Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park (広島市安佐動物公園, Hiroshima-shi Asa Dōbutsukōen) is a zoo in Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park | |
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Date opened | September 1, 1971 |
Location | Dobutsuen, Asa-cho, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima |
No. of species | 170 |
Memberships | JAZA |
Website | http://www.asazoo.jp/ |
Asa Zoological Park opened in 1971 in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima as the 62nd zoo in Japan. The gross area of the zoo is 49.6 ha. There are about 170 varieties of animals including giraffes, lions, black rhinoceroses, lesser pandas, woylies, Japanese giant salamanders and macaws. This zoo is one of the only parks that holds African forest elephants outside their native range.
They recruit citizen volunteers to explain the animals in detail and with humor to visitors.
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