This small seaside zoo opened with just Common Seals in 1968 and closed in 1987 with a collection of mostly Icelandic and Nordic animals but also exotic fauna such as Lions and Chimpanzees. It was in Hafnarfjordur, a town in the metropolitan Reykjavik area, one of only two zoos to have been founded in Iceland. Reykjavik Farm Zoo is the other. Many of the facilities were inadequate at best and horrible at worst. Between 1976 and 1990 they caught Killer Whales for zoos and sea life parks around the world. I have several guides and can answer questions if you PM or comment on these photos my dad took.
Chimpanzees were housed indoors next to the lions. What you see here is all you got. The lion cage was dark and inadequate, yet they bred there. The first pair came from Tierpark Hagenbeck and the second one from Kolmarden in Sweden.
