Perth Zoo

Perth Zoo

Perth Zoo is a major tourist attraction in Perth with a huge collection of some of the most extraordinary animals on this earth. It is one of the most outstanding zoos with a strong conservation, recreation, research and education mission attracting 550,000 visitors a year.

The Zoo in Perth, Australia opened in 1898 initially with just two lions, a tiger and six staff members. As of now the zoo is 1825 specimen of 256 species and more than 200 staff strong and stands as a strong component of Perth tourism. Perth Zoo has remained open all 365 days a year since its inception. Some of the main attractions in the zoo are the sections called African Savanna, Asian Rainforest Zone, Australian Walkabout, World of Birds and Nocturnal House. The main focus of the zoo is on Indian Ocean rim species and South American primates.

This famous Perth tourist attraction is not just a zoo for entertainment. It entails a lot more social responsibility through the adoption of breeding of endangered species program as well as other environment conservation initiatives.

Under the breeding of endangered species scheme animals such as Rothschild giraffe, white rhinoceros, Siberian tigers and orangutans have been helped to breed faster and grow more in number in Perth Zoo. Some of the successful breeding programs are that of shark bay mouse, numbat, dibbler and the sun bear among others.

The zoo provides very good facilities to the visitors with adequate catering, transport, children amusement, information service, educational facilities and toilets. The Perth Zoo has also taken up the water, energy and waste issue seriously by setting up eight bores, waste composites and solar power electric fences.

Perth Zoo is worth a visit not just for entertainment sake but for the sake of general awareness and children education.

The address of Perth Zoo is:
PO Box 489, South Perth
Western Australia 9151.

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