Dobrich Zoo
History and Animals
In 1996, Reuters published a photo of a little kangaroo and his mother in their cage in the now closed Dobrich zoo. The publication described the miserable conditions animals were living in. Barbara Gehring, a Swiss ecologist saw the photo and decided to help. She organized charity events and this led to the formation of a Bulgarian-Swiss project which created a new Dobrich zoo in 2003.
There are 40 different species of animals living in the zoo, including roe deer, red deer, red-necked wallabies, raccoons, llamas, alpacas, mouflon, european bison, Przewalski's horse, and two brown bears named Berna and Kostadin.
There are also many species of birds, including eurasian eagle-owls, golden pheasants, peacocks, mute swans, rosy pelicans, white stork, and many fowl species.
The zoo has several ponds, which house red-eared slider turtles. There is also a bug hotel (insect hotel).
References
- ^ Municipality, Dobrich. "Nature and Animal Protection Centre". www.dobrich.bg. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
- ^ "Zoocenter Dobrich official website". www.zoocentredobrich.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.