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The Warsaw Zoological Garden, known simply as the Warsaw Zoo ((ポーランド語:Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie)) is a scientific zoo on Ratuszowa Street in Warsaw, Poland. The zoo covers about in central Warsaw, and sees 600,000 visitors annually. It is home to over 4,000 animals representing more than 500 species. The zoo is an accredited member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). ==History== ;Establishment Although the current zoo was opened on 11 March 1928, it roots can be traced to 17th century private menageries, often open to the public. King Jan Sobieski III kept a court menagerie in Wilanów, and the 19th century saw several private zoos opened in the city.〔〔 M. Pągowski opened a small zoo on Koszykowa Street in 1926, and moved this zoo to a new area on Maja Avenue in 1927. The construction of the City Zoological Garden was started in 1927 as well. In November 1927 the zoo gained a director when Wenanty Burdziński, former director and founder of the zoological garden in Kiev, was appointed to the post. Construction of the zoo was fast, and the zoo was opened in March 1928, with some animals purchased from M. Pągowski and some donated by the Pedagogical Museum, which had a small zoo on its premises.〔 Animals resident at the zoo when it opened included lions, tigers, and a female Indian elephant named Kasia.〔 Wenanty Burdziński died of acute pneumonia before the end of 1928, and Jan Żabiński was appointed director. Before World War II, Jan oversaw the creation of several exhibits including the monkey house, elephant house, enclosures for antelopes, a seal pond, and the giraffe barn.〔 He was director of the zoo until 1939, was re-appointed in 1949, and continued in the post until 1951.〔 In 1937 the zoos female elephant Kasia gave birth to the first Indian elephant born in a Polish zoo.〔 ;World War II The zoo was bombed regularly in September 1939, and many animals died from the bombs, bullets (i.e. apes) or missiles (i.e. an elephant, a giraffe).〔http://metrowarszawa.gazeta.pl/metrowarszawa/56,141636,17649225,Slonica_wkrotce_zginie_od_pocisku__malpy_od_kul__.html〕 After the surrender of Warsaw to the Germans, most of the 'valuable' animal species (in the eyes of German representative Luck Heck) were taken to the Schorfeide reserve in Germany, while others, described as 'not valuable' were shot,〔http://metrowarszawa.gazeta.pl/metrowarszawa/56,141636,17649225,_Slonica_Kasia_ze_sloniatkiem_Tuzinka__dwa_lata_przed,,6.html〕 and the zoo was closed. During World War II, Jan Żabiński, the director, together with his wife Antonina and their son Ryszard, saved more than 200 Jews from the Holocaust. Jan Żabinski was seriously injured during the 1944 Warsaw uprising, and taken prisoner. When he returned, animals started being reintroduced to the zoo, which was reopened in 1949.〔〔 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「Warsaw Zoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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