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Zamość Zoo
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.

History

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.

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.

List of directors

• 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

• Brown bears enclosure
• Lar gibbon
• Predator animals' Pavilion
• Cougars enclosure
• Goats
• Botanical garden

See also

• Warsaw Zoo
• Wrocław Zoo
• Poznań Zoo
• Kraków Zoo

References

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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