What are the best collections in Italy?

Luca Bronzi

Luca Bronzi

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I can mention Oasi di Sant'Alessio,which has several rare birds like cocks of the rocks and birds of paradise.
 
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FunkyGibbon said:
Have you been? We don't even have a gallery for it.
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We do, however, have a subforum for it - which make me suspect that the gallery might have been deleted at some point or other, whether accidentally or not.

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Found the gallery - for some reason it is located as a sub-gallery of a collection in Denmark, as are several other Italian zoos......
 
I've been twice there (even if 10 years ago), I can confirm it's a nice collection, I'd also say Parco Natura Viva has a great collection, Bioparco di Roma has some pearls too, La Torbiera also, mainly endangered animals, Zoom Torino has some animals really hard to be found in Italy (Mhorr and Thompson gazelles, impalas, mongoz lemurs...), Le Cornelle collection is also big, Parco Zoo Punta Verde has a nice one too
 
Piko said:
I've been twice there (even if 10 years ago), I can confirm it's a nice collection, I'd also say Parco Natura Viva has a great collection, Bioparco di Roma has some pearls too, La Torbiera also, mainly endangered animals, Zoom Torino has some animals really hard to be found in Italy (Mhorr and Thompson gazelles, impalas, mongoz lemurs...), Le Cornelle collection is also big, Parco Zoo Punta Verde has a nice one too
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Where can I see the collection of La Torbiera?


I can also add Zoo delle Maitine,which has Plains viscahas,mona monkeys and Cape hyraxes
 
Doesn't the aquarium in Genoa have some rare fish species, being one of Europe's largest aquaria and all? If anything, they have manatees.

Parco Zoo della Fauna Europea also seems to (if Zootierliste is somewhat up-to-date) have a couple of native species that are relatively uncommon in captivity.
 
La Torbiera has its own website (as almost every zoo)

Yes Genoa aquarium has a great collection, I didn't think about aquariums

Yeah there are places (even not good ones) that sometimes have rare species (like a zoo with one white bearded wildebeest, that is Parco Safari delle Langhe)
 
Piko said:
La Torbiera has its own website (as almost every zoo)

Yes Genoa aquarium has a great collection, I didn't think about aquariums

Yeah there are places (even not good ones) that sometimes have rare species (like a zoo with one white bearded wildebeest, that is Parco Safari delle Langhe)
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Parco Safari delle Langhe is one of the worst italian zoos. I don't advice to go there if you want to see a good italian zoo. White bearded wildebeest can be found also in other zoos like Naples zoo, Safari Fasano and Pombia Safari Park...

Concerning the quality of the collections, I think that some rarities can be found at Parco Natura Viva, Le Cornelle and La Torbiera (maybe the most interesting collection for a zoochat member).
Also Valcorba - near Venice - and Pistoia have some nice species and are growing.
Sant'Alessio is very good if you are passionate about birds and, of course, Genoa is a great aquarium.
 
Piko said:
Le Cornelle collection is also big
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I found Le Cornelle's collection outstandingly ordinary. There are a few somewhat unusual species (striped hyena comes to mind), cape giraffes are indeed rare and their big cat collection is solid, but the far, far majority of the zoo's collection consists of ABC species. It doesn't help that Le Cornelle seems intrinsically focussed on large animals.

Le Cornelle is not a great choice if you want rare species. It is a more than decent zoo however, although the appearent focus on aesthetics over animal welfare did bother me a few times.
 
Naples zoo has these rarities:

White bearded wildebeest.
Water false cobra.
The only De Brazza's monkeys in Italy.
Dama mesopotamica (a breeding group)

It isn't great,but probably the situation's going to change
 
Mr. Zootycoon said:
I found Le Cornelle's collection outstandingly ordinary. There are a few somewhat unusual species (striped hyena comes to mind), cape giraffes are indeed rare and their big cat collection is solid, but the far, far majority of the zoo's collection consists of ABC species. It doesn't help that Le Cornelle seems intrinsically focussed on large animals.

Le Cornelle is not a great choice if you want rare species. It is a more than decent zoo however, although the appearent focus on aesthetics over animal welfare did bother me a few times.
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You are right, most of the zoo's collection consist of ABC species, but overall it is still one of the best of italian zoos. They have a very good big cats collection (Amur tigers, cheetahs, african lions, leopards of unknown origin, snow leopards - they had two beautiful cubs last year -, cougars and clouded leopards, that are very rare in Italy and you can find them only here or in La Torbiera). They have also a few rarities such as the striped hyena that you mentioned, the hyacinth macaws, the american flamingos -that are not common in Italy - and the only bongos in Italy.
 
Marco Penello said:
Parco Safari delle Langhe is one of the worst italian zoos. I don't advice to go there if you want to see a good italian zoo. White bearded wildebeest can be found also in other zoos like Naples zoo, Safari Fasano and Pombia Safari Park...

Concerning the quality of the collections, I think that some rarities can be found at Parco Natura Viva, Le Cornelle and La Torbiera (maybe the most interesting collection for a zoochat member).
Also Valcorba - near Venice - and Pistoia have some nice species and are growing.
Sant'Alessio is very good if you are passionate about birds and, of course, Genoa is a great aquarium.
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I really don't advice visiting that zoo too, by the way I meant white-tailed wildebeest, I'm sorry

Zoom Torino is planned to grow in the next years too, they have found a new investitor
 
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