Saarbrucken Zoo

The Saarbrucken Zoo is with over 200.000 traffic yearly, and over 1.Seven hundred animals from one hundred sixty Species the largest Zoo in Saarland. The Zoo is specialized in African animals. In 1870, the land for the prevailing Zoo changed into used as a quarry, and till 1926 a funicular. The antique Zoo changed into based in 1932, but became definitely destroyed for the duration of world warfare II. 1956 the work started to rebuild the zoo on a new web page, consisting 15 hectares on the foot of the hill Eschberges. In February 1995 the elephant Danka killed the pinnacle elephantkeeper Uwe Rothe, by way of headbutting him in opposition to a wall, and a yr later, in March 2006, each elephants had been sold to Alexandria Zoo in Egypt where each elephants died the same day a month later.

During the end of 2005 the north gate closed because of less site visitors coming to the zoo, and a few northern elements of zoo was redesigned to residential building. The longtime Director Vaclav Ceska became eliminated from office, and plans had been made to renew the recognition the various public of Saarbrucken. Since 2008 a lot of upgrades has been made, along with renewing of enclosures and make contact with with financing sponsors.