Faunistic Park La Torbiera

Faunistic Park La Torbiera
Amur leopard
Type	Zoo
Location	Agrate Conturbia, Italy
Area	400.000 m2
Created	1977
Status	Open all year

Faunist Park La Torbiera is a Biopark and consists of an area open to the public and a protected area for wildlife preservation. It was established in Agrate Conturbia, Piedmont, Italy in 1977 to preserve and study some animal species in danger of extinction.^[1]

Environment

Faunistic Park La Torbiera is located in a border area between the Po Valley and the Prealps, characterized by a mild but damp climate, and plenty of small lakes. This is therefore a very favorable environment for the development of mires, which are born progressively by the accumulation of dead parts of vegetable on bottom of lakes. In wet soil, the oxygen deficiency prevents the oxidation processes and the complete decomposition of plants.

The vegetable remains are transformed therefore only partially, becoming peat, and they collect on the bottom, making progressively decrease the depth of the basin. In this way, the plants of the shore which can be pushed towards the inside, reducing, until its demise, the surface of the water. The park, covering an area of 40 acres, provides shelter for many animal species. There are about 400 specimens relative to 130 wildlife species, mostly from the Palaearctic region.

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References

↑ Francesca Monza – Fausto Barbagli, La scienza nei musei, Milano, Orme, 2006, p. 28.

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Zoos of Italy

Zoos	Faunistic Park Cappeller Bioparco di Roma Zoo di Napoli Parco Natura Viva Faunistic Park Le Cornelle Zoo di Pistoia Orleans Park of Palermo Parco Zoo Falconara Parco zoo di Lignano Sabbiadoro Zoosafari Fasanolandia Pombia Safari Park Faunistic Park La Torbiera Zoom Torino Safari Ravenna Abatino Faunistic Park Parco Safari delle Langhe Bioparco di Sicilia Rivolta d'Adda Prehistoric Park Faunistic Park of Abruzzo

Aquariums	Alghero Aquarium Aquarium of Cattolica Aquarium of Genoa Civic Aquarium of Milan Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Sea Life Gardaland Argentario Aquarium

Former Zoos	Milan's Zoo Zoo of Brescia Castle Como's Zoo

Coordinates: 45°41′00″N 8°33′00″E / 45.6833°N 8.5500°E / 45.6833; 8.5500

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