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| Skandinavisk Dyrepark | |
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 A grey wolf in the park | |
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| Date opened | 1994 |
| Location | Djursland, Syddjurs Municipality, Denmark |
| Land area | 45 hectares (110 acres)[1][2] |
| No. of animals | c. 300[1] |
| No. of species | c. 20[1] |
| Website | Skandinavisk Dyrepark |
Skandinavisk Dyrepark (Scandinavian Wildlife Park) is a Danish zoo in Djursland, located in Syddjurs Municipality in Denmark.
Opened for public in 1994, by the name Hjortenes verden (World of deer), later changed to Skandinavisk Dyrepark (Scandinavian Wildlife Park). As suggested by its name, the focus of the park is wildlife native to Scandinavia.
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The exhibits for polar bears, brown bears and grey wolves cover 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres), 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) and 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) respectively, and are among the largest of their kind in the world.[2] The zoo got worldwide attention by the birth of the polar bear Siku in 2011.
- ^ a b c Sjov for Børn: Skandinavisk Dyrepark. Archived 2015-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ a b Djursland-Anholdt: Skandinavisk Dyrepark. Archived 2014-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 April 2015.