The Tierpark Berlin is one of the two zoo

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....

s in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is located in Friedrichsfelde

Friedrichsfelde

Friedrichsfelde is a German locality within the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin.-History:The locality was first mentioned in a document of 1265 with the name of Rosenfelde. In 1699 it was renamed Friedrichsfelde after the Prince-Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg...

, on the former grounds of Friedrichsfelde Palace, which is situated within the zoo. , the zoo houses 7,699 animals from 950 species, in an area of 160 hectares (395.4 acre).

Tierpark Berlin is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

European Association of Zoos and Aquaria

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 (EAZA).

History

Founded in 1955, it is the former East Berlin

East Berlin

East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...

 counterpart of the Berlin Zoological Garden, then located in West Berlin

West Berlin

West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

. In recent years the zoo has become famous for its successful elephant

Elephant

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 breeding programme. It is also one of the few zoos in Western Europe

Europe

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 that houses muskoxen. The zoo also features two public exhibits which are free of charge, including the Bärenschaufenster (Bear Show Window) which houses the European Brown Bear.

Statistics

EWLINEvisitors 2007: 910,466> Animals Number Species Mammals 1467 196 Birds 2797 419 Reptiles 525 115 Amphibia 45 17 Fish 1199 142 Invertebrates 1950 100 Sum 7983 976

Directors

The first director (1955–1990) of the Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde, Heinrich Dathe, was a well-known scientist. He edited five scentitific journals and wrote more than 1,000 scientific and popular papers and books.