Guyana Zoo

The Guyana Zoological Park is a zoological garden in Georgetown, the capital of the South American country of Guyana. It is located in the district of Bourda at the Vlissingen Road, corner of Regent Street.

History

Initial plans for a wildlife park on the site of today's zoos have been around from 1880, but were opposed by the Royal Agricultural Society. On January 1, 1952, the Guyana Zoological Park was officially opened as a zoo. The grounds of the zoo was previously part of the Botanical Gardens Georgetown.

A Zoopartnerschaft exists with the Calgary Zoo. Contacts between the two zoos there since 1997.

Species

The focus of the zoo is the wildlife of Guyana. Caribbean Manatee, a Seekuhart, lived on the site since 1895 in a pond. Today's Caribbean Manatee at the zoo are the descendants of those animals. You durchwimmen the zoo in a channel. The living Georgetown longest in the zoo animals are a pair of harpies that are part of the zoo since 1952 and as of 2010 there are still living. However, the harpies has only one wing after a gunshot wound. Other animals at the zoo include Arrauschildkröten, capybaras, tapirs, Frans turtles, Large anacondas, green tree boa, jabirus, jaguars, folding chest turtles of the species Kinosternon scorpioides, King Vulture, crocodile caiman, cougars, giant otters, Rotgesichtklammeraffen, showers Rattlesnakes and Weißkopfsakis.

Assessment

The zoo is praised for its educational programs that bring nature closer to students. But he is considered one of the best zoos in the world, criticized, for example, not species-appropriate housing of animals: With ticket prices equivalent to less than one euro (2010 version). Lonely Planet writes as of March 2010: The garden 's zoo Has a large collection of fascinating creatures kept in troublingly small and neglected cages (Translation: The zoo of the park has a large collection of fascinating animals, which are kept in concern small and neglected cages ).