Kampot Zoo

Teuk Chhou Zoo
Date opened 2000
Location Kampot, Cambodia
Land area 23 hectares
Number of animals 150
Number of species 52
Owner Nhim Vanda

Kampot Zoo (Teuk Chhou Waterfall Crop Garden and Zoo) is about 10 km from the provincial town of Kampot, Cambodia. The Zoo was established in 1999, and opened in 2000 by senator Nhim Vanda, who as of 2014 owned it and Bayap Zoo in Prey Veng Province’s Kamchay Mear District.[1]

Spanning over 23 hectares, it is the second-largest zoo in Cambodia.

In 2006 the Zoo housed over 150 animals of 52 species, and added four hippopotamuses, four zebras and several ostriches .[2]

In 2011, Kampot Zoo cooperated with Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre to improve animal facilities and work routines in the Zoo.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Official Buys Exotic African Animals for Zoo". Cambodia Daily. Accessed March 02, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Official Buys Exotic African Animals for Zoo". Cambodia daily. Accessed March 02, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Update from Teuk Chhou Zoo". Wildlife Alliance. Accessed March 02, 2014.

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