Dessau Zoo

The Dessau Zoo (German: Tierpark Dessau) is a municipally owned zoo in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany which was founded in 1958. It is located in a park that surrounds the former mausoleum of the Dukes of Anhalt.

Dessau Zoo
Entrance
Date opened1958
LocationDessau, Germany
Coordinates51°50′44″N 12°14′08″E
Land area11 hectares (27.2 acres)
No. of animals500
No. of species120
Annual visitors100.000
MembershipsDTG[1]
OwnerTown Dessau-Roßlau
Websitewww.tierpark.dessau.de

About 500 animals from 120 species are visited by around 100,000 guests per year.

Most of the animals are of European origin, like wolves, goats and donkeys but the zoo also shows exotic species like kangaroos, llamas and jaguars.

In the terrarium lives europes oldest reticulated python, almost 7 meters long.

See also

References

  1. Ordentliche Mitglieder i. e. members of the Deutsche Tierparkgesellschaft. Retrieved 15 May 2018.


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