La Palmyre Zoo

La Palmyre Zoo is a zoo in Les Mathes, Charente-Maritime, close Royan, in southwestern France. It was made in 1966 in the timberland of la Coubre by Claude Caille. Stretching out more than 18 hectares, including 14 of scene garden, it offers the guest the chance of watching in excess of 1600 creatures of different sorts, partitioned into 145 species, over a separation of multiple kilometers. La Palmyre Zoo formally opened its entryways in 1966, however the undertaking truly started in a semi-official manner in 1957, on account of the endeavors of its originator, Claude Caille. He was the child of a newspaperman, with whom he began working at 14 years old.

In his 20s he met his future spouse, Irene, whose sibling had a little zoological gardens in Croustille, near Limoges. It was through his regular visits helping his brother by marriage that Claude Caille found his energy for creatures. Thusly, he wound up intrigued and proceeded to examine zoology. In 1976 numerous creatures were emptied in view of an expansive flame which crushed the timberland of Coubre and compromised the zoo, and which ceased to exist a couple of hundred meters from the zoo. In 1996 the bowl for the polar bears was made, with a limit of 1,000 cubic meters of water. The guests can watch the polar bears on the ground just as submerged gratitude to 5 centimeters thick glass along the edges of the bowl.