Loefling Zoo

Loefling Zoo
Parque Zoológico Loefling
Interactive map of Loefling Zoo
Parque Zoológico Loefling
8°17′44″N 62°42′12″W / 8.29556°N 62.70333°W / 8.29556; -62.70333
LocationCiudad Guayana,
Venezuela

The Loefling Zoo (Spanish: Zoológico Loefling) Also Zoological Park Loefling (Spanish: Parque Zoológico Loefling) was a publicly owned zoological garden located southwest of Cachamay Park, in Ciudad Guayana, part of the Bolivar State in the Venezuelan Guayana region. It received its name in honor of the Swedish botanist Pehr Löfling. He was one of the first to make the fauna and flora of this region known to science, and he died near Ciudad Guayana.

Its administration and management were the responsibility of the state-owned Venezuelan Guiana Corporation (CVG, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana) under the supervision of the National Foundation of Zoological Parks and Aquariums of Venezuela. (ZOO-AC-V015)

Among the species that could previously be seen in this park are: the Orinoco caiman, monkeys, deer, barnacles, chiguires (capybara), babas, baculi, reptiles, morrocoyes (tortoises) and many other species that inhabit there, some in controlled captivity and others in shape natural.

You could also see trees like mahogany, samanes, araguaneyes, apamates, oaks and ceibas.

The place is currently abandoned.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Parque Zoológico Loefling
  2. ↑ Kohnstamm, Thomas (2007-01-01). Venezuela (in Italian). EDT srl. ISBN 9788860401571.
  3. ↑ Kohnstamm, Thomas; Kohn, Beth (2007-01-01). Lonely Planet Venezuela. Lonely Planet. p. 387. ISBN 9781741045451. Parque zoológico Loefling.
  4. ↑ Corporación Venezolana de Guayana en marcha (in Spanish). Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, División de Relaciones Públicas. 1980-01-01.
  5. ↑ Informe anual - Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (in Spanish). La Corporación. 1977-01-01.
  6. ↑ Boada, Joelnix (2020-02-28). "Del Parque Loefling solo quedan jaulas llenas de monte – Correo del Caroní" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-10-10.
  7. ↑ PRIMICIA, Redacción; Diaz, Nairovis (2026-07-19). "Denuncian falta de mantenimiento del parque Loefling de Puerto Ordaz". Diario Primicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-10-10.