# Cottbus Zoo

- **Country:** Germany
- **Coordinates:** 51.743056, 14.350000
- **Area:** 25 ha
- **Owner:** Stadt Cottbus
- **Members:** VdZ
- **Location:** Kiekebuscher Strasse 5, 03042 Cottbus, Germany
- **Num Animals:** 1300
- **Num Species:** 170
- **Date Opening:** 1954
- **Annual Visitors:** 156

The Cottbus Zoo is a zoo in the town Cottbus in the Brandenburg region of Germany. The zoo was founded in 1954, and covers . The park includes a lot of trees, growing along the river Spree. The zoo breeds over 70 species of waterfowl, and its symbol is the red-breasted goose.

![Photo of Cottbus Zoo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Cottbus_Tierpark_Eingang.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus_Zoo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)