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Paradise For Animal Lovers
arcelona Zoo is a publicly-owned site that was left
fantastic Zoo situated in vacant in Ciutadella Park after
Park Ciutadella. If one is the 1888 Universal Exposition.
an animal lover and enjoy
visiting Zoos, one will love One of the most excellent
Barcelona Zoo. The Zoo has a wide features of the zoo is that it is
variety of animals, birds, located directly next to the
reptiles, marine life & insects. Catalan parliament. The zoo is a
At the weekends the Zoo puts on very pleasant day out with a
the famous Dolphin shows, which surprisingly large and varied
are an absolute must. With a many number of animals in quite a
eating areas, a shop, electric small area.
cars, ponies, a mini-train & much
more, you will have a great day Other highlights at the zoo
out no matter what age a person include dolphin shows and killer
is. whale show. The adventure
playground seems like a great
Barcelona Zoological Park first place for kids. A large chunk of
opened its gates on the Day of the Parc de la Ciutadella is
the Mercè, patron saint of taken up with the city’s zoo.
Barcelona, 1892. The collection Until recently, the main
of animals on show there came attraction was Copito de Nieve
from a private collection kept by (Snowflake), the only albino
Lluis Marti i Codolar at La gorilla in captivity in the
Granja Vella, his estate in world. He died but left behind a
Horta. He offered the animals to large family of children and
Barcelona City Council, and the grandchildren. Despite losing its
mayor, Manuel Porcar, gave his star attraction, there are still
approval to their purchase and plenty of other reasons to visit
the subsequent move to the Barcelona’s Zoo, and one is the
pleasant leafy garden setting organizes educational activities,
itself. Many of the enclosures including programs for schools.
are bar less and the animals kept
in place via a moat. Barcelona’s Barcelona Zoo is set in a
Zoo is probably a lot more magnificent garden, covering 13
progressive than many other zoos hectares of Ciutadella Park and
on the continent and children containing a collection of some
will delight at the mountain 7,500 individual animals
goats, llamas, lions, bears, belonging to more than 400
hippos, huge primate community, species from all over the world.
and dozens of other species. Barcelona Zoo adheres to the
There are also a dolphin show and World Zoo Conservation Strategy
sizable reptile enclosure and an and hence carries out a series of
exhibition on the extinction of activities.
gorillas in Snowflake’s memory;
from the time he was captured in Today education is considered as
Equatorial Guinea in 1966 through the main purpose of any zoo, and
his rise to celebrity status and the reason for its existence. In
the city’s mascot. order to achieve this goal there
is an Education Department whose
Barcelona Zoo mission is the prime aim is to make certain that
conservation of animal species those members of the public who
through European programs for visit the Zoo throughout the year
breeding in captivity, including learn to understand, appreciate,
the black vulture, the Gila respect and love animals, which
monster, the anteater, is a great asset towards the
Rothschild’s giraffe and the safeguarding of wildlife and
mhorr gazelle. The zoo also nature.
promotes veterinary research and
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