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NegevZoo
31°15′36″N34°44′42″E / 31.26°N 34.745°E / 31.26; 34.745
Location Beersheba, Israel
Land area50 dunams (5.0 ha; 12 acres) (as of 2018 [1] )
No. of species150 [1]
Website http://negevzoo.co.il/

NegevZoo (Zoological Garden of Beersheba) was a desert zoo near the west entrance of Beersheba, Israel. [2] [3]

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The zoo's area is 50 dunams (1 hectare or 2.5 acres). It has a collection of mammalians, birds and reptiles of which the ungulates, turtles, snakes and lizards are especially notable.

History

The zoo was established in 1954 as a petting zoo of the nearby school. Little by little it got support from the city of Beersheba, the Israeli Ministry of Education, the Housing and Construction Minister of Israel and private contributors, it moved from place to place in the town, and finally was made a formal zoo.

In 1983 Prof. R. Yagil started a funding Campaign to fund a new location for the Zoo, in 1985 the Zoo had moved to the location where Ma'abarat Hazerim had been previously located, and was officially opened in 1985. The transfer was to a 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) area. Most of the work was done by volunteers.

In 1991 with the establishment of Neve Ze'ev the zoo was moved to Kiryat Meir Batz and reopened in 1996.

In 2011 the zoo had moved to be operated by the Be'er Sheva cityhall, and since then it is operated by the Kivunim corporation which is owned by the Be'er sheva cityhall. [4]

In 2017, Negev zoo was expected to receive a pair of lions [5] Three white lions had arrived from the Susto zoo in Hungary (one male and two females). [6]

In 2022, the zoo closed.

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References

  1. 1 2 "נגב Zoo".
  2. ↑ "The Zoo's website". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  3. ↑ "נגב Zoo - גן החיות המדברי של ישראל".
  4. ↑ "בשנת 2011 הגן עבר לאחריות עיריית באר שבע, והוא מנוהל ע"י חברת כיוונים, חברת בת של העירייה בניהולו של מר שלומי נומה . אם קבלת האחריות לגן על ידי חברת כיוונים מונה מר זיו רשף לנהל את הגן , והוא מכהן בתפקיד זה גם כיום." https://negevzoo.co.il/about/
  5. ↑ "בקרוב: אריות בבאר שבע".
  6. ↑ שלושת האריות נולדו בשנת https://negevzoo.co.il/ 2017 בגן החיות "סוסטו" שבהונגריה. בטבע בהגעתם לגיל ההתבגרות, מגרש הזכר, אביהם, את הזכרים הצעירים טרם יוכלו לערער את מעמדו. על גן החיות בהונגריה היה למצוא בית חם למרקוס ושתי אחיותיו – פלורה ופאונה. "סוסטו ZOO" שמעו אודות ה"נגב "ZOO ופנו אלינו עם בקשת אימוץ.
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