Peking Zoological Garden

Peking Zoological Garden

also called  Peking Zoo,  

      zoological garden on the western outskirts of Peking, founded in 1906 by the empress dowager Tz'u-hsi (Cixi). The zoo is managed by the Peking Office of Parks and Forestry, financed with government funds, and noted for its collection of rare Asian species.

      The Peking Zoo served chiefly as an experimental farm from 1911 to 1949, when the Chinese Communists took control of Peking. The Communist government renovated the 56-ha (138-ac) zoo and reopened it to the public shortly thereafter. In 1952 an elephant house was built, and since that time a large carnivore enclosure, a primate house, and an aquatic animal house have been added. The zoo's collection has grown to more than 4,000 specimens of about 485 species. Among the rare primates in the collection are snub-nosed monkeys and white-headed langurs. It also includes unusual ungulates such as the kiang (a wild ass), the white-lipped deer, and the little-known takin (a heavily built, mountain-dwelling, hoofed mammal). The very rare white-eared pheasant was kept from extinction by the work of the Peking Zoo, and the zoo was the first to breed the giant panda. A large collection of fishes featuring unusual varieties of goldfish is also maintained by the zoo.

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