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opened, and the cheetah and penguin plants were presented to the public. In 2016 the zoo presented its new education concept by learning in a playful manner interesting facts about the elephants, the cheetahs and the penguins. The new home for lemurs is inaugurated, and
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tradition. The interaction between the visitors and the animals is a speciality of this zoo, for example, various pets can caressed and fed. Visitors may obtain food specially selected for the animals (mostly popcorn!) in designated bowls. The zoo does not include any
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by a greening concept that was implemented at 16 critical points and continued by 2010 in a second stage, and the entrance area was renewed. Dining facilities were further extended, and the wheelchair area in the
Otarium. 2012 was under the motto
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is considered as the most successful breeding bull in captivity: Father of 2 Asian elephants in
Rapperswil and 12 elephants in Paris, where he was admired in the Natural History Museum in 2000. On 25 July 1970 the first permanent
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approach in captivity fell into disrepute, the well-known zoo's dolphin show has been closed years ago. The zoo is part of the winter quarters of the Circus Knie and also houses circus animals that are not on tour.
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was built adjacent to the current enclosure according to the latest research results, including wide outdoor facilities on an area of more than 2,500 square metres (26,910 sq ft). The cooperation with
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became a further attraction on 19 June 1965; they were the first trained dolphins from
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