A safari park, sometimes known as a wildlife park, is a zoo-like commercial drive-in tourist attraction where visitors can drive their own vehicles or ride in vehicles provided by the facility to observe freely roaming animals.
The Buenos Aires Eco Park is an 18-hectare (44-acre) park in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The former zoo, opened in 1888, contained 89 species of mammals, 49 species of reptiles and 175 species of birds, with a total of over 2,500 animals. The institution's goals are to conserve species, produce research and to educate the public. In June 2016 the city formed a bias about the zoo's cruelty. They had to close the 140-year-old zoo and relocate most of the animals to nature reserves, including Temaikèn. The zoo property will be converted into an ecopark.
The Hippopotamus Service is a hand-painted 144 piece dinner service commissioned by the American porcelain collector Richard Baron Cohen from the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, and completed in 2006. The porcelain service features different views of hippopotamuses based on photographs of over 275 hippos taken in zoos all around the world. Cohen commissioned photographer Sarah Louise Galbraith to travel to 101 zoos in 33 countries and photograph the animals. The service was first exhibited at Sotheby's New York City galleries in September 2006. It has subsequently been exhibited at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, and the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna.
Species360 founded in 1974, is an international non-profit organization that maintains an online database of wild animals under human care. As of 2023, the organization serves more than 1,300 zoos, aquariums and zoological associations on six continents and in 102 countries worldwide. The organization provides its members with zoological data collection and management software called ZIMS—the Zoological Information Management System.
The Municipal Zoological Park "Quinzinho de Barros" is a 15-hectare (37-acre) zoo located in the municipality of Sorocaba, state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is a member of the Society of Brazilian Zoos (SZB), and is considered Brazil's second zoo in terms of species.
The Zoo León is a zoo located in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. The zoo is open 365 days a year.
A tow boat ride is a water ride constructed on a body of water. The course is defined by a main drive underwater cable, creating the impression of free floating boats. The station could be a revolving platform.
The São Paulo Zoo is the largest zoo in Brazil. With 824,529 m2 of space in what was originally the Atlantic Forest, the zoo is south of the city of São Paulo.
The Chorros de Milla Zoo also Zoological Park of Chorros de Milla, is an urban zoological garden located in the northeastern end of the city of Mérida, Venezuela with native species of the Andean region and Venezuela. The Mérida Zoo was built in 1958 and is open to the public Tuesday to Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The La Laguna Zoo Also Zoological Park of La Laguna Is a zoological garden located in the town of Capacho Nuevo, near the city of San Cristóbal, in the Municipality Independencia of the State Táchira, in the Andes to the west of the South American country of Venezuela.
The Bararida Zoological and Botanical Park Also Bararida Zoo Is a park, zoo and botanical garden that is located in the city of Barquisimeto, the capital of Lara State, in the South American country of Venezuela.
Pio Lava Boccardo was an Italian-Venezuelan zootechnician and wildlife breeder.
