Royal Burgers' Zoo

Royal Burgers' Zoo
Bighorn sheep in Burgers' Desert
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52°00′36″N 5°53′59″E / 52.01000°N 5.89972°E / 52.01000; 5.89972
LocationArnhem, Netherlands
Land area45 ha (110 acres)[1]
No. of animals10,000+[2]
No. of species500+[2]
Total volume of tanks8,000,000 L (2,100,000 US gal)
Annual visitors1.415 million (2014)[3]
MembershipsNVD,[4] EAZA,[5] WAZA[6]
Websitewww.burgerszoo.com

Royal Burgers' Zoo (Dutch: Koninklijke Burgers' Zoo) is a 45-hectare (110-acre) zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, and is one of the biggest zoos in the country. Arnhem is a city that lies partially in the Veluwe, a nature park in the east of the Netherlands. The zoo is popular with both Dutch and German people, and receives about 1 million visitors annually. It was founded by Johan Burgers in 1913.

The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), the International Species Information System (ISIS), and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).

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