The zoo is a hectare in size, set over four levels on the rock.[2] None of the animals were purchased; all have come from donations, circuses, or abandoned animals and those seized by circuses.[2] Five animals came to the zoo after the 2009 closure of the zoo at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.[2]
The zoo formerly contained leopards, but these were released into the wild due to the efforts of campaigner Virginia McKenna, founder of the Born Free Foundation.[3] The two leopards, Pitou and Sirius, had been kept in a five-meter enclosure with a concrete floor.[4] McKenna had previously visited Monaco nine times in an attempt to petition Prince Rainier for the animal's release, she was finally granted a royal audience with Prince Albert after his ascension to the Monegasque throne in 2005.[3] Albert agreed to release the leopards to Born Free, with a promise to release the camel and hippo in the zoo at a later date. Albert also promised to turn the Zoological Gardens into a petting zoo.[3]
zoological, garden, monaco, jardin, animalier, monaco, located, esplanade, rainer, monaco, fontvieille, ward, southern, side, rock, monaco, established, rainier, prince, monaco, 1954, animals, held, representing, some, species, date, opened1954coordinates43, 7. The Jardin Animalier de Monaco is a zoo located on the Esplanade Rainer III in Monaco s Fontvieille ward on the southern side of the Rock of Monaco 1 It was established by Rainier III Prince of Monaco in 1954 1 250 animals are held in the zoo representing some 50 species 1 Zoological Garden of MonacoDate opened1954Coordinates43 43 52 62 N 7 25 5 83 E 43 7312833 N 7 4182861 E 43 7312833 7 4182861 Coordinates 43 43 52 62 N 7 25 5 83 E 43 7312833 N 7 4182861 E 43 7312833 7 4182861The zoo is a hectare in size set over four levels on the rock 2 None of the animals were purchased all have come from donations circuses or abandoned animals and those seized by circuses 2 Five animals came to the zoo after the 2009 closure of the zoo at Saint Jean Cap Ferrat 2 The zoo formerly contained leopards but these were released into the wild due to the efforts of campaigner Virginia McKenna founder of the Born Free Foundation 3 The two leopards Pitou and Sirius had been kept in a five meter enclosure with a concrete floor 4 McKenna had previously visited Monaco nine times in an attempt to petition Prince Rainier for the animal s release she was finally granted a royal audience with Prince Albert after his ascension to the Monegasque throne in 2005 3 Albert agreed to release the leopards to Born Free with a promise to release the camel and hippo in the zoo at a later date Albert also promised to turn the Zoological Gardens into a petting zoo 3 References Edit a b c Zoological Garden Visit Monaco Zoological Gardens Visit Monaco Retrieved 25 May 2013 a b c Zoological Garden Recrea Nice Wildlife Garden Zoo Monaco RecreaNice Retrieved 25 May 2013 a b c Gilchrist Roderick 26 January 2008 Leopards incredible journey to freedom The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 19 December 2008 Retrieved 24 May 2013 Gilchrist Roderick 13 January 2011 Virginia McKenna Freedom s deadly price The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 25 May 2013 External links EditOfficial website This Monaco related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zoological Garden of Monaco amp oldid 1104922281, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
