| Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center | |
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.jpg) Entrance to the park | |
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| 14°39′02″N 121°02′38″E / 14.6505812°N 121.043908°E | |
| Date opened | July 5, 1954[1] |
| Location | Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Land area | 23.85 ha (58.9 acres) |
| No. of animals | 1,400 (2018) |
| Public transit access |  5 Lung Center of the Philippines |
| Website | bmb |
| Etymology | Benigno Aquino Jr. |
| Administered by | Biodiversity Management Bureau |
| Visitors | 300,000 (in 2013)[2] |
| Species | 4,000 trees |
The Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center is a 23.85-hectare (58.9-acre) zoological and botanical garden located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was named after Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. The Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center has a lagoon, an aquarium, a playground, botanical garden and a Wildlife Rescue Center, which the Department of Environment and Natural Resources uses as a temporary shelter where confiscated, retrieved, donated, sick, abandoned, and injured wild animals are placed to be taken care of. The park houses several indigenous plants and animals such as crab-eating macaques, water monitors, Philippine deer, binturongs, Palawan bearded pigs and several varieties of birds.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
wordpresswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Catibog-Sinha, Corazon (2015). "The Role of Nature-Based Tourism in the Green Economy". Tourism in the Green Economy. By Reddy, Maharaj Vijay; Wilkes, Keith. Routledge. p. illustrated. ISBN 978-1134626526. Retrieved May 26, 2019.