Zoological Garden of Monaco

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Zoological Garden of Monaco
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Zoological Garden of Monaco
43°43′52.62″N7°25′5.83″E / 43.7312833°N 7.4182861°E / 43.7312833; 7.4182861
Date opened1954
Land area1 hectare (2.5 acres)
No. of animals250
No. of species50

The Jardin Animalier de Monaco is a zoo located on the Esplanade Rainer III, in Monaco's Fontvieille ward, on the southern side of the Rock of Monaco. [1] It was established by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1954. [1] 250 animals are held in the zoo, representing some 50 species. [1]

The zoo is a hectare in size, set over four levels on the rock. [2] None of the animals were purchased; all have come from donations, circuses, or abandoned animals and those seized by circuses. [2] Five animals came to the zoo after the 2009 closure of the zoo at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. [2]

The zoo formerly contained leopards, but these were released into the wild due to the efforts of campaigner Virginia McKenna, founder of the Born Free Foundation. [3] The two leopards, Pitou and Sirius, had been kept in a five-meter enclosure with a concrete floor. [4] McKenna had previously visited Monaco nine times in an attempt to petition Prince Rainier for the animal's release, she was finally granted a royal audience with Prince Albert after his ascension to the Monegasque throne in 2005. [3] Albert agreed to release the leopards to Born Free, with a promise to release the camel and hippo in the zoo at a later date. Albert also promised to turn the Zoological Gardens into a petting zoo. [3]

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