
V Sloveniji je kar nekaj živalskih vrtov, v katerih se lahko obiskovalci nagledajo raznih živali, ki jih drugače v naravi ne bi videli ali pa si jih ne bi želeli v živo videti - žirafe, zebre, morske leve, sibirske tigre, geparde, leoparde, azijske slone, mačje pande, medvede, živahne surikate, krokodile, lame, pave, šimpanze ...
There are quite a few zoos in Slovenia where visitors can see various animals that they would not otherwise see in nature or would not want to see live - giraffes, zebras, sea lions, Siberian tigers, cheetahs, leopards, Asian elephants, cat pandas, bears, lively meerkats, crocodiles, llamas, peacocks, chimpanzees ...

Človek je bil v stiku z živalmi že od svojega nastanka - najprej jih je lovil za hrano (ali pa so bili sami hrana), nato jih je začel udomačevati za obrambo in seveda hrano.
Man has been in contact with animals since its inception - first he hunted them for food (or they were food themselves), then he began to domesticate them for defense and of course food.

Najstarejši znani ohranjeni dokument o ujetništvu živali so stari okoli 4500 let - risbe antilop v ujetništvu (grobnica egipčanskega bogataša), jelenov na Kitajskem in slonov iz Indije.
The oldest known preserved document of animal captivity is about 4500 years old - drawings of captive antelopes (the tomb of an Egyptian rich man), deer in China and elephants from India.

Okoli leta 1000 je kitajski cesar ustvaril vrt razuma, za katerega je skrbelo kar 300 oskrbnikov in se je raztezal na 600 hekatarjih. Marco Polo v 13. stol. omenja zverinjak kitajske dinastije Kublajkan in opiše leoparde, tigre, sokole, slone in orle.
Around 1000, the Chinese emperor created a garden of reason, which was cared for by as many as 300 caretakers and stretched over 600 acres. Marco Polo in the 13th century. mentions the menagerie of the Chinese Kublai dynasty and describes leopards, tigers, falcons, elephants and eagles.

Najstarejšo omembo zverinjaka na ozemlju Slovenije zasledimo v Celjski kroniki, kjer je leta 1398 zapisano, da je celjski grof Herman II. dal Janezu Kozijskemu brežiški zverinjak. Tudi naslednji zapis zverinjaka v virih je povezan s celjskimi grofi. Zbirko živali oziroma zverinjak so imeli grofje Celjski že pred letom 1451.
The oldest mention of the menagerie on the territory of Slovenia can be found in the Celje Chronicle, where in 1398 it is written that the Count of Celje was Herman II. gave Janez Kozijski the Brežice menagerie. The next record of the menagerie in the sources is also related to the Counts of Celje. The Counts of Celje already had a collection of animals or menageries before 1451.

Zverinjak omenja tudi Valvasor ob gradu Fužine pri Ljubljani. Nedvomno gre za lokacijo zdajšnje Psihiatrične bolnišnice Ljubljana, zgrajene leta 1880 na Krisperjevem posestvu na Studencu v Polju, kjer je bil nekdaj živalski vrt knezov Auerspergov. Pod Studenec je ves čas spadala pristava, ki se je razprostirala med vasjo in Ljubljanico; pravili so ji Tiergarten, zverinjak v današnjem smislu.
The menagerie also mentions Valvasor next to Fužine Castle near Ljubljana. Undoubtedly, this is the location of the current Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, built in 1880 on Krisper's estate in Studenec in Polje, where the Zoo of the Auersperg princes used to be. Studenec always included the dock, which stretched between the village and the Ljubljanica; they called it Tiergarten, a menagerie in the modern sense.

Zverinjak je vabil na oglede v Ljubljani pri gradu Tivoli že leta 1809, pravi Vasja Butina: »Ustanovil ga je francoski general Marmont, guverner Ilirskih provinc v Ljubljani. Kje pri gradu Tivoli je stal zverinjak, pa ni znano. Po ozemlju današnje Slovenije so potovali potujoči zverinjaki, cirkusi, v katerih so bile na ogled živali. Obiskovalce so razveseljevali tudi artisti in klovni. Med letoma 1901 in 1912 je samo v Ljubljani gostovalo 14 cirkusov, ki so imeli bolj ali manj številne živali. Prikazovali so jih v posebnih menažerijah, ko ni bilo predstav.«
Zverinjak invited to visit Ljubljana near Tivoli Castle as early as 1809, says Vasja Butina: “It was founded by French General Marmont, the governor of the Illyrian provinces in Ljubljana. It is not known where the menagerie stood near Tivoli Castle. Traveling menageries and circuses traveled through the territory of today's Slovenia, where animals were on display. Visitors were also delighted by artists and clowns. Between 1901 and 1912, 14 circuses with more or less numerous animals visited Ljubljana alone. They were shown in special menageries when there were no performances. "

Prikazovanje živali je v Ljubljani torej obstajalo že pred drugo svetovno vojno, vendar bolj kot razstava živali, ki so jih organizirala t. i. zoološka društva. V Ljubljani je bilo že leta 1926 ustanovljeno društvo ZOO z namenom urediti in vzdrževati živalski vrt, ki bi bil nedvomno lepa kulturna pridobitev mesta.
The display of animals in Ljubljana already existed before the Second World War, but more than the exhibition of animals organized by t. i. zoological societies. Already in 1926, the ZOO was founded in Ljubljana with the aim of arranging and maintaining a zoo, which would undoubtedly be a beautiful cultural acquisition of the city.

»Grofje in knezi Turjaški so bili pogosti obiskovalci živalskega vrta, čeprav tu ni bilo nobenih velikih zveri,« poroča Butina. Grofje Turjaški so imeli po Valvasorju zverinjak na svojem gradu Turjak. V Slavi vojvodine Kranjske ga je omenil v opisu Ljubljane: »Nedaleč od mesta so slavni Turjačani napravili še zverinjak, ki je z zidom obdan in poln srn, jelenov in druge divjačine.«
"The counts and princes of Turja were frequent visitors to the zoo, although there were no large carnivores here," Butina reports. According to Valvasor, the Counts of Turja had a menagerie at their castle Turjak. In the Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, he mentioned it in the description of Ljubljana: "Not far from the city, the famous people of Turja built a menagerie surrounded by a wall and full of deer, deer and other game."

Kot vidimo, je bil človek vedno povezan z živalmi. Prednosti sedanjih živalskih vrtov je pa v tem, da so ponekod samo še tam živeče živali, ki so v divjini že izumrle, jih tudi uspešno parijo - a to je, žal, premalo, če se ljudje ne bomo začeli zavedati, da nismo sami na tem našel lepem planetu.
As we can see, man has always been associated with animals. The advantage of current zoos, however, is that in some places only animals still living there, which have already become extinct in the wild, are also successfully mated - but this is, unfortunately, not enough if people do not begin to realize that we are not alone. this found a beautiful planet.

Da rešite uganko, ugotovite žival in črko spremenite v številko (A=1).
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