Cottbus Zoo

Cottbus Zoo
Date opening	1954
Location	Kiekebuscher Strasse 5, 03042 Cottbus, Germany
Coordinates	51°44′35″N 14°21′00″E / 51.74306°N 14.35000°ECoordinates: 51°44′35″N 14°21′00″E / 51.74306°N 14.35000°E
Land area	25 hectares (61.8 acres)
No. of animals	1300
No. of species	170
Annual visitors	156.743 (2015)
Memberships
Owner	Stadt Cottbus
Website	www.tierparkcottbus.de

The Cottbus Zoo (German: Tierpark Cottbus) is a zoo in the town Cottbus in region Brandenburg, Germany. The Zoo was founded in 1954, and covers 25 hectares (61.8 acres). The park includes a lot of trees, growing along the river Spree.^[3] The Zoo is breeding over 70 species of waterfowl, and its symbol of the Zoo is the Red-breasted goose.

History[]

The Zoos first director, Erhard Frommhold (1956-1963), developed the park into a real Zoological park,^[3] and the zoo had status as a Zoo in 1960.^[1]

1966 the director was followed by Kunz Rauschert (1963-1966), followed by Klaus Jacob (1966-2002).^[3]

1969 was the year of arrival of the first elephant, Sundali.^[4]

2002 director Klaus Jacob retired and was replaced by Dr. Jens Kämmerling.^[3]

Pictures[]

Elephants

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cottbus Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)
^ Pressemitteilung Nr. 2016/01 des Tierparks
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "History of Cottbus Zoo from the official website". Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ record for Sundali on the Elephant Database

External links[]

The elephant Database: All elephants at Cottbus Zoo in Germany

Official website (in German)
Cottbus Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)

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[Zoo-Infos.de-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cottbus Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de (in English)

[2] Pressemitteilung Nr. 2016/01 des Tierparks

[History_of_Cottbus_Zoo-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "History of Cottbus Zoo from the official website". Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-01-30.

[Elephant_database-4] record for Sundali on the Elephant Database

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Cottbus Zoo

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