Belgrade Zoo
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Belgrade Good Hope Garden is the zoo
in Belgrade
situated at the very center of the city, in the Kalemegdan
park. It was founded in 1936.
It covers an area of 7 hectares (17.3 acre), and has 2,000 animals of 270 species, and beside wild animals it abounds in domestic animals too.
Its present look is contributed by many built facilities, new drinking-fountains, Wooden Sculpture Gallery, the work of the sculptor Vuk Bojović and the nursery for young animals - Baby Zoo. For its 60th anniversary it was enriched with a monument dedicated to its once most interesting and most famous resident - Sammy the chimpanzee, the first of its kind ever in this Zoo.
During the Second World War the zoo infrastructure was completely destroyed and the animals almost completely lost largely because of the Bombing of Belgrade
on Easter Sunday in 1941.
After the war the zoo lost seven hectares of land.
Vuk Bojović became the director and he still holds that position.
Today, even though the zoo covers only seven hectares, it has over 2000 animals, including over 270 animals species. It is not accredited by any zoo association because of its small size relative to the number of animals, and there has been criticism of the zoo for keeping too many animals in this space.
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Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
situated at the very center of the city, in the Kalemegdan
Kalemegdan
Belgrade Fortress , represent old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the River Sava and Danube, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad...
park. It was founded in 1936.
It covers an area of 7 hectares (17.3 acre), and has 2,000 animals of 270 species, and beside wild animals it abounds in domestic animals too.
Its present look is contributed by many built facilities, new drinking-fountains, Wooden Sculpture Gallery, the work of the sculptor Vuk Bojović and the nursery for young animals - Baby Zoo. For its 60th anniversary it was enriched with a monument dedicated to its once most interesting and most famous resident - Sammy the chimpanzee, the first of its kind ever in this Zoo.
History
The Belgrade Zoological Garden was officially opened on on St Peter's Day, July 12 1936, by the mayor at the time, and an industrialist, Mr Vlada Ilic. The zoo was quickly expanded to 14 hectares.During the Second World War the zoo infrastructure was completely destroyed and the animals almost completely lost largely because of the Bombing of Belgrade
Bombing of Belgrade in World War II
The city of Belgrade was bombed during two campaigns in World War II, the first undertaken by the Luftwaffe in 1941, and the latter by Allied air forces in 1944.- German bombing :...
on Easter Sunday in 1941.
After the war the zoo lost seven hectares of land.
Vuk Bojović became the director and he still holds that position.
Today, even though the zoo covers only seven hectares, it has over 2000 animals, including over 270 animals species. It is not accredited by any zoo association because of its small size relative to the number of animals, and there has been criticism of the zoo for keeping too many animals in this space.
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