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Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo (after Melbourne Zoo), and the only major metropolitan zoo in Australia to be owned and operated on a non-profit basis. It is located in the parklands just north of the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It is administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Incorporated (trading as Zoos SA) which is a full institutional member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). and which also administers the Monarto Zoo near Murray Bridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.zoossa.com.au/about-us/terms-and-conditions/ )〕 The zoo houses about 300 native and exotic species, with over 1,800 animals on site.〔(Adelaide Zoo website ), www.zoossa.com.au〕 The zoo's most recent enclosures are in the second phase of the South-East Asia exhibit, known as Immersion, providing visitors with the experience of walking through the jungle, with Sumatran tigers and orangutans seemingly within reach. Five buildings within the zoo have been listed as state heritage places on the South Australian Heritage Register including the front entrance on Frome Road and the former Elephant House.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1563 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1561 )〕 The zoo is also a botanical garden and the grounds contain significant exotic and native flora, including a Moreton Bay fig planted in 1877. The giant panda exhibit, which opened in December 2009, is home to two giant pandas, Wang Wang and Funi. ==History== Adelaide Zoo first opened on 23 May 1883, occupying (now ) of land granted by the Government. It was founded by the South Australian Acclimatization and Zoological Society.〔(NLA Trove > Annual report of the South Australian Acclimatization and Zoological Society. ) Accessed 20 September 2013.〕〔(Adelaide Zoo >...> History ) Accessed 20 September 2013.〕 The society later became the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia after a Royal Charter was granted by King George VI in 1937. The first director of the zoo (from 1882 to 1893) was R. E. Minchin. He was succeeded by his son A. C. Minchin (from 1893 to 1934), and grandson R. R. L. Minchin (from 1935 to 1940). Another grandson, Alfred Keith Minchin ran the (private) Koala Farm in the North Parklands 1936–1960; the surplus koalas were set free on Kangaroo Island.〔Joyce Gibberd, 'Minchin, Alfred Keith (1899–1963)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/minchin-alfred-keith-7796/text13273, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 26 February 2015.〕 In the mid-twentieth century the zoo was involved in the export of live birds, with 99% of Australia's exports of live native birds, mainly finches and parrots for aviculture, passing through either Adelaide or Taronga zoos. At a time when the need for conservation of Australia's native birds, and control of their trade was becoming increasingly apparent, South Australia lagged behind other states in passing appropriate legislation. In 1962 a new director of the zoo, William Gasking, was quickly dismissed through the power exerted by the Zoo Council president, Fred Basse, on the grounds that Gasking would not cooperate with the bird trade. However, when Basse retired the trade in birds dropped to a tenth of what it had been two years before. Since then the zoo's administration has been restructured and the zoo has regained public credibility and scientific status. The modern zoo has moved away from the traditional housing of species separately in pairs. Now species are grouped together as they would be in the wild, in exhibits that are carefully planned according to region. Enclosures have been designed with the needs of the animals in mind, providing a more natural habitat, which also serves an educational purpose for visitors. Although some of the zoo's heritage listed enclosures such as the Elephant House have been retained, they are no longer used to house animals; (the Elephant House now has educational signs). The flamingo exhibit was opened in 1885, and is one of the few to have remained in the same position to date. Originally it was stocked with 10 flamingos, however most died during a drought in 1915. In 2014, one of two surviving flamingos in the exhibit, thought to be the oldest in the world at 83 years of age, died. The remaining Chilean flamingo at Adelaide zoo is now the only flamingo in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.adelaidezoo.com.au/animals/chilean-flamingo/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adelaide Zoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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