Gidan shakatawa na namun daji na Fota

Wurin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife Park yana da  wurin shakatawa na namun daji wanda ke Tsibirin Fota, kusa da Carrigtwoill, County Cork, Ireland. An buɗe shi a shekarar 1983, wata ƙungiyar agaji ce mai zaman kanta, wacce ba ta neman riba ba, wacce ke ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren yawon buɗe ido, namun daji da kiyayewa a Ireland. Wurin shakatawa ya sami halartar baƙi 455,559 a shekarar 2017, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama wurin shakatawa na goma sha ɗaya mafi shahara a Ireland a wannan shekarar. 

Wurin shakatawa yana da kusan nau'ikan dabbobi masu shayarwa 30 da nau'ikan tsuntsaye 50. Wasu daga cikin dabbobin suna yawo cikin 'yanci tare da baƙi, kamar lemurs masu wutsiya da wallabies, yayin da manyan dabbobi, ciki har da raƙumi da bison, ke zaune a cikin filayen kiwo masu shinge waɗanda aka yi niyya don kada baƙi su ga dabbobin a cikin yanayi mai kyau. Wurin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife Park kuma yana da ja pandas, tapirs, siamang gibbons da sauran nau'ikan dabbobi.

 Tarihi da ci gaba 

 Gidauniya 
Tsibirin Fota shine tsohon gidan dangin Smith-Barry, zuriyar mutanen Norman da suka zo Ireland a ƙarni na 12.  Duk da cewa filayen iyalin sun fi yawa a asali, sun ragu akan lokaci har sai da aka takaita su ga Tsibirin Fota. An sayar da kadarorin ga Kwalejin Jami'a Cork a shekarar 1975. 

A halin yanzu, Gidan Zoo na Dublin ya kai ga babban ci gaba tare da sararin da ake da shi. Don haka a shekarar 1979, darektan Gidan Zoo na Dublin ya gabatar wa Majalisar Ƙungiyar Kula da Dabbobi ta Ireland cewa a kafa wurin shakatawa na namun daji,  kuma an gabatar da wurin da ke Tsibirin Fota.  A wannan shekarar aka amince da cewa ƙungiyar za ta kafa wurin shakatawa na namun daji a Fota. Kwalejin Jami'a Cork ta bayar da filin kyauta a ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyar lasisi. Wurin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife ya zama aikin haɗin gwiwa na Ƙungiyar Kula da Dabbobi ta Ireland da Kwalejin Jami'a Cork. An kafa kwamitocin tara kuɗi a Dublin da Cork. An tara dukkan kuɗaɗen don ci gaban ne daga biyan kuɗin jama'a, ban da tallafin da Bord Fáilte ya bayar don shingen kewaye.

Dabbobin farko sun fara isa wurin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife Park a ƙarshen shekarar 1982, kuma an buɗe wurin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife Park a lokacin bazara na shekarar 1983 ta hannun shugaban ƙasar Ireland na wancan lokacin, Dr. Patrick Hillery . 

 Manyan kuliyoyi da gidan wurare masu zafi 
Wurin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife Park ya yi bikin cika shekaru 30 da kafuwa a ranar 22 ga Yuni 2013,  kuma bayan wannan bikin, ya sanar da ƙara "Gidan Yanayi" da kuma "Masaukin Asiya" mai fadin eka 27.  Ya zuwa shekarar 2017, an buɗe wuraren zama na damisa na Sumatran, karkanda na Indiya, macaques masu wutsiya da zakunan Asiya a cikin "Masaukin Asiya".   

 Kyaututtuka 
An ba Fota Wildlife Park kyautar 'Mafi Kyawun Ranar Iyali' ga Munster da Cork a lokuta da dama. [ <span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (November 2016)">ta wa?</span> ] A watan Nuwamba na 2016, an ba shi kyautar 'Kwarewar Makomar Shekara' ta Abokan Ciniki Insights (CXi).  Haka kuma yana cikin Manyan Gidajen Dabbobi/Wuraren Shakatawa na Dabbobi 25 a Turai a cikin Kyautar Zaɓar Masu Tafiya ta Tripadvisor ta 2015. 

 Shirin Talabijin 
Tun daga farkon shekarar 2020, an nuna filin shakatawa na Fota Wildlife Park a cikin wani shirin gaskiya a gidan talabijin na Virgin Media . An dauki shirin, mai suna Fota: Into the Wild, a wurin shakatawa tsawon shekaru biyu, tare da kuma bayar da wasu daga cikin ayyukan kiyaye muhalli da ma'aikatan wurin shakatawa ke gudanarwa (tare da wasu ayyukan daukar fim da suka shafi ayyukan Madagascar da Romania).  

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