Shenzhen Safari Park

Zoo in Shenzhen, China

22°36′N 113°58′E / 22.60°N 113.97°E / 22.60; 113.97Date opened28 September 1993LocationXili, Nanshan, Shenzhen, ChinaPublic transit accessDongwuyuan Bus Station, buses 36, 49, 66, 101, 104, M203, 226, M460, B736, B796 and B797Websitewww.szzoo.net
Shenzhen Safari Park
Simplified Chinese深圳野生动物园
Traditional Chinese深圳野生動物園
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShēnzhèn Yěshēng Dòngwùyuán
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsam1 zan3 je5 saang1 dung6 mat6 jyun4

Shenzhen Safari Park (Chinese: 深圳野生动物园) is a zoo in Shenzhen, China. It is located in near Xili Lake in Xili Subdistrict. and covers an area of 1.2 million square meters.[1] It is the first zoo in China to have uncaged animals.[2][3][4] There are over 300 species and more than ten thousand animals in the zoo, including endangered ones such as Giant Pandas and South China tigers.

History

The zoo first opened on September 28, 1993. Since 2004, the zoo's black swans have been engaged in a commensal relationship with the koi found in the zoo's waters. The swans had originally begun dipping their food pellets into the water to moisten the texture, and as a result, the koi learned to swim up to the swans and eat the pellets.[5]

On May 1, 2014, a lioness in the park gave birth to three cubs and neglected to care for them. Park workers had begun bottle-feeding the cubs in order to keep them nourished. A local pet store sent a Golden Retriever to care for the cubs, and the dog was accepted by the cubs as their surrogate mother on May 16.[6]

Controversy

On October 2, 2014, a horse that was pulling tourists in a heavy carriage in the zoo, for the twelfth time that day, collapsed and died.[7] The tourists, as well as some of the zoo's security guards, concluded that the horse's death was a result of overworking and malnourishment.[7]

Gallery

  • A street near vegetation, promotional posters, and streetlights, with zoo buildings in the background.
    A street leading into Shenzhen Safari Park.
  • Two tigers encounter one another on a grassy area in a zoo enclosure.
    The zoo's tiger enclosure.
  • A sign labeled with directions pointing to a tourist centre, a clinic, a park exit, an animals baby farm, a peacock garden, a zoology museum, an Amusement World, and a wetland garden.
    A sign indicating the zoo's different areas of interest.
  • A lioness enclosure in Shenzhen Safari Park in January 2016
    A lioness enclosure in Shenzhen Safari Park in January 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shenzhen Safari Park". Archived from the original on June 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "Shenzhen Safari Park, Wildlife Zoo, Guangdong".
  3. ^ "Shenzhen Safari Park (Shenzhen Zoo)". August 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jrs直播_jrs低调看高清直播nba_jrs直播免费体育直播_51766体育".
  5. ^ Readhead, Harry (October 16, 2014). "Carpe diem: These opportunistic fish are stealing food from the swans". Metro. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Dog adopts abandoned lion triplets in Shenzhen". gbTimes. May 19, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Liu, Lucy (October 3, 2014). "Horse carrying tourists falls over and dies at Shenzhen Safari Park, blamed on overwork". Shanghaist. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

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