The zoo was opened in 1976 by Louis Roothooft, a former captain. He used to live near Antwerp where he had a private collection of foreign animals. He bought some land in Olmen and moved his animals to the new location. The Olmen Zoo was founded. As Roothooft loved the circus a big circus tent was soon placed. Each day the animal carers did performance acts with the animals. Roothooft died mid 1990s and the park was sold to the family Verheyen in 1995.
The new owners also had a private collection of animals which were now transported to Olmen. The park was in a bad condition due to mismanagement of Roothooft, cages were not adapted to the animal needs and the number of customers was too low to make sufficient profits. That's why the park was renovated. The investments did succeed: the number of visitors raised from 9,000 to 200,000 in the first year. The circus tent was removed and no more acts were given.
On 11 October 2017, the zoo lost its license and was closed due to animal welfare breaches. On 18 November 2017, the zoo reopened with a new license, after fixing most problems and making a new masterplan.[2][3]
pakawi, park, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pakawi Park news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pakawi Park is a zoo in the Belgian village Olmen which is part of the town of Balen Until 22 June 2019 it was named Olmense Zoo 1 Pakawi ParkDate opened1976LocationOlmen BelgiumWebsitehttp www olmensezoo be The zoo was opened in 1976 by Louis Roothooft a former captain He used to live near Antwerp where he had a private collection of foreign animals He bought some land in Olmen and moved his animals to the new location The Olmen Zoo was founded As Roothooft loved the circus a big circus tent was soon placed Each day the animal carers did performance acts with the animals Roothooft died mid 1990s and the park was sold to the family Verheyen in 1995 The new owners also had a private collection of animals which were now transported to Olmen The park was in a bad condition due to mismanagement of Roothooft cages were not adapted to the animal needs and the number of customers was too low to make sufficient profits That s why the park was renovated The investments did succeed the number of visitors raised from 9 000 to 200 000 in the first year The circus tent was removed and no more acts were given On 11 October 2017 the zoo lost its license and was closed due to animal welfare breaches On 18 November 2017 the zoo reopened with a new license after fixing most problems and making a new masterplan 2 3 The zoo is now specialized in felidae African lions white tigers black leopards Eurasian lynx Servals and cougars The zoo has more than 200 different birds such as parrots owls eagles flamingos gruiformes and threskiornithidae The zoo has of course other animals such as simian rodents small mammals deers snakes and bears 4 5 References edit Demuynck Wouter 23 June 2019 Olmense Zoo wordt Pakawi Park Olmen Zoo becomes Pakawi Park in Dutch Retrieved 1 May 2020 DPG Media Privacy Gate Olmense Zoo krijgt nieuwe erkenning en heropent op 18 november Teken van vertrouwen in nieuwe aanpak Official site Olmen Zoo Dutch https www pakawipark be gt 51 07 39 N 5 08 48 E 51 1276 N 5 1468 E 51 1276 5 1468 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pakawi Park amp oldid 1117749395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
