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Ranua Wildlife Park

Ranua Wildlife Park
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Ranua Wildlife Park logo
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Ranua Zoo entrance
Date opened 1983
Location Ranua, Lapland, Finland
Coordinates 65°56′32″N 026°28′06″E / 65.94222°N 26.46833°E / 65.94222; 26.46833Coordinates: 65°56′32″N 026°28′06″E / 65.94222°N 26.46833°E / 65.94222; 26.46833
No. of species 50
Volume of largest tank 200
Memberships EAZA
Website www.ranuazoo.com/english.iw3

Ranua Wildlife Park (Finnish: Ranuan eläinpuisto, better known as Ranua Zoo) is a zoo that opened in 1983 in the municipality of Ranua, Lapland, Finland. It is the northernmost zoo in the world. The zoo's animals consist of approximately 50 wild animal species and 200 individuals, including top predators such as lynx, brown bears and wolves but also European moose and deers. The zoo has Finland's only polar bears in artificial snow.

The Ranua Wildlife Park is an accredited member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).



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