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The Belgrade Good Hope garden ((セルビア語:Београдски врт добре наде / ''Beogradski vrt dobre nade'')) is a zoo located in Belgrade, Serbia. The zoo is situated at the very centre of the city, in Kalemegdan Park. The zoo was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. The zoo covers an area of about ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 and has 2,000 animals representing about 270 different species. The zoo holds domestic as well as exotic wild animals. Its present look is contributed by many built facilities, new drinking-fountains, wooden Sculpture Gallery, the work of the sculptor Vuk Bojović and the nursery for young animals – Baby Zoo. For its 60th anniversary it was enriched with a monument dedicated to its once most interesting and most famous resident – Sammy the chimpanzee, the first of its kind ever in this Zoo. ==Animals== The Belgrade Zoo has 2000 animals and more than 270 species. The zoo has the biggest pride of white lions in the world, many tropical birds and birds of prey. Because of the meaning of the name of Belgrade ("white city"), Vuk Bojović decided to collect albino and white animals. Now the zoo has white tigers, lions, American bison, Arctic wolves, polar bears, albino wallabies and skunks. Some of the best-known animals are Muja (world's oldest alligator), Gabi (a dog which saved a guard from a jaguar) and Sammy chimpanzee who escaped from the zoo twice.The first white Bengal tiger arrived in 2006, aged 2 years. The male tiger is called Khan. Khan became the mascot of the Zoo, until Death of Vuk Bojovic. In February 2015, a Haemangiosarcoma tumor was discovered and removed from his left groin. Kahn passed away the 9 September 2015. * mammals: African lion (white and ordinary), white tiger, Amur tiger, black leopard, cheetah, Arctic wolf, brown bear, polar bear, fennec fox, Balkan lynx, puma, jaguar, pine marten, European badger, honey badger, small-clawed otter, meerkat, yak, American bison, Barbary sheep, camel, muflon, Himalayan thar, red kangaroo, Parma wallaby, harbor seal, fur seal, Asian palm civet, red fox, fallow deer, grey wolf, persian leopard, serval, chimpanzee, Bactrian camel, orangutan, Brazilian tapir,... * birds: emu, ostrich, greater rhea, black swan, marabou stork, ground hornbill, golden eagle, horned owl, griffon vulture, Egyptian vulture, scarlet ibis, American flamingo, grey crowned crane, southern screamer,... * reptiles: Cuban crocodile, Burmese python, green anaconda, Nile monitor, Yemen chameleon, green iguana,... *Invertebrate: scorpion, tarantula, stick insect, leaf insect,... * domestic animals: Pot-bellied pig, llama, guinea pig, pygmy goat, ferret,... The zoo has a lot of endangered species. 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「Belgrade Zoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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