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- **Country:** Finland
- **Coordinates:** 60.175000, 24.984167
- **Area:** 22 ha
- **Logo:** File:KorkeasaariZoo-logo.png
- **Owner:** Korkeasaaren eläintarhan säätiö ("Foundation of Korkeasaari Zoo")
- **Opened:** 1889
- **Members:** EAZA, WAZA, IUCN
- **Director:** Sanna Hellström
- **Location:** Korkeasaari, Helsinki, Finland
- **Date Opened:** 1889
- **Num Animals:** 1500
- **Num Species:** 150
- **Accreditation:** EAZA, WAZA

The company also started planning the establishment of a zoo in Helsinki to provide the public a more refined form of entertainment. The first official proposal to locate the zoo in Alppila was narrowly rejected in a city council vote. Instead, the original plan for a zoo in Korkeasaari island was realized in 1889. The liquor company was facing financial difficulties during World War I due to a temporary ban on the sale of alcohol. When Prohibition took effect in 1919, the company’s finances collapsed, and the following year Korkeasaari Zoo became a property of the City of Helsinki.

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