Spain: Madrid Zoo Aquarium

Today I got a postcard from Spain.

The card shows the zoo in Madrid. Madrid is the capital of Spain. The zoo in Madrid was opened in 1770 as Casa de Fieras and moved as Madrid Zoo Aquarium to the Casa de Campo in 1972. The zoo houses 6000 animals of 500 species. On the card is a Giant Panda. In 1978 two Giant Pandas were presented the King of Spain by China. Today there are four Giant Pandas in Madrid. The card shows also a dolphin at the dolphinarium. The dolphinarium was built in 1987 and houses today 7 bottlenose dolphins. The other animals on the card are a seal, a brown bear, Asian Elephants, Flamingos, A Gorilla with cub, an Eagle and a Tiger.

Stamp:
Tourism (issued 02-01-2013)

Thank You very much Mayte!