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Zoo & Botanical
Garden, Jerez de la Frontera
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The zoo and botanical garden of Jerez is
one of the most interesting parks in Spain. Not only because of its age,
but also for the richness of its zoological collection. It has become
the most important zoo in Andalucia.
The history of the zoo began when a small collection of animals arrived
at Cadiz harbor without either an owner or a recipient.
The animals were housed temporarily
in a place called the the Tempul garden. This garden (where the
botanical park is now located), dates back to 1869 when it was
originally created to decorate Jerez’s water reservoir.
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Mr. Alberto Duran Tejada, who was the town
councillor in charge of the City Parks and Gardens at that time had a
wonderful idea, and on February 10th, 1953, the "Alberto Duran" zoo and
botanical garden opened its doors for the first time.
Since it’s inception, the number of
animals at the zoo has grown to around 1,300 and includes over 200
different species from five continents.
It is important to mention the White tiger, unique in Spain and which
has already given birth to cubs.
Likewise, Jerez zoo is known for the great number of threatened species
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Along the same lines, a series of animal reproduction projects have been
developed in cooperation with other principal zoos in Europe. These
projects are named E.E.P and they try to find the right environment for
the animal’s re-introduction into their natural habitat.
At present the zoo is participating in fifteen E.E.P projects. However,
maintaining our indigenous Iberian fauna is important, so reproduction
programs of the threatened indigenous fauna are also a major focus of
the Jerez zoo.
From the original garden, a heavily
wooded area remains, which has been enhanced with exotic indigenous
bushes and trees, totalling almost 400 different species. |
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Recently, a tour was created to visit the 150 or so types of trees.
These trees have been identified with ceramic tags on which are written
the species, the scientific and common names, and some of their
characteristics.
Along this path, one can behold the wonderful specimens of Pines, Cedar
from the Himalayas and Araucanian trees, as well as rare species like
the Araar, the Vignatigo, the Jabonero, the Almiz from Mississipi and a
great collection of Palm trees.
These projects help make Jerez zoo an
institution that strives for the conservation of threatened fauna, and
places it as one of the most important zoos in Europe. |
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Contact us:-
Costa Luz Properties,
Rota (Cadiz)
Andalucia, Spain. Tel /Fax: +34.85.611.3999 |
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