Parco Faunistico di Spormaggiore, Nature reserve and zoo in Spormaggiore, Italy.
Parco Faunistico di Spormaggiore covers about 3 hectares on the Paganella plateau in the province of Trento. Each species has a separate enclosure planted with beeches, firs and larches, with shrubby areas and small watercourses. The brown bears occupy a 5,000 m² enclosure, the wolves 3,500 m² with two observation points, and the lynxes 1,200 m².
The idea came in 1991 from the Pro Loco association of Spormaggiore. Work began in spring 1994 under an agreement between the municipalities of Trento and Spormaggiore and the autonomous Province of Trento, and finished that autumn. The original aim was to give suitable enclosures to brown bears kept in captivity in Trentino, whose old pens were no longer adequate.
The park's name comes from the village of Spormaggiore on the Paganella plateau. It was first proposed in 1991 by the local Pro Loco association, and the original project aimed to give captive bears in Trentino a suitable home. Since January 2013 the park has been a member of the Italian Union of Zoos and Aquariums (UIZA).
The park covers about 3 hectares on the Paganella plateau, with a refreshment point and a souvenir shop inside. It works with the Adamello-Brenta Nature Park, so visitors can also enter one of the park's houses in Spormaggiore, the one on the brown bear and the Life Ursus project, free of charge.
Two of the brown bears living in the park are females that were transferred from another sanctuary in the region and settled in well. Their enclosure is the largest in the park and is positioned so that visitors can watch the bears on natural ground without disturbing them.
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