Dierenpark Emmen

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Dierenpark Emmen
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Dierenpark Emmen
52°46′55″N6°53′20″E / 52.78194°N 6.88889°E / 52.78194; 6.88889
Date opened16 May 1935
Date closed31 December 2015
Location Emmen, Netherlands
Annual visitors672.000 (2013) [1]
Memberships EAZA, [2] NVD [3]
Website dierenpark-emmen.nl

Dierenpark Emmen (also known as Noorder Dierenpark) was a large zoo located in Emmen in the northern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. Due to financial difficulties the zoo decided in 2011 to reorganise. It closed at the end of 2015, but reopened early 2016 on another location as Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen. But the original was reopened in June 2016 by Park founder Aleid Rensen as a city park and renamed to Rensenpark

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History

Dierenpark Emmen was first founded in 1935 by Willemm Osting as a privately run zoo in the downtown sector of Emmen. The zoo business was initially a success, but gradually slowed down as World War II approached. By the 1960s, the zoo's features were in aging condition, and attendance dropped as a result. In 1970, Alied Resting-Oosting, Willemm's daughter, took management and initiated renovation projects. Under new ownership, animal exhibits were reorganized zoogeographically, and a "living museum" concept was introduced to the zoo with interactive museum displays and a botanical garden. [4] Dierenpark Emmen was considered to be one of the finest zoos in Europe and has won various prizes. Animals lived in carefully reconstructed natural habitats according to vegetation, climate, and elevation. Because of lack of space, a new, second site was opened in 1998 just outside Emmen. The two parts of the zoo were connected with each other and one ticket gave admission to both parts.

Zoo Features

Biochron

Located near the entrance was the zoo's museum of evolution, the Biochron, with its name being derived from the Greek words "bios" (meaning life) and "chron" (meaning time). Displays in this museum included animatronic dinosaurs, fossilized animals, a tree shrew habitat, and a butterfly pavilion. [4]

African Savanna

Standing at 3 acres, the exhibit was home to the zoo's white rhinoceroses, giraffes, antelope, ostriches, and zebras. [4]

Conservation and breeding

The zoo has had great success breeding Asian elephants, with 26 births since 1992 and four births in 2010 and 2011 alone. In 2011 there were 13 elephants at the zoo, others having been transported to other zoos. [5] The elephant accommodations comprise a large moated island for females and calves, and a separate smaller island for the bull, with indoor housing being underground. [6]

Wildlands, adventure zoo Emmen

The city council of Emmen approved the construction of a completely new zoo, the Wildlands, which is expected to draw 1.3 million visitors annually. The new zoo was completed in March 2016 and is part of a plan for revitalizing the city center of Emmen. Visitors are able to walk from the new City plaza to the new zoo, which initially is about 22 hectares (54 acres) with an additional 26 hectares (64 acres) for expansion, and includes about 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) of interior space, including a theater. [7] [8]

2012 Dutch time trial championships

The 2012 Dutch National Time Trial Championships for professionals and elite women's started in the zoo beside the African savanna. It was the first time in history a cycle race started in a zoo. [9] Riders rode along the zebras, giraffes, rhinos and hippos. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ranglijst op basis van het aantal bezoeken per dagattractie in 2013" (in Dutch). nbtc.nl. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "NVD Zoos". nvdzoos.nl. NVD . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 Porter, J. Douglas (2001). "Noorder Dierenpark", Encyclopedia of The World's Zoos, Volume 2. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN   1-57958-174-9.
  5. ↑ "Sophia Zoo". elephant.se. The Elephant Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Noorder Dierenpark (Emmen Zoo)". goodzoos.com. good Zoos. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Emmen Zoo Welcomes Council Decisi". dierenparkemmen.nl. Dierenpark Emmen. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Location". dierenparkemmen.nl. Dierenpark Emmen. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "NK Tijdrijden". nk-tijdrijden.nl. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Start NK Tijdrijden 20 juni in Dierenpark Emmen". DierenparkEmmen.nl. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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