A REVIEW OF 2013
Overview of the key highlights of the fiscal year 2013:
- Zoo with rich variety of animals and species: At the end of the fiscal year 2013, Hellabrunn had 19,132 animals comprising 752 different species living at the zoo. This makes the zoo in Munich the most diverse zoo in Europe both in terms of the number of animals and the variety of species.- In the last fiscal year, 1,717,473 visitors visited Hellabrunn Zoo. This is the second highest attendance figure since the zoo was founded in 1911.
- Annual pass sales once again increased over the successful prior year figure: 30,668 annual passes were sold in 2013. This represents an increase of 25 per cent compared to 2012.
- The 10,000 m2 Giraffe Savannah opened on the Whitsun weekend in 2013, after only one year of construction. The new residents are reticulated giraffes, meerkats and porcupines, all living in close proximity to each other, just like in their African homeland.
- Animal births in 2013 include the birth of the polar bear twins on 9 December 2013, widely reported around the world. Other successes of targeted breeding programmes in 2013 include the birth of baby giraffes, gorillas and the endangered drill.
- Animals relocated from other European zoos to Hellabrunn Zoo and have been living in Munich since 2013 are as follows: cape hyrax, meerkats, swamp wallabies, porcupines, fats sand rats and Girgentana goats.
- Hellabrunn Zoo on social media: Hellabrunn Zoo's Facebook page went live in 2012. The Facebook page recorded a 143 per cent increase in Likes in the course of 2013 and currently stands at 15,210 Likes. The video clips posted on Hellabrunn’s YouTube channel to celebrate the birth of the polar bear twins in mid-December 2013 recorded almost 192,000 hits within two weeks.
Overview of the key highlights of the fiscal year 2013:
- Zoo with rich variety of animals and species: At the end of the fiscal year 2013, Hellabrunn had 19,132 animals comprising 752 different species living at the zoo. This makes the zoo in Munich the most diverse zoo in Europe both in terms of the number of animals and the variety of species.- In the last fiscal year, 1,717,473 visitors visited Hellabrunn Zoo. This is the second highest attendance figure since the zoo was founded in 1911.
- Annual pass sales once again increased over the successful prior year figure: 30,668 annual passes were sold in 2013. This represents an increase of 25 per cent compared to 2012.
- The 10,000 m2 Giraffe Savannah opened on the Whitsun weekend in 2013, after only one year of construction. The new residents are reticulated giraffes, meerkats and porcupines, all living in close proximity to each other, just like in their African homeland.
- Animal births in 2013 include the birth of the polar bear twins on 9 December 2013, widely reported around the world. Other successes of targeted breeding programmes in 2013 include the birth of baby giraffes, gorillas and the endangered drill.
- Animals relocated from other European zoos to Hellabrunn Zoo and have been living in Munich since 2013 are as follows: cape hyrax, meerkats, swamp wallabies, porcupines, fats sand rats and Girgentana goats.
- Hellabrunn Zoo on social media: Hellabrunn Zoo's Facebook page went live in 2012. The Facebook page recorded a 143 per cent increase in Likes in the course of 2013 and currently stands at 15,210 Likes. The video clips posted on Hellabrunn’s YouTube channel to celebrate the birth of the polar bear twins in mid-December 2013 recorded almost 192,000 hits within two weeks.
