Calgary Zoo | Canada's Most Visited Zoo | One of the Top Zoos in the World | Summer Walk | 4K
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- Calgary Zoo on St. George's Island
Date opened: 9 January 1929
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates: 51°02′45″N 114°02′00″W
Land area: 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
No. of animals: Over 1,000
No. of species: 272
Memberships: WAZA, AZA, CAZA
Major exhibits: Panda Passage (currently no pandas), Penguin Plunge, Land of Lemurs, Canadian Wilds, Prehistoric Park, Destination Africa, African Rainforest, Eurasia.
Website www.calgaryzoo.com/
The Calgary Zoo is located in Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, just east of the city's downtown and adjacent to the Inglewood and East Village neighborhoods. It is accessible via Calgary's C-Train light rail system, by car via Memorial Drive, and by bicycle and footpath via the Bow River pathway. A large portion of the zoo is located on St. George's Island in the Bow River.
The zoo is operated by the Calgary Zoological Society, an independent not-for-profit organization that is Alberta's oldest registered charity. The AZA, WAZA, and CAZA accredited zoo was among the first in Canada to be accredited by all three associations. It is home to over 1,000 animals, excluding individual fish and insects, and 272 different species. The 120-acre zoo is organized by into seven distinct zones: Destination Africa, Canadian Wilds, Penguin Plunge, Dorothy Harvie Botanical Gardens and ENMAX Conservatory, TransAlta Rainforest, Eurasia, and Prehistoric Park. The zoo is open every day except for Christmas Day.
As Canada's most visited zoo, Calgary Zoo was in 2015 recognized by TripAdvisor with its Travellers' Choice Award. The zoo has also received international recognition as one of the top zoos in the world for conservation research. In 2013, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums said "the Calgary Zoo sets itself apart as one of the top zoos in the world." In 2015 the zoo was named one of the top three most respected organizations in Alberta and one of Alberta's 10 most beloved brands.
Conservation
One third of the zoo's 130 species are cared for within Species Survival Plans, a global initiative to protect at-risk genetic diversity. Twenty-nine species at the zoo are in danger of extinction. Other species are considered "ambassadors" for endangered species. The Calgary Zoo uses a team of educators including animal keepers, interpreters, teachers, and volunteers to increase awareness among visitors about the beauty of nature and threats to wildlife. Each year the zoo's formal programs connect directly with more than 575,000 adults and children.
The Calgary Zoo is home to a team of biologists who have earned international recognition as North America's leaders in the science of species recovery and reintroduction. The science journal Nature rates the Calgary Zoo as one of the top five zoos in the world for conservation research, alongside New York, San Diego, Frankfurt, and London. In June 2012, the head of the Calgary Zoo's Centre for Conservation Research, Dr. Axel Möhrenschlager, was awarded the Canadian Wildlife Federation's Roland Michener Conservation Award which recognizes individuals who have shown a commitment to "promote, enhance, and further the conservation of Canada's natural resources". Dr. Moehrenschlager is chair of the Reintroduction Specialist Group within the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the world's largest conservation network. He is the first North American to hold this position.
The zoo focused on saving eight highly endangered Western Canada species: whooping crane, Vancouver Island marmot, swift fox, black-footed ferret, black-tailed prairie dog, burrowing owl, northern leopard frog and greater sage grouse. It also works on conservation projects around the world, including:
Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, Ghana
Snow leopards in Central Asia, and
Gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In 2008, the zoo's Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary project, a collaboration involving 17 Ghana villages, was awarded the United Nations Equator Prize as one of the world's top 25 conservation initiatives. It has become a model for community-based conservation throughout Africa.
Other/Former Animals
The Pandas are not there anymore. The zoo contained a flock of Chilean flamingos next to the enclosure containing both a herd of alpacas and greater rheas. Prior to the 2013 flooding, the zoo also had an area section dedicated to South American animals such as giant anteaters, red-bellied piranhas and various New World monkeys, as well as a number of birds including several species of macaw and two Andean condors.
There also used to be an Australian animal portion, notorious for the Creatures of the Night exhibit, mostly consisting of various nocturnal animals such as bats. Also present were a number of kangaroos, emus, monitor lizards, and for a brief temporary time, koalas.
Indian peafowl are allowed to venture around openly and freely across the zoo grounds, and are taken to an off-site facility for the winter months.
Beautiful zoo 👍
I have heard a lot about the Calgary Zoo. As Canada's most visited zoo, Calgary Zoo was in 2015 recognized by “TripAdvisor” with its Travellers' Choice Award.
The zoo has also received international recognition as one of the top zoos in the world (ranked among the Top 5 in the world) for conservation research.
In 2013, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums said "the Calgary Zoo sets itself apart as one of the top zoos in the world."
In 2015 the zoo was named one of the top three most respected organizations in Alberta and one of Alberta's 10 most beloved brands.
Thanks a lot for the feedback
I found Calgary Zoo a great outdoor escape with family ❤️
How you use the word " great outdoor escape for your family When visiting a zoo 🤔 ??
Great video! About Calgary Zoo, this video looks quite precise ❤ 2:24
I enjoyed the video with my family. Kids loved it 🥰 keep making more videos please
Thanks a lot for inspiration.
Wow 😄 love this place 😍
I went there 8 months ago :D
Calgary Zoo is the best 2:40
How beautiful the camera captures .That beautiful river .All these animals can never touch it or smell it .
They have to look and smell the exact same thing every day of their lives ..
Those wolves are going back and forth back and forth in their inclosure 😮😢. So sad to see .
The lizard I that same dirty water everyday..No privacy 😢.
Imagine how much money they make of these animals being in jail 😳..
Was there yesterday but did only half of the zoo, didn't know it was that big.🙂
Totally agree. Next time take more time.
I really enjoyed this video. Hopefully one day I will visit 😊 46:12
Calgary Zoo is top notch. Even though it's not as great as Miami Zoo because Miami has a tropical climate & environment which is nearly impossible for Calgary to compete with, it's better than the famous but not so visitor-friendly (in aspects of layout, animal-visitor interaction, quality & value of food services) San Diego Zoo which we just visited a few weeks ago.
I did some Changes in the Asia
I feel bad for alot of these animals...They don't have much space and they have no partner 😢 .
Thats why i don't go to these zoos. ..
Sad how alot of animals suffers because they are beautiful...
One of the top? very funny hahaha
It is among tops for conservation research in the world. Not for size or numbers of animals I guess 😊
Doesn't look anything special. Animals looks soooo bored and doesn't even care about anyone visiting them. Looks like boring as London Zoo. I only found the electric dinosaurs a bit interesting by their sounds and movements and some views...
1000% better than the dead zoo in edmonton