Zoo Gyöngyös, Zoo and amusement park in Gyöngyös, Hungary.
Zoo Gyöngyös (Gyöngyösi Állatkert) occupies the Csathó-kert valley, a ten-minute walk from central Gyöngyös. It began as a wildlife park and became a zoo as species and facilities grew. A male lion, acquired from Italy at two months old and hand-reared by staff after his parents rejected him, is among the animals. The zoo is privately run and offers programmes for visitors.
The park first operated as a wildlife park (vadaspark); as animal species multiplied and the grounds were developed, it took the name zoo. It is privately run and lies in the Csathó-kert valley, a ten-minute walk from central Gyöngyös, where the western bypass road meets the Szurdokpüspöki road.
The zoo is privately run and stages programmes for visitors; its best-known resident is a male lion brought from Italy at two months old after his parents rejected him, and raised by the park's staff. Visitors can see the animal the keepers hand-reared.
The zoo sits in the Csathó-kert valley, a ten-minute walk from central Gyöngyös. By car it is reached from several directions: the town's western bypass road meets the Szurdokpüspöki–Gyöngyös road here, and the 24 137 secondary road to Gyöngyösoroszi branches off at the same point.
The facility schedules feeding times for different animal groups, allowing visitors to watch ring-tailed lemurs, baboons, and big cats during meals. These moments reveal natural behaviors that are normally hidden from view.
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