Harbin Zoo

Harbin Zoo
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45°23′28″N 127°06′00″E / 45.391°N 127.100°E / 45.391; 127.100
Date opened1954
2004 (current site)
Location46km Hamu Highway, Acheng District, Harbin
No. of animals2,000
Websitewww.hrbzoo.com

Harbin Northern Forest Zoo (Chinese: 哈尔滨北方森林动物园; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Běifāng Sēnlín Dòngwùyuán), formerly Harbin Zoo (Chinese: 哈尔滨动物园), is the main zoological garden in Harbin. Occupying an area of 558 hectares (1,380 acres), it is the largest forest zoo in China.[1] Several endangered animal species are preserved in the zoo, including Siberian tiger, white lion and red-crowned crane.

Former sites

Former Harbin Zoo was located at 95 Hexing Road, Nangang District, Harbin before its relocation to the current site in 2004. Established as Yashkin Garden in 1899 by Russians in Manchuria, it served as the specimen garden of Northeast Forestry University.[2] In 1954, Harbin municipal government transformed the garden into Harbin Zoo. Since then, polar bears, monkeys, lions, pandas and other various animals were introduced into the zoo.

The former site at Hexing Road was transformed into Science Park of Harbin Institute of Technology after the zoo's relocation to Acheng.

References

  1. ^ "公园简介". hrbzoo.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "老动物园的俄罗斯风格建筑（多图）". sohu.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.