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In 2006, a baby gorilla was born at Kolmården for the first time in history, making its birth the first of its kind in Sweden. The gorilla, called Enzo, was not accepted by his mother during the first period of his life and the zookeepers had to nurse him. Enzo was later reintroduced to his family,
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Between 1991 and 2012 paying visitor groups, with 8000 persons annually, were allowed to go into the wolf enclosure, as part of the project "Close contact with wolves". The project was terminated after a group of wolves killed the biologist and Zoo-Guide Karolina Bördin The director at the time,
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1991 elephant keeper Robert Nilsson was killed by the elephant Putschie, who probably had no intention to kill Nilsson, who was bringing four elephants from the enclosure to their stable. Unfortunately Nilsson was walking beside the "train" of elephants on the wrong side, between the elephants and
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in Scandinavia, which opened in 1969 and has daily shows, and the world's first cable car safari. The wildlife park also has a birds of prey display and a seal show. In the Marine World area is a roller coaster called "The Dolphin Express". Another, larger, roller coaster in the park is
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The safari park that originally opened in 1972 was closed to drive-through visitors in 2010, but was replaced by a low-going cableway in 2011, called "Safari". The attraction consists of five areas with different themes and animals:
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During the years when public cars were allowed to drive through the Safari, occasionally people would step out from their cars to get better pictures, and in 1981 a man who left his car in the lion enclosure was killed by lions.
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the wall to the antelope stables, when the lead elephant Donkey suddenly turned around and attacked the second elephant Putschie, who crushed Robert Nilsson on the wall, when she was pushed by Donkey.
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Parks and Resorts Scandinavia took over operation of the zoo in 2001 and has since been making many changes. Tiger World, where visitors can get "scary close" to
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The park has 11 dolphins : Nephele (F), Ariel (F), Lyra (F), Luna (F), David (M), Fenah (F), Pärma (F), Peach (F), Finn (M), Alana (F) and Neptun (M).
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The zoo was conceived in 1962 by Ulf Svensson as a means of reviving the Kolmården Municipality, and was opened in 1965 with 210 animals in residence.
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In 1993, the zoo opened Dolphin Lagoon. In 1997, the zoo was turned over from municipal ownership to private ownership.
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would get a whole new themed area with several attractions, including a smaller roller coaster due to open in 2015.
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In March 2014, Kolmården announced a new theme park area for younger children, the popular cartoon figure
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Kolmårdens djurpark och zoologiske chefen Mats Höggren döms till ansvar för dödsolyckan med vargar 2012
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facility opened in 1968 with six polar bears—one of the largest polar facilities in the world. The
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and a fine, and Kolmården Wildlife Park had to pay the family a fine of 3,5 million SEK.
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Mats Höggren, was found guilty of severe neglect in his duty, and was given a
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April, 2014, the park announced their first major coaster investment,
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attacked and killed a zookeeper working alone in their enclosure.
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