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Eberswalde
and Gorzow have become sister towns after the end of the cold war.
But the things they have in common are somewhat older -
they exist since the last ice age. The cities are surrounded
by glacial drifts, frontal moraines, outwash plains and glacial
valleys. The glacial
valley of Eberswalde for example reaches far beyond the city
limits to Gorzow. So it is no surprise, when the two cities go back
to the
common roots and initiate the development of an institution
for ecological education. They developed and created the "Glacial
Landscape".
A joined project that has a lot to offer. On the one hand, it
is a project for the protection of endangered species, and on the
other hand it is a
building-stone for the cross-border project of the Geopark
"Eiszeitland am Oderrand" (Ice Age area at the Oder bank).
On of the major tasks
is to make the information available in different languages,
like German and Polish. More that 1.000 people from Poland come to
visit the
Zoological Garden of Eberswalde. Now, every visitor of the zoo
will be able to obtain infotmation about the last ice age in our
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The
Tigers will be the winners
... at least in the
Zoo of Eberswalde. The Amur Tiger, the largest
cat of prey that lives today, is an endangered species, almost
extinct. It had to leave its habitat and was forces to move
farther
east due to the economic interests of humans. Today only some
Amur tigers live in the wild. The different groups are
isolated from
another and have hardly a chance to interact. The tiger has
become a world famous symbol for the conservancy of nature
and
species. Many zoos are putting great efforts into the
preservation
of the endangered species, as does the little ark, the
Zoological
Garden of Eberswalde.
Along with the zoo of Rostock, the
Zoological Garden of
Eberswalde organized a bicycle event called
"ZOO-Tour".
The slogan "Unsere Tiger sind die Sieger" (Our tigers
are the winners) called upon cyclist to join in the charity event and
ride
their bike from Rostock to Eberswalde. The money was
collected in order
to build Europe´s largest tiger reserve, respecting
the needs of
these wild cats. Now, there is a glacial area in the
southern part
of the zoo. Integrated is a reserve for animals that
like the cold,
like the Amur tiger. And children can safely play on |
the glacier
playground. Nearby
is the reserve for the Amur Tigers that just love the cold - even
though they are born at the zoo. At the same
time, this is a perfect
example for cross-border cooperation in order to save the endangered
animals, since this is a
| German-Polish-project. It
was built with the support of the sister county Kolobrzeg (Kolberg)
and the sister town Gorzow. |
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