Ljubljana Zoo

Ljubljana Zoo
Ljubljana Zoo
	The logo of Ljubljana Zoo
	Ljubljana Zoo
	46°3′9.25″N 14°28′20.08″E / 46.0525694°N 14.4722444°E
Date opened	10 March 1949
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Land area	19.6 hectares (48 acres)
No. of animals	500
No. of species	119
Website	www.zoo-ljubljana.si

Ljubljana Zoo (Slovene: Živalski vrt Ljubljana) is a 19.6-hectare (48-acre) zoo in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It serves as the national zoo of Slovenia and is open year-round. The zoo has 119 species and (not counting insects) a total of 500 animals.^[1]

History

Ljubljana Zoo was established on 10 March 1949 by the city board of Ljubljana. It was at first hosted in the Center District and moved to its current location in 1951.^[2]^: 9

In 2008 a complete renovation of the zoo that would be completed by 2016 was announced. In 2009 a new colony of saimiri arrived in their new enclosure. The same year new alpacas and red pandas arrived. In late 2009, construction of a new sealion enclosure began and as of 2013 the zoo hosts three California sea lions. In 2010, both Siberian tigers died of old age. Since 1996, it also hosted two lions (Panthera leo), a male and a female, from Karlsruhe Zoo. The male died after an orthopedic operation in 2011 and the female died due to cancer in 2013.^[3]

In 2011 a new enclosure was built to host four raccoons. The zoo also received a new pair of lynxes. In 2012 a pair of Siberian cranes arrived and in the other part of zoo 40 greater flamingo were placed. In 2013 the zoo received the first pair of cheetahs in its history. It came from Borås djurpark in Sweden and has been placed in the former Siberian tiger enclosure, which has been redesigned. It has also been announced that a new pair of Siberian tigers would arrive in the end of August 2017.^[3]

Gallery

A lion, possibly a Barbary lion

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ljubljana Zoo". zoo-ljubljana.si. Ljubljana Zoo. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^ Štrus, Špela (2012). Štuhec, Ivan (ed.). Ureditev obore za leve v Živalskem vrtu Ljubljana [Arrangement of a Lion Enclosure in Ljubljana Zoo] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Department of Zoology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. COBISS 3124360. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
^ ^a ^b "Končno smo pričeli z rušenjem najbolj zastarelih živalskih kletk" [We Have Finally Begun to Demolish the Most Out-of-date Animal Enclosures]. Si21 (in Slovenian). 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

External links

Official website
Media related to Ljubljana Zoo at Wikimedia Commons

[zoo_main-1] "Ljubljana Zoo". zoo-ljubljana.si. Ljubljana Zoo. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

[2] Štrus, Špela (2012). Štuhec, Ivan (ed.). Ureditev obore za leve v Živalskem vrtu Ljubljana [Arrangement of a Lion Enclosure in Ljubljana Zoo] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Department of Zoology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. COBISS 3124360. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2013-08-27.

[Si21-2013-07-3] "Končno smo pričeli z rušenjem najbolj zastarelih živalskih kletk" [We Have Finally Begun to Demolish the Most Out-of-date Animal Enclosures]. Si21 (in Slovenian). 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

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