization was finished.

Animals

The zoo is home to 2,225 animals representing 275 species, including snow leopard, red panda, okapi, addax, scimitar oryx, North China leopard, common chimpanzee, Diana monkey, wisent, pygmy hippopotamus, and Bactrian camel. It is as well the only zoo in the world that houses olms and Balkan snow voles.

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