Tiergarten Schönbrunn

Tiergarten Schönbrunn, located in Vienna, Austria, is the world’s oldest continuously operating zoo, founded in 1752 under the Habsburg monarchy by Emperor Francis I. It hosts over 700 species, including critically endangered individuals such as the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), and northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), with all holdings managed in alignment with CITES appendices and IUCN Red List guidelines. The zoo’s 17-hectare grounds sit adjacent to the 18th-century Schönbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and are framed by the eastern foothills of the Alps to the west and the Danube River floodplain to the