Everland Zoo in South Korea is also classified as a Liger Zoo in our pursuit of tracking liger zoos from around the world. This liger Zoo is located at Gyeonggi-do Province of South Korea. If you are from South Korean region and you are keenly interested in watching ligers then Everland Liger Zoo is the best place to watch and have an experience with ligers. The exact address of this liger zoo is “Everland Zoo, 199 Everland-ro, Pogog-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea”. This Liger Zoo is massive and it at least accumulates the area of 250 acres of land. Apart from ligers, this zoo has at least 100s of other big cats and thousands of other animal and bird species.
Previously this liger zoo had 2 ligers to display. The name of these ligers was Rapido the liger and Chris the liger. Both of these ligers were male ligers. However; currently this liger has only one liger to display and the name of that liger is Chris. Rapido the liger which was the bigger of the two male ligers is believed to be dead. Rapido the liger was believed to be around 850 to 900 pounds. Chris the liger which is still alive weighs around 800 pounds in weight. Both of these ligers were born during the year 2006, and currently Chris the liger is around 8 years old.
Everland Zoo in Korea has a huge history regarding ligers and other animals. Everland Zoo was the first ever Asian Zoo to introduce liger for public viewing from at least last 200 years. First liger cub at this Everland Zoo was born during the year 1997. Therefore; ligers are part of this zoo from at least last 2 decades. This Zoo is a very famous place, not only in Asia, but throughout the world as well. Each year many local and foreign visitors visit Everland Zoo and the presence of ligers really puts a huge surprise for the visitors.
Chris the liger lives in a reasonably big enclosure at Everland Zoo in South Korea. Its enclosure has a huge transparent screen for the visitors, from where visitors have a clearest of the views of the liger. This Liger Enclosure is very safe for the visitors visiting the Zoo. Animal Caretakers and trainers at this liger zoo, really care a lot about this liger and other animals at this liger zoo. There is always the best quality of meat for the carnivore animals and they are always provided with the fresh supply of water. The same experience is true for the ligers as well. Moreover; there is also a 24 hours availability of Paramedical Staff at the Everland Zoo for all the animals for their maximum cure as well.
Several famous events typically pertaining to the ligers have taken place at Everland Zoo on regular basis. 1997 marked the first event, when the ligers were born at the zoo. This event was reported by several international news agencies such as BBC and CNN at that time. During 2006, two more ligers were born at this zoo, and that birth of the ligers, also gained a huge publicity at that time as well. There have been rumors of the white ligers’ birth at the Everland, but such sources are not authentic enough to consider and also there isn’t any available evidence of the white ligers in South Korea.
This Liger Zoo is an amazing place to visit. People always remember their experience with the liger at South Korea’s Everland Zoo whenever they visit this zoo. This is the key reason that this Liger Zoo has a lot of liger reviews related to ligers, tigers and other big cats online. Tripadvisor.com and yelp.com both have very positive reviews about Everland Zoo. On the basis of these reviews, this Liger Zoo is a must visit place in Asia.
Yes, there has been reports of presence of the ligers at one of the zoos in South Korea.
The name of this liger zoo is Everland Zoo and it is one of the most famous zoo in South Korea and also worldwide as well.
The exact location and address of the Everland Zoo in South Korea is “199 Everland-ro, Pogog-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea”.
Right now the Everland Zoo has only 1 liger. Previously; there were two ligers and we believe that the second liger has just died.
The name of the liger at Everland Zoo in South Korea is Chris the liger.
Chris the liger is around 800 pounds in weight and he is almost eleven feet long.
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