The Duisburg Zoo (founded on May 12, 1934 is one of the largest zoological gardens in Germany. It is especially well known for its Dolphinarium and, since 1994, for breeding Koalas. Duisburg is a German city and port in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dolphinarium is a great aquarium for dolphins. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... For the drawing program, see KoalaPad/Painter. ...

Far less well known are the breeding successes in other areas like, for example, with fossas (civits from Madagascar) and Red River Hogs. Binomial name Bennett, 1833 The Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) (pronounced FOO-sa[2][3] or Fah-suh) is a mammal endemic to Madagascar. ... Binomial name Potamochoerus porcus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus) is a wild member of the pig family that lives in the rainforests, mountains and brushes of Africa. ...

The zoo is located in the northern part of the Duisburg urban forest on the boarder with Mülheim on the Ruhr. Federal highway A 3 divides the zoo into a western and an eastern part, which are joined by a leafy country bridge. The highway is scarcely noticeable to the visitors. An urban forest is a forest or a collection of trees that grow within a city, town or a suburb. ... Mülheim an der Ruhr, that calls itself City on the River, is a small to medium-sized city in [North Rhine-Westphalia]] in Germany. ... Bundesautobahn 3 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 3, short form Autobahn 3, abbreviated as BAB 3 or A 3) is an autobahn in Germany that links the border to the Netherlands near Wesel in the northwest to the Austrian border near Passau in the southeast. ...

History

The Duisburg Zoo was founded in 1934 as the Duisburg-Hamborner Tierpark am Kaiserberg. In 1936 the zoo began to grow from a small animal park with its first (loaned) Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Turtles in the Duisburg Zoo

elephant. With the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, the zoo had to be closed. Only in 1946 was the zoo reopened with animals loaned from the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. In 1952 the zoo could register the acquisition of its first elephant. In 1958 a facility for penguins and seals was dedicated by the businessman and promoter Helmut Horten. In 1965, one of Europe’s largest dolphinariums was opened in a newly developed area. Research into the behavior of dolphins increased the zoo’s prestige, but also drew sharp criticism, since even the generously dimensioned dolphinarium only managed to offer a small fraction of the space available to a dolphin in its natural habitat. Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tierpark Hellabrunn is the name of the zoological garden in the Bavarian capital Munich. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Modern genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus For prehistoric genera, see Systematics Some penguins are curious. ... Families Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Pinnipeds (fin-feet, lit. ... Helmut Horten (8 January 1909, Bonn – 30 November 1987, Croglio, Switzerland) was a German entrepreneur who built up and owned the fourth largest chain of department stores in Germany. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Dolphinarium is a great aquarium for dolphins. ... For other uses, see Dolphin (disambiguation). ...

pygmy hippopatami

Director Wolfgang Gewalt drew similarly vehement criticism for leading an expedition to supply the zoo with a white whale. In the summer of 2004, the beluga Ferdinand and the Commerson's dolphin Yogi, the last animals of their kind in Duisburg, were flown to Sea World in San Diego, CA where they are spending their twilight years in species appropriate tanks together with their others of their kind. Amazingly, the animals, which are the oldest of their kind known, appear to have tolerated the move well. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2100x1200, 713 KB) Description: Zwergflusspferd - Pygmy Hippopotamus - Hexaprotodon liberiensis at Zoo Duisburg, Germany Source: own photography Date: 27. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2100x1200, 713 KB) Description: Zwergflusspferd - Pygmy Hippopotamus - Hexaprotodon liberiensis at Zoo Duisburg, Germany Source: own photography Date: 27. ... Binomial name (Pallas, 1776) Beluga range This article is about the whale. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Cephalorhynchus commersonii Lacépède, 1804 Commersons Dolphin range Commersons Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) is one of four dolphins in the Cephalorhynchus genus. ... Sea World is a marine park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin...

The Chinesese Garden in the zoo

In 1970, the animal park renamed itself a "zoo" and marked 1978 with the birth of its first dolphin. Besides the construction of a house for kodiak bears (1982), big cats (1985), koalas (1994) and an outdoor facility for gorillas among other things, a city partnership between Duisburg and Wuhan was dedicated with the construction of a Chinese garden complete with fauna. The Duisburg Zoo celebrated its 70 years of existence in May 2004. In recent years, the zoo made efforts to renovate its antiquated enclosures, which lead to the result that many species, for example the polar bears, had to be given up. There are, to be sure, a few facilities which in no wise meet contemporary standards. Since September 2005, a new facility for the two river dolphins dubbed the “Rio Negro” has opened. One of the dolphins passed away a short time after that. The other one is still alive (Jan 2008). Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Trinomial name Ursus arctos middendorffi (Ord, 1815) Kodiak bear distribution map The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) is a unique subspecies of the brown bear. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... For people nicknamed The Big Cat, see The Big Cat. ... This article is about the year. ... For the drawing program, see KoalaPad/Painter. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Type species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 distribution of Gorilla Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling omnivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ... Duisburg is a German city and port in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... For the brand of cymbal, see Wuhan cymbals. ... The Humble Administrators Garden West Lake : Yue Fei Memorial Hall The Chinese (Scholars) Garden is a place for solitary or social contemplation of nature. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Families See text River dolphins are four species of dolphin which reside in freshwater rivers and estuaries. ...

Ruhrpott-Schnauzen

You can follow everyday life at the Duisburg.Zoo daily on ZDF. The TV sender has broadcast the documentary series "Ruhrpott-Schnauzen" since June 2006. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television), ZDF, is a public service German television channel based in Mainz. ...

External links

• Duisburg Zoo home page
• Duisburg Zoo school home page
• Zoo restaurant “Zoo Terraces“ home page
• Brief portrait of all the important details at Zoo-infos.de
• The complete presentation of “70 Years at the Duisburg Zoo“ from Zoo-AG Bielefeld
• Field trip report from Zoo-AG Bielefeld
• ZDF-Series "Ruhrpottschnauzen" home page
• Website about Ferdinand, the Beluga Whale

Coordinates: 51°26′07″N, 6°48′19″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...