No. of animals 10,000+ Annual visitors 1.5 million Phone +31 26 442 4534 | Land area 45 ha (110 acres) No. of species 500+ Area 45 ha Province Gelderland | |
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Total volume of tanks 8,000,000 l (2,100,000 US gal) Hours Closed now Thursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Ouwehands Zoo, Netherlands Open Air Museum, Apenheul Primate Park, DierenPark Amersfoort, Diergaarde Blijdorp Profiles | ||
Burgers zoo sea aquarium impression
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 within the Veluwe, a nature park in the east of the Netherlands. The zoo is popular with both Dutch and German people, and receives about 1.5 million visitors annually.
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Exhibits
The zoo has 8 theme sites:
Conservation
Burgers’ Zoo has been successful enough in breeding fish and coral for their own aquarium that they can now help provide animals to other public aquariums. They use an artificial moon to stimulate sexual reproduction of corals in their reef, and also clone some 60 varieties.
Besides presenting many of its animals in simulated habitat in spacious indoors ecosystems, Burgers' Zoo also has facilities for conservation and captive breeding of animals nearly extinct. The Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni) for example does not exist outside captivity at present; it was wiped out by introduced mammals on its home island. The species is being bred in Burgers' Zoo for eventual reintroduction into the wild.
Kwimba
Kwimba, a female Asian elephant, caused a stir during her stay at the zoo (1966–1998). She liked to steal the handbags of lady visitors and swallow them whole.