page_title: History of Zoo Basel
section_title: 1951-2000
hierarchical_section_title: History of Zoo Basel / 1951-2000
context_page_description: The Zoo Basel is located in Basel, Switzerland. Established in 1874, it is Switzerland's oldest and largest zoo and a major tourist attraction with nearly 1.7 million visitors per year.
  In 1870, the Ornithologiegesellschaft and the city of Basel started a project to establish a zoo where visitors could see Swiss and European animals. For this, the city provided land in the Birsig valley, which was, back then, outside the city walls South of Basel.
context_section_description: This time period was marked by the transformation of animal collecting cages to in- and outdoor exhibits.  Zoo Basel called it "creating an animal park".
caption: 1986: second rhino outdoor exhibit
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