Lycksele Zoo, Wildlife park in Lycksele, Sweden
Lycksele Zoo is a wildlife park in Lycksele displaying around 25 animal species native to Scandinavian regions in natural habitat settings. The enclosures are designed so that animals live in environments that resemble their original landscapes.
Holger Lithner founded the zoo in 1959 as a small animal collection at Gammplatsen. In 1966 it moved to Brännberget on the outskirts of Lycksele. The zoo is run by Lycksele Municipality.
The zoo is run by Lycksele Municipality and displays only Nordic fauna, including wolf, bear, wolverine, Arctic fox, lynx, musk ox and grey seal. An älvakvarium shows noble fish such as trout and char. In winter the park becomes Julparken, where visitors can meet Santa and his reindeer.
The park covers 10 hectares on Brännberget, just outside Lycksele, and is run by Lycksele Municipality. It holds around 400 animals of 30 species, all Nordic, including wolves, bears, wolverines, Arctic foxes, lynx, musk oxen and grey seals, plus a river aquarium with salmonids. Allow time to walk between the enclosures; a children's zoo and the Lyckoland play area are separate sections.
In November 2014 a lynx escaped from the park and was seen on the streets of Lycksele; a two-year-old Siberian husky attacked in a residential area in January 2015 is believed to have been the same animal. The park also has 12 webcams set up with Umeå University among its most popular species.
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