Tel Aviv Zoo
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The Tel Aviv Zoo was a zoo
founded in 1938 and located in central Tel Aviv
, Israel
. The zoo was closed in 1981 and now the Gan Ha'Ir shopping mall
occupies this site.
In the late 1960s and the 1970s the zoo was one of the few zoos in the world to successfully breed flamingos.
In 1981, the animals were moved out of the city to the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan
. The Gan Ha'Ir shopping mall
now occupies the site of the former zoo. The zoo was home to four elephants when it was closed, two of which were moved to Ramat Gan and two of which were moved elsewhere. Three are still alive as of 2010.
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....
founded in 1938 and located in central Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. The zoo was closed in 1981 and now the Gan Ha'Ir shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
occupies this site.
History
When Rabbi Dr. Mordecai Schornstein arrived in Tel Aviv from Copenhagen in 1935, he had purchased some animals in Italy, and atarted a pet shop on Shenkin Street 15 which he named ‘Gan Hayot’ (‘zoo’ in Hebrew). In 1938 he started the zoo on Hayarkon Street 65. Once some lions and tigers were donated to the zoo it caused too much disruption in the neighborhood, and was moved to its location behind city hall in 1939.In the late 1960s and the 1970s the zoo was one of the few zoos in the world to successfully breed flamingos.
In 1981, the animals were moved out of the city to the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan
Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan
The Ramat Gan Safari, officially known as the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan, is a safari park and zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel. It opened to the general public in 1974 as an African animal park...
. The Gan Ha'Ir shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
now occupies the site of the former zoo. The zoo was home to four elephants when it was closed, two of which were moved to Ramat Gan and two of which were moved elsewhere. Three are still alive as of 2010.