Shenzhen Safari Park

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Shenzhen Safari Park
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Main entrance
Date opened28 September 1993
LocationXili, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China
Coordinates22°36′N 113°58′E / 22.60°N 113.97°E / 22.60; 113.97Coordinates: 22°36′N 113°58′E / 22.60°N 113.97°E / 22.60; 113.97
Public transit accessDongwuyuan Bus Station, buses 36, 49, 66, 101, 104, M203, 226, M460, B736, B796 and B797
Websitewww.szzoo.net
Shenzhen Safari Park
Simplified Chinese深圳野生动物园
Traditional Chinese深圳野生動物園

Shenzhen Safari Park (Chinese: 深圳野生动物园) is a zoo in Shenzhen, China. It is located in near Xili Lake in Xili Subdistrict. and covers an area of 1.2 million square meters.[1] It is the first zoo in China to have uncaged animals.[2][3][4] There are over 300 species and more than ten thousand animals in the zoo, including endangered ones such as Giant Pandas and South China tigers.

History[]

The zoo first opened on September 28, 1993. Since 2004, the zoo's black swans have been engaged in a commensal relationship with the koi found in the zoo's waters. The swans had originally begun dipping their food pellets into the water to moisten the texture, and as a result, the koi learned to swim up to the swans and eat the pellets.[5]

On May 1, 2014, a lioness in the park gave birth to three cubs and neglected to care for them. Park workers had begun bottle-feeding the cubs in order to keep them nourished. A local pet store sent a Golden Retriever to care for the cubs, and the dog was accepted by the cubs as their surrogate mother on May 16.[6]

Controversy[]

On October 2, 2014, a horse that was pulling tourists in a heavy carriage in the zoo, for the twelfth time that day, collapsed and died.[7] The tourists, as well as some of the zoo's security guards, concluded that the horse's death was a result of overworking and malnourishment.[7]

Gallery[]

  • A street near vegetation, promotional posters, and streetlights, with zoo buildings in the background.

    A street leading into Shenzhen Safari Park.

  • Two tigers encounter one another on a grassy area in a zoo enclosure.

    The zoo's tiger enclosure.

  • A sign labeled with directions pointing to a tourist centre, a clinic, a park exit, an animals baby farm, a peacock garden, a zoology museum, an Amusement World, and a wetland garden.

    A sign indicating the zoo's different areas of interest.

  • A lioness enclosure in Shenzhen Safari Park in January 2016

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://cityguide.china.org.cn/shop/shop.php?shopid=588"
  2. ^ http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/shenzhen/safari-park.htm
  3. ^ http://www.shenzhenparty.com/place/sightseeing/theme-parks/shenzhen-safari-park-shenzhen-zo
  4. ^ http://51766.com/img/ysdwy/
  5. ^ Readhead, Harry (October 16, 2014). "Carpe diem: These opportunistic fish are stealing food from the swans". Metro. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Dog adopts abandoned lion triplets in Shenzhen". gbTimes. May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Liu, Lucy (October 3, 2014). "Horse carrying tourists falls over and dies at Shenzhen Safari Park, blamed on overwork". Shanghaist. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

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