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Zoo and Botanical Garden of Branféré

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built in 1848 by the family of Freslon Freslonnière. It was acquired in 1884 by Casimir Jourde, whose grandson Paul became a wildlife painter and world traveler. In the 1930s Paul and his wife, Hélène Castori, having discovered a game reserve maintained by
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to the property and roam free, creating a park where animals and humans could interact. In 1965 the park opened to the public after thirty years of development, and in 1988 it was bequeathed to the
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The park is open daily except in winter, and an admission fee is charged. Visitors can see the animals roaming freely in a centuries-old botanical garden.
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have created the Nicolas Hulot School for Nature and Man, open since 2004 at Park Branféré.
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Today the park contains almost 1,000 animals representing nearly 150 species, including
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Réserve Africaine & Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Thoiry
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From 1662 until 1988, the garden was a private estate, with a
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Station de Biologie marine et Marinarium de Concarneau
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Le Guerno
Morbihan
Brittany
France
EAZA
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Hylobates lar
French
zoo
botanical garden
Le Guerno
Morbihan
Brittany
France
château
Khengarji III
Maharao
Kutch
acclimatize
Fondation de France
antelope
gibbons
hippopotamus
lemurs
llamas
prairie dogs
tapirs
wallaby

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