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Beijing Panda House
The
Beijing Zoo was built in 1906 and opened
to the
public in 1908 with an area of about 10 hectares and a few humble
pavilions to house the animals. At that time only several dozens of
species were shown. such as lions, tigers, leopards and monkeys. Now
the Beijing Zoo covers an area of about 50 hectares. The animal houses
and enclosures, with a total floor space of 40,000 square metres,
include those for pandas, elephants, brown and polar bears, tigers,
hippopotami, rhinoceros, antelopes, giraffes and reptiles. More than
6,000 animals of over 500 species are on show. Among them are giant
pandas, golden monkeys, addaxes, tigers from Northeast China, elks,
yaks, precious birds and gold fish. Also on show ale rare animals from
various continents, such as hippopotami, zebras, giraffes. Chimpanzees,
lions and antelopes from Africa, parrots from South America, birds and
kangeroos from Australia, polar bears from the Arctic, bisons from
Europe and Asian apes. |
