Zoo Băneasa
Zoo Băneasa is a zoo in Bucharest, Romania, located in a northern district of the city, called Băneasa. The park was founded in 1955 as a service of the Municipal Household Section of the People's Council of the Capital.
At that time, small livestock were spread in the parks of Cişmigiu, Carol I, Herastrau and Băneasa Forests.
Between the years 1955-1959 there is a progressive concentration of animals in the Baneasa Zoological Corner, where on 1 May 1959 the first visiting season was opened.
Since 1962, the title of the institution has become the Bucharest Zoo and in the same year it has been included in the International Yearbook of Zoological Gardens.
The Zoo, with a total area of 5.85 ha, is a public facility that maintains and exposes live, wild, indigenous and exotic collections of animals to achieve two main goals: preservation of fauna ; and training, education and recreation of the visitor audience.
