ZOOLOGICAL PARK OF PARIS- VINCENNES

PARC ZOOLOGIQUE DE PARIS - VINCENNES 53, avenue Saint-Maurice F-75012 PARIS FRANCE Tél : (33) 1 44 75 20 10 Fax : (33) 1 43 43 54 73

In 1931, at the time of the colonial exposure, a provisional zoological park of 3 hectares, inspired of that of Hamburg, was built in the forest of Vincennes. Success was as such that the National museum of Natural History proposed the construction of a park much larger and final. Thus on 15 hectares of grounds yielded by the Town of Paris, the current Zoological park was inaugurated on June 2, 1934 by President Albert Lebrun.

The Zoological gardens of Paris form a part of the Laboratory of Conservation of the Animals species of the National Natural history museum of Natural History. This publicly-owned establishment "with a scientific, cultural and professional character" posseses an autonomous budget and does not receive any subsidy. Approximately 150 species of birds and 110 species of mammals are represented there (that is to say more than 1000 animals).
Reopening of the "Large Rock", new presentations of animals, modern teaching programs in order to meet the need of a closer contact with nature.