Beijing Zoo

The Beijing Zoo (Simplified Chinese :北京 动物园; Pinyin: Bei Jing Dong Wu Yuan ) in Beijing, China, was founded in 1906. On June 18, 1908, he was made ​​available to the public. With an area of ​​approximately 90 hectares and 8 to 12 million visitors per year, he is one of the largest and most important zoos in Asia.

History

As the zoo was founded in 1906, it was first called " Wan Sheng Yuan", the "Garden of countless pets ", and then included an area of ​​3.5 hectares. Through the proclamation of the Chinese Republic in January 1912 and the subsequent political unrest and the zoo had to contend with difficulties. These problems have been partly solved late twenties, with the creation of the regime Kuomintang under Chiang Kai- shek. As Beijing in 1928 lost his capital statute, the animal population was then drastically reduced.

From 1937 to 1945 Beijing was occupied by the Japanese and suffered from the civil war, and later under Guomindang and the Communists of Mao Zedong. As Beijing in 1949 was again capital, the zoo did not count more than a blind emu, three parrots and a dozen monkeys.

Since 1958, the area of the site is growing steadily, numerous buildings and facilities to be built, the species population is increasing annually. After complete conversion, the occasion of the Olympic Games in 2008 with many new buildings, such as pachyderms in 1999, the Beijing Zoo is now one of about thirty houses, covering an area of 90 hectares. The newly opened Aquarium With approximately 120,000 m² of the biggest attractions of this kind in the world.

Livestock

The current herd consists of

Pictures

Tourist Service Center, formerly the office building of empery Agriculture Examination Field, built in 1907

Panda House, built in 1991

Le Shan Garden