page_title: Diergaarde Blijdorp
section_title: Breeding programs
hierarchical_section_title: Diergaarde Blijdorp / Breeding programs
caption_attribution_description: Ailurus fulgens English: Red Panda at Diergaarde Blijdorp (Rotterdam Zoo), Netherlands.
context_page_description: Diergaarde Blijdorp, officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam. It is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands, and has been operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde. Divided into several zoogeographic regions, the 26-hectare Blijdorp Zoo boasts well over 180 species. It also has a shop, multiple cafes, and an information centre.
  The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. In 2007, it celebrated its 150th anniversary.
context_section_description: Diergaarde Blijdorp participates in about 70 breeding programs and studbooks, and coordinates a number of these, including the international breeding program for red pandas, EEPs for Asian elephant, Komodo dragon, red-crowned and Siberian crane, Visayan warty pig and Egyptian tortoise, and the ESB (European Studbook) for the crowned pigeons.
caption: A red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) in the zoo, which coordinates the international breeding program for this species
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