25th December 1915
Parque de la Biodiversidad
(Cordoba,Argentina) The German -Argentine immigrant José Ricardo Scherer , an experienced naturalist who had carried out zoological and botanical studies on expeditions throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Scherer, upon settling in the city and being surprised that it did not yet have a zoo, designed a project for its construction, which he presented to Governor Félix T. Garzón in 1912, although he failed to obtain positive results. Subsequently, Scherer himself presented a new project to Governor Ramón José Cárcano, in charge of a new provincial administration. This did manage to be approved with number 4554, series A of December 16, 1914, choosing for its location the area known as "Barranca de los Loros", being called that way because it had been a breeding center. of the Serrano Burrowing Parrot (Cyanoliseus patagonus conlara ), the subspecies of Burrowing Parrot from central Argentina. Its designers and architects thought of exhibiting a collection of the most outstanding animals from the various continents, in a setting of exuberant native vegetation of the Córdoba mountains.