Addis Ababa Zoo Explained

Zoo Name:	Addis Ababa Zoo
Location:	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Coordinates:	9.043°N 38.762°W

Addis Ababa Zoo (Amharic: አንበሳ ጊቢ, romanized: änəbäsa gibi lit. 'lion compound') is a zoological park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

History

The zoo was founded in 1948 by Emperor Haile Selassie I.

Fauna

The Addis Ababa Zoo keeps apes, lesser kudus, ducks, eagles and tortoises.^[1]

Several lions kept in the zoo were found to be genetically similar to wild Central African lions from Cameroon and Chad, but different to captive lions are Sana'a Zoo in Yemen, which were thought to be of Ethiopian origin, and wild lion samples from Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Parks in East Africa, and those of southwestern Africa and India.^{[2] [3]} Their extensive dark manes are similar to those of the Barbary and Cape lions.^[4]

See also

• Drakenstein Lion Park
• Rabat Zoo
• Khartoum Zoo

External links

• Lion Park / Zoo - Addis Ababa : Ethiopia

Notes and References

1. News: Gebrezgabiher . H. . Ethiopia: Addis Tourism Insight - Know the Public Parks . . 2017 . 2018-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203337/http://allafrica.com/stories/201707120819.html . 2018-05-29 . dead .
2. Bruche . S. . Gusset, M. . Lippold, S. . Barnett, R. . Eulenberger, K. . Junhold, J. . Driscoll, C. A. . Hofreiter, M. . A genetically distinct lion (Panthera leo) population from Ethiopia . European Journal of Wildlife Research . 2012 . 215–225 . 10.1007/s10344-012-0668-5 . 59 . 2.
3. Web site: A New, Genetically Distinct Lion Population is Found . https://web.archive.org/web/20121202125100/http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/30/a-new-genetically-distinct-lion-population-is-found/ . dead . December 2, 2012 . News Watch . National Geographic Society . 13 December 2015 . 2012.
4. Tefera . M. . Phenotypic and reproductive characteristics of lions (Panthera leo) at Addis Ababa Zoo . Biodiversity & Conservation . 12 . 8 . 1629–1639 . 2003 . 10.1023/A:1023641629538 .