Valencia Bioparc
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Bioparc Valencia is a zoo
in Valencia, Spain. Property of the City Council of Valencia and designed and managed by Rainforest (a private spanish company devoted to building and managing zoos) it has a large collection of african fauna.
Located in Valencia's Turia riverbed, most of the animals moved to the new Bioparc facilities from the old city's zoo when the park opened in 2008.
in Spanish, consists in immersing visitors into the animals' habitat and not vice versa. This is achieved by not using the traditional railings and cages that are common in many zoos, using instead rivers, ponds, streams and rocks to separate visitors from the animals. Also, great care has been taking in reproducing the an eco-system, including an important collection of african flora.
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
in Valencia, Spain. Property of the City Council of Valencia and designed and managed by Rainforest (a private spanish company devoted to building and managing zoos) it has a large collection of african fauna.
Located in Valencia's Turia riverbed, most of the animals moved to the new Bioparc facilities from the old city's zoo when the park opened in 2008.
Zoo Concept
The concept of the zoo, called ZooimersionImmersion exhibit
An immersion exhibit is a naturalistic zoo environment that gives visitors the sense they're actually in the animals' habitats. Buildings and barriers are hidden...
in Spanish, consists in immersing visitors into the animals' habitat and not vice versa. This is achieved by not using the traditional railings and cages that are common in many zoos, using instead rivers, ponds, streams and rocks to separate visitors from the animals. Also, great care has been taking in reproducing the an eco-system, including an important collection of african flora.