Warsaw Zoo

Infobox zoo
zoo_name=Warsaw Zoological Garden
Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie
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image_width=300px
image_caption=Plan of the ZOO
date_opened=1928-1939, 1948
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location=Warsaw, Poland
area=32 ha
coordinates=coord|52|15|28|N|21|01|20|E|region:PL_MZ_type:landmark_scale:10000
num_animals=3646 (1 january 2007)
num_species=489 (1 january 2007)
members=EAZA
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website=http://www.zoo.waw.pl/The Warsaw Zoological Garden, known simply as the Warsaw Zoo ( _pl. Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie) is a scientific zoo in Warsaw, Poland. Although officially created in 1928, it traces back its roots to 17th century private menageries, often open to the public. During the Holocaust Jan Żabiński, the director, helped hundreds of hiding Jews, together with his wife Antonina and their son Ryszard.Currently the zoo is visited by roughly 600,000 people yearly and covers an area of roughly convert|100|acre|km2 in downtown Warsaw, in the borough of Praga. It is home to approximately 5,000 animals of almost 500 species, many of them unique.

External links

* [http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje30/text17p.htm Warsaw Zoo during the WWII]
* [http://public.fotki.com/gadasyuk/traveling/poland/warsaw/041107_zoo/ Photos of Warsaw Zoo, November'2007]