{{Infobox zoo | name = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | image = | image_width = | image_caption = | slogan = | date_opened = {{start-date|1933}} | date_opening = | date_closed = | location = [[Nykøbing Falster|Nykøbing]], [[Falster]] | coordinates = {{coord|54|46|01|N|11|53|29|E|display=title, inline}} | area = | floorspace = | num_animals = | num_species = 80 | largest_tank_vol = | total_tank_vol = | annual_visitors = | members = | exhibits = | owner = | director = | management = | publictransit = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | date_established = }} '''Guldborgsund Zoo''' ({{langx|da|Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanisk Have}}; "Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanic Gardens") is a zoo with some 80 species of animals. Located in [[Nykøbing Falster|Nykøbing]] on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of [[Falster]], its gardens display thousands of flowers in the summer months.<ref>[http://www.visitdenmark.com/guldborgsund-zoo-botanic-gardens-gdk615495 "Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanic Gardens"]. VisitDenmark. Retrieved 21 December 2012.</ref>
==History== The zoological garden was established in 1933 by Carl Heinz Krag, a 20-year-old pet shop owner, with help from friends and family. There were over 100,000 visitors in the first year. The facility closed during [[World War II]], but re-opened afterwards, becoming a people's park in 1970.<ref name="guldborgsundzoo.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.guldborgsundzoo.dk/en/node/8|title=Om haven|work=guldborgsundzoo.dk|language=Danish|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref>
==Features== Known earlier as '''Nykøbing Falster Zoo''', Guldborgsund Zoo is popularly known as ''Folkeparken'' or "The People's Park" as it is a pleasant family attraction with many facilities for the animals. On entering, visitors meet two rocky caves with Asian dwarf otters. The zoo also has several aviaries, the recent ones far more impressive than the older, rather dark pheasant farms. Open areas house [[ungulate]]s, [[Chital|chital deer]] and [[llama]]s. In the old tropical house, there are [[capuchin monkey]]s, [[marmoset]]s, and a terrarium for reptiles including [[iguana]]s and snakes. The new South American tropical house exhibits [[snap turtle]]s and [[Cuvier's dwarf caiman|dwarf caiman]]s. The last facility on the route is a tiger cage.<ref>[http://zoos.dk/zoos.asp?id=121 "Guldborgsund Zoo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616034234/http://zoos.dk/zoos.asp?id=121 |date=2013-06-16 }}, Zoos.dk. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 21 December 2012.</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.guldborgsundzoo.dk/ Official website]
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