Furuviksparken
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60°39′5″N 17°19′58″E / 60.65139°N 17.33278°E / 60.65139; 17.33278
Date opened1900
LocationFuruvik
Websitewww.furuvik.se Edit this at Wikidata

Furuvik Zoo (Swedish: Furuviksparken) is an amusement park and zoo in Furuvik, Sweden.[1]

Location

The zoo is located in Furuvik, near Gävle, Sweden.[2]

History

Furuviksparken was founded in 1900 by Oscar Jakobsson and officially opened by count Olle Cronstedt. In 1938 the zoo was bought by Gösta Nygren, who managed the zoo for 45 years. Nygren established a youth circus, Furuviksbarnen (the children of Furuvik), which became the main attraction not only in the park but also on travelling tours. Nyhren also introduced live concerts with famous artists, like Louis Armstrong, Jussi Björling and Sammy Davis.

Gävle Municipality took over the park 1983, again sold to Tom Widorson in 2004, and in 2010 sold to the present owner, Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB.

Chimpanzees

Santino

The zoo attracted a degree of international attention when it was reported in March 2009 that a chimpanzee residing there had planned attacks on visitors. Santino planned attacks by taking stones from the protective moat and placing them only on the side facing the visitors on the island where he lived. Later, when the visitors arrived, he would throw the stones across the moat at them.

This shows that the cognitive ability for forward planning is not uniquely human.[3][4]

After five chimpanzees' escape from the zoo in December 2022, three were shot dead - the 3-year-old Torsten, Linda and Santino -, one was wounded, and one returned to the zoo.[2][5] Later, a fourth was shot dead.[6]

External links

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References

  1. ^ "Välkommen – Furuvik". furuvik.se. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Three chimpanzees shot dead after escape from Swedish zoo". the Guardian. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ Sample, Ian (9 March 2009). "Chimp who threw stones at zoo visitors showed human trait, says scientist". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  4. ^ Skandinaviens första anläggning för studier av människoapors tänkande Archived 11 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, pressmeddelande från Lunds universitet 30 maj 2008 (sidan besökt 30 juli 2009)
  5. ^ Nyheter, SVT. (17 December 2022). "Schimpansen Santino är död". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  6. ^ Nyheter, SVT (17 December 2022). "Schimpanser rymde från Furuviksparken – detta har hänt". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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