Duisburg Zoo, Animal park in Duisburg, Germany
Duisburg Zoo is an animal facility on Kaiserberg hill in the northern part of the city, occupying land on both sides of the A3 motorway. A vegetated bridge links the two sections, allowing visitors and animals to move between them without encountering traffic.
The facility opened in 1934 under the name Duisburg-Hamborner Tierpark am Kaiserberg and closed during the Second World War. It reopened in 1946 with animals transferred from Munich and gradually developed its focus on marine mammals.
The zoo's name changed from Duisburg-Hamborner Tierpark to Duisburg Zoo in 1970. Its Chinese garden, covering about one hectare with cranes and red pandas, was a gift from Duisburg's partner city Wuhan. Since 1994 the zoo has coordinated the European preservation programme for fossas, whose enclosure was donated by the Association of Duisburg Zoo Friends in 2000.
The zoo lies on both sides of the A3 at the Kaiserberg exit, with the two halves joined by a landscaped bridge up to 30 metres wide. Tram line 901 stops at the main entrance and links the central stations of Duisburg and Mülheim. The grounds cover about 16 hectares, so allow time to cross between the western and eastern sections.
The dolphinarium holds 3 million liters of seawater and houses seven bottlenose dolphins in a specially designed pool with underwater viewing windows. The setup allows observation from different angles and shows the animals moving both above and below the surface.
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