1880-89

20th March 1882
Ueno Zoo
(Tokyo Ueno, Kanto, Japan) The zoo started life as a menagerie attached to the National Museum of Natural History. In 1881, responsibility for this menagerie was handed to naturalist and civil servant Tanaka Yoshio, who oversaw its transition into a public zoo. The ground was originally estate of the imperial family, but was bestowed (恩賜, onshi, forming the first part of the name in Japanese, untranslated officially) to the municipal government in 1924 — along with Ueno Park — on the occasion of crown prince Hirohito's wedding.
8th September 1882
Zoo Wuppertal
(Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) On December 5, 1879, the “Zoological Garden” stock corporation was founded in Elberfeld. Many well-known Elberfeld citizens, including e.g. B. August Freiherr von der Heydt, subscribe to shares at 300 marks each. There are heated debates about the location of the future zoo. On September 8, 1881, the zoological garden opened with 34 animals, including a bear and a pair of wolves.
23rd May 1883
Adelaide Zoo
(Adelaide, Australia) The society officially commenced on 23 July 1878 at a meeting attended by prominent Adelaide citizens.   From the outset, the society has had a keen interest in the care and preservation of both native and exotic rare and endangered species.  The name chosen at the time was The Acclimatisation Society of South Australia.  It later became known as the SA Acclimatisation and Zoological Society and the government granted land for a zoological garden on six hectares obtained from the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. In 1882, the name changed again to SA Zoological and Acclimatisation Society. 23rd May 1883 the zoo opened its gates
28th May 1884
Lisbon Zoo
(Lisbon Zoo, Portugal) Sousa Martins, and May Figueira. owner of the largest aviary in the Portugal at the time.  They recruited the help of civil engineer Lino Bento de Sousa, 2nd Baron of Kessler Frederico Luís Hermano, and even D. Fernando II, along with several others. On 5th September 1883, after much preparation and financing a deed was prepared for the zoo. After which construction began on the required facilities to operate the zoo. On 28 May 1884, the Lisbon Zoo was opened to the public. It housed a collection of 1127 animals available for viewing. Some of which were donated by the Portuguese royal family and other dignitaries.The zoo was originally located in the park of São Sebastião da Pedreira.
1884
Biodiversarium
(Banyuls sur Mer, Occitanie, France) In the early 1880s, after founding the Roscoff marine station on the English Channel, the Sorbonne zoologist, Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, decided to prospect the Mediterranean coast to set up a second station. The rocky coast near Spain offered a great diversity of habitats and organisms and Lacaze-Duthiers was seduced by the site of Banyuls-sur-Mer to build this new laboratory. The act of creation of the laboratory dates back to 1881, but it was not until 1882 that the "Arago Laboratory" opened its doors in its current location with laboratories, offices, a library and a local boat that was rented for sea trips. The public aquarium was inaugurated around 1884-85 and the first students arrived soon after.
1884
Tierpark Köthen
(Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) There has been animals in this park since the year 1700, like a pheasants house was erected 1711. Exotic pheasants were added 1884.
16th January 1888
BioParque do Rio
(Rio de Janeiro Zoo, Brazil) After a trip to Paris in the 1870s, businessman João Batista Viana Drummond was impressed by the urbanism of that capital at the time and, as a friend of Emperor Dom Pedro II , acquired the former Fazenda dos Macacos from Princess Isabel for 120 contos de réis in 1872 , in the current neighborhood of Vila Isabel, implementing a large urbanization project that would culminate, on January 16 , 1888 , in the inauguration of a zoo. In the same year, the businessman received the title of Baron of Drummond. An animal lover , he had authorization from the empire to import them, keeping specimens of various species in his residence . In this way, he installed the first modern zoo in the city and in the country (it is believed that he was still inspired by his trip to Paris) in a park with streams and artificial lakes.
1st May 1888
Sofia Zoo
(Sofia, Bulgaria) The Royal Zoological Gardens of Sofia is the oldest zoo of the Balkan Peninsula. Founded in 1888 by Tsar Ferdinand.
1889
Korkeasaari
(Helsinki, Finland) Everything started back in the beginning of the 19th century, where the citizens of Helsinki used the island as aplace for retreat and hiking. Lieutenant Fabricitius visited the Zoo of Copenhagen and Stockholm and got the inspiration to add animals to his restaurant.
1899
Toyohashi Zoo & Botanical Park
(Toyohashi, Chubu, Japan) Masajiro Ando opened a private zoo named “Ando Zoo”
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