Zoo Dortmund, Zoological park in Dortmund, Germany
Zoo Dortmund covers 28 hectares on the former Glückaufsegen colliery grounds at the foot of the Schweineberg, next to Rombergpark in Brünninghausen. Around 1,700 animals of nearly 200 species live here, with a focus on South American fauna. The grounds hold the Rumah hutan rainforest house, the Amazonas house, the Tamandua house, the giraffe house, the otter house and the rhino house opened in 2006.
Zoo Dortmund opened on 24 May 1953 as Tierpark Dortmund on the former Glückaufsegen colliery ground below the Rombergpark, laid out by garden director Konrad Glocker; eleven hectares held 90 animals, mostly European species plus llamas and cockatoos. The 100,000th visitor came that July, the millionth after two years. From the 1980s the zoo replaced concrete pens with large open enclosures, and around 2000 it took the name Zoo Dortmund.
The zoo's name changed from Tierpark Dortmund to Zoo Dortmund around the turn of the millennium so it would be understood internationally. Its rainforest house is called Rumah hutan, Indonesian for "forest house", a nod to the South American species the zoo keeps and breeds.
The zoo lies in the south of Dortmund between Hacheney and Brünninghausen, next to the Rombergpark, and covers 28 hectares, so plan enough time for walking between the houses. The grounds rise on the slope of the Schweineberg, and the Rainforest House Rumah hutan, the Amazon House and the Tamandua House sit alongside the giraffe, otter and 2006 rhino houses.
The Rainforest House is named Rumah hutan, Indonesian for "forest house". The zoo keeps Sumatran orangutans and two-toed sloths there, and it holds the European studbook for the giant anteater, an animal it breeds alongside the tamandua.
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