Hellabrunn Zoo

Hellabrunn Zoo
The elephant house was built in 1914.
Map
48°5′50″N 11°33′15″E / 48.09722°N 11.55417°E / 48.09722; 11.55417
Date opened1 August 1911[1]
LocationMunich, Germany
Land area40 ha (99 acres)[2]
No. of animals18,943 (2014)[3]
No. of species767 (2014)[3]
Annual visitors2,283,739 (2014)[3]
MembershipsEAZA,[4] WAZA[5]
Websitewww.hellabrunn.de

Hellabrunn Zoo (German: Tierpark Hellabrunn) is a 40 hectare (99 acre) zoological garden in the Bavarian capital of Munich. The zoo is situated on the right bank of the river Isar, in the southern part of Munich near the quarter of Thalkirchen.

A high ratio of enclosures are cageless, relying upon moat features to keep the animals in place. The zoo was the first zoo in the world not organized by species, but also by geographical aspects. For example, the wood bison share their enclosure with prairie dogs.

In 2013, the zoo was ranked the fourth best zoo in Europe (up from 12th).[6][7] It focuses on conservation and captive breeding rare species such as the rare drill and silvery gibbons. Also gorillas, giraffes, elephants, wood bisons, elk and Arctic foxes were successfully bred in the zoo, which houses many species. It is one of the very few zoos that allows visitors to bring dogs.

Tierpark Hellabrunn is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and participates in the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference zoo_history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference zoo-infos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference zoo_report_2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference eaza_list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference waza_list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Zoo-Ranking" (in German). Tierpark Hellabrunn. 2013-08-29. Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  7. ^ Sheridan, Anthony (2011). Das A und O im Zoo Europas führende Zoologische Gärten 2010 - 2020. Münster, Westf: Schüling, K. ISBN 9783865231840.