Shenzhen Safari Park (Chinese: 深圳野生动物园) is a zoo in Shenzhen, China. It is located in near Xili Lake in Xili Subdistrict. and covers an area of 1.2 million square meters.[1] It is the first zoo in China to have uncaged animals.[2][3][4] There are over 300 species and more than ten thousand animals in the zoo, including endangered ones such as Giant Pandas and South China tigers.
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.jpg) Main vehicular entrance | |
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| 22°36′N 113°58′E / 22.60°N 113.97°E | |
| Date opened | 28 September 1993 |
| Location | Xili, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China |
| Public transit access | Dongwuyuan Bus Station, buses 36, 49, 66, 101, 104, M203, 226, M460, B736, B796 and B797 |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 深圳野生动物园 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 深圳野生動物園 | ||||||||||
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History
The zoo first opened on September 28, 1993. Since 2004, the zoo's black swans have been engaged in a commensal relationship with the koi found in the zoo's waters. The swans had originally begun dipping their food pellets into the water to moisten the texture, and as a result, the koi learned to swim up to the swans and eat the pellets.[5]
On May 1, 2014, a lioness in the park gave birth to three cubs and neglected to care for them. Park workers had begun bottle-feeding the cubs in order to keep them nourished. A local pet store sent a Golden Retriever to care for the cubs, and the dog was accepted by the cubs as their surrogate mother on May 16.[6]
Controversy
On October 2, 2014, a horse that was pulling tourists in a heavy carriage in the zoo, for the twelfth time that day, collapsed and died.[7] The tourists, as well as some of the zoo's security guards, concluded that the horse's death was a result of overworking and malnourishment.[7]
Gallery
A street leading into Shenzhen Safari Park.
The zoo's tiger enclosure.
A sign indicating the zoo's different areas of interest.
A lioness enclosure in Shenzhen Safari Park in January 2016
See also
References
External links
- Shenzhen Safari Park (in Chinese)