Pombia (Safari Park)

Pombia ( Italian: Safari Park di Pombia ) - a safari park, a zoo and an amusement park in the municipality of Pombia , Piedmont , northern Italy , created by Angelo Lombardi in 1976; covers an area of ​​400 thousand m² ^[1] . In 1999, the park, which by that time had already decayed, acquired Orfeo Tribbert, who began large-scale work on its reconstruction. At the same time, the owner of the park was actually divided into two zones: a safari park and an entertainment zone. Safari Park has a cooperation agreement with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Turin to conduct a number of research projects on, inter alia, the pathology of farm animals and the prevention of extinction of rare species ^[2] . In total, more than 600 species of animals inhabit the park.

Pombia
ital Safari park di pombia
White rhino
basic information
Type of	Safari Park
Square	40 ha
Founding date	1976
Location
A country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Provinces	Novara
Pombia

The park is notable for including a pair of white lions (albinos) in it, in which white lions were born in 2004 ^[3] and 2006 ^[4] . In July 2011, the non-profit foundation Sos Elephants was founded at the safari park, the purpose of which is to preserve the population of the Bornish elephant ^[5] .