Tierpark Perleberg, Animal park in Perleberg, Germany.
Tierpark Perleberg is a 15-hectare zoo in the Vorderheide, part of Perleberg's city forest south of town, bordering the cemetery to the north and the Wilsnacker Chaussee to the west. It holds more than 400 animals, among them brown bears, wolves, lynxes, wisents, wild boars, red deer, camels, guanacos, kangaroos and monkeys, plus a walk-through deer enclosure and a petting area with sheep and goats.
Tierpark Perleberg has existed since 7 October 1964. It was laid out in the Vorderheide, a section of the Perleberg town forest south of the town centre, with the Perleberg cemetery and animal cemetery bordering it to the north and the Waldsiedlung beyond the Wilsnacker Chaussee to the west. The grounds cover 15 hectares.
The name Tierpark simply means animal park. Among the birds kept here are white storks from the Rühstädt area in the Elbe-Brandenburg River Landscape Biosphere Reserve; injured birds that cannot fly south in winter are taken in. A walk-through enclosure lets visitors stand among fallow deer, and a petting area holds sheep and goats.
The 15-hectare site lies in the Vorderheide in the south of Perleberg, with the town cemetery to the north and the Wilsnacker Chaussee to the west. Paths lead past the enclosures, and the deer enclosure can be walked through. Sturdy shoes are useful on the forest ground.
The park takes in white storks from the Elbe-Brandenburg River Landscape Biosphere Reserve around the stork village of Rühstädt that are injured and cannot fly south for the winter. The Waldrapp, a critically endangered ibis, is also kept here.
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