Land area 6 acres No. of species 60 Opened 30 April 1956 Phone +359 88 409 5506 Number of species 60 | No. of animals 300 Annual visitors 100,000 Area 2 ha Number of animals 300 | |
Date opened 30 April 1956; 60 years ago (1956-04-30) Location Sea Garden (Varna)
Varna, Bulgaria Address м-т Салтанат 5, Mestnost Saltanat 5, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria Hours Open today · 9AM–7PMSaturday9AM–7PMSunday9AM–7PMMonday9AM–7PMTuesday9AM–7PMWednesday9AM–7PMThursday9AM–7PMFriday9AM–7PMSuggest an edit Similar Aquapolis, Aladzha Monastery, Euxinograd, Baltata, Varna Aquarium | ||
Varna zoo in bulgaria
Varna Zoo is located in the heart of the Sea Garden in Varna and is a favourite place for kids and adults. It is neighbouring the Dolphinarium and the Museum of Natural History. The first animals in the zoo were the bear 'Maxim', a gift from sailors of the minesweeper "G. Dimitrov" in 1956, and the red deer 'Longos'. Today the zoo houses 60 species of animals, with more than 300 individuals, of which 17 protected kinds of birds and animals, written in the Red Book of Bulgaria for protected species.
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varna zoo bulgaria
History
Varna Zoo was built between 1958-1961 and opened on 30 April 1961. Architect Bistra Markova laid out the animal houses together with K. Karakashev and with the support from the major at that time, Nikolay Boyadzhiev.
Until the bear house was built in 1958, the bear 'Maxim' had been tied to a tree. The lakes were populated with Rose pelicans. By 1974, the zoo received animals from the Sofia Zoo and foreign zoos, including kangaroos, lamas, panthers, penguins, swans from Berlin and other. By 1994 there were around 50 species of animals, the oldest of them was 'Martin', a 24 years old camel, and the bears 'Martin' and 'Marga', born in 1972.
Recent Devleopment
Since 2007 the zoo is acting as an animal rescue centre and by 2013 more than 100 protected birds had been cured and returned to their natural habitat with the support of other local institutions.