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Monts de Gueret Animal Park
Zoo in Creuse department, France. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Monts de Gueret animal park — The Wolves of Chabrières (French: Parc animalier des monts de Guéret — Les Loups de Chabrières) is a 13 hectares (32 acres) public animal park[2] located close to Guéret in the commune and the prefecture of the Creuse department, Limousin, central France.[3]
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Monts de Gueret Animal Park | |
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![]() European grey wolves during the "feeding show" in the park | |
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46.126890°N 1.891300°E / 46.126890; 1.891300 | |
Date opening | 2001 |
Location | Chabrières forest, Guéret, Creuse department, France. |
Land area | over 13 hectares (32 acres) |
No. of animals | over 50 (wolves) |
No. of species | one major |
Annual visitors | 42,000 (in 2014)[1] |
Major exhibits | House of the Wolf Observatory |
Owner | Grand Gueret Urban Community |
Website | www |
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The park regularly receives biology and animal psychology students who do field studies of the animals. The students come from universities in Paris, Marseille, Limoges, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Rennes, Tours, Liège and also from the National veterinary school of Alfort.[4]
The park supports organizations such as FERUS and loup.org, in protecting the wolves of Europe.[4][5]
International Wolf Center also set up several programmes, helping to protect wolves.[6]