Date opened June 9, 1878 Land area 27 hectares (67 acres) Annual visitors 2 million (2011) Opened 9 June 1878 Phone +49 341 5933385 | Location Leipzig, Germany No. of species ~850 Memberships EAZA, WAZA Area 22 ha | |
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Address Pfaffendorfer Str. 29, 04105 Leipzig, Germany Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PM Similar Gondwanaland, Pongoland, Berlin Zoological Garden, Hanover Zoo, Dresden Zoo Profiles | ||
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The Leipzig Zoological Garden, or the Leipzig Zoo, was opened in Leipzig, Germany on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and now covers about 27 hectares (67 acres) and contains approximately 850 different species.
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The zoo is internationally noted for its large building projects such as Pongoland (housing gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and orangutan) and Gondwanaland (world's largest indoor rainforest hall at 1.65 ha or 4.1 acres). It has bred more than 2,000 lions, 250 rare Siberian tigers, and other carnivores like bears. Leipzig Zoological Garden has been called the "Zoo of the future".
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Leipzig Zoological Garden Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA