Zamość Zoo

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Zoo in Zamość, Poland

Zamość Zoo
Ogród Zoologiczny w Zamościu

The main entrance

50°43′0.1″N 23°14′21″E﻿ / ﻿50.716694°N 23.23917°E﻿ / 50.716694; 23.23917
Date opened| 1918
Location| Zamość, Poland
Land area| 13 hectares (32 acres)
No. of animals| 2524
No. of species| 312
Memberships| EAZA
Director| Grzegorz Garbuz
Website| www.zoo.zamosc.pl

The Zamość Zoo (Polish: Ogród Zoologiczny w Zamościu) is a zoological garden located in the city of Zamość, Lublin Voivodeship in Poland. It was established in 1918 and currently contains 2524 animals and 312 species covering the area of approximately 13 hectares. The zoo is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria.[1]

## History

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The Zamość Zoo was established in 1918 at the initiative of Stefan Miler, a teacher of the Jan Zamoyski Boys' High School. It is considered one of the oldest zoological gardens in Poland.[2][3][4][5]

Currently, visitors to the Zamość Zoo can see such animals as llamas, lions, bears, giraffes, tigers, hippopotamuses, camels, donkeys, capybaras, lynxes, zebras, tapirs, porcupines, bat-eared foxes, gibbons, squirrel monkeys, macaques, pygmy marmosets, armadillos, crocodiles, iguanas, snakes, pythons, knob-billed ducks, storks, crested partridges, galahs, emus, Victoria crowned pigeons, Northern bald ibises, tawny owls, peacocks and many more.[6][7][8]

## List of directors

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* Stefan Miler (1919-1957)
* Tomasz Grabowski (1957-1963)
* Andrzej Jarkowski (1963-1968)
* Jerzy Tomaszewski (1968-1972)
* Czesława Leszczyńska (1972-1999)
* Jadwiga Stoczkowska (1999-2006)
* Grzegorz Garbuz (2006–present)

## Gallery

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* Brown bears enclosure

* Lar gibbon

* Predator animals' Pavilion

* Cougars enclosure

* Goats

* Botanical garden

## See also

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* Warsaw Zoo
* Wrocław Zoo
* Poznań Zoo
* Kraków Zoo

## References

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1. ^ "Historia ZOO". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
2. ^ "Historia ZOO". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
3. ^ "Zoo Zamość - Największe Atrakcje". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
4. ^ "The Zoological Garden". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
5. ^ "Zamosc Zoo". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
6. ^ "Ssaki - ZOO Zamość". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
7. ^ "Gady - ZOO Zamość". Retrieved 2018-08-27.
8. ^ "Ptaki - ZOO Zamość". Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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