Pionirska dolina

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| zoo_name = Pionirska dolina

| logo = Pionirska dolina 17.jpg

| logo_width = 200px

| image = Pionirska dolina 16.jpg

| image_width = 200px

| image_caption = Entrance to Pionirska dolina

| location = Koševo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

| area = {{convert|8.5|ha|acre}}

| coordinates = {{coord|43|52|39.41|N|18|24|42.65|E|region:BA}}

| num_species = 59 (2021)

| owner = KJKP Park

| website = [https://www.park.ba/ KJKP Park official site]

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Pioneer Valley (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Pionirska dolina / Пионирска долина) is a recreational and entertainment center and zoo located in Koševo neighborhood, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Recreation and entertainment center "Pioneer Valley" is the oldest zoo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During Austro-Hungarian period it was located in Ilidža, but was later relocated to the municipality of Centar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.park.ba/Djelatnost.aspx?pageIndex= |title=KJKP PARK - Djelatnost preduzeća |access-date=2012-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109011812/http://www.park.ba/Djelatnost.aspx?pageIndex= |archive-date=2012-01-09 |url-status=dead }}

Zoo

The zoo hosts 59 species of animals from all over the world.

In early 2012, Pionirska dolina hosted an exhibition with 52 dinosaurs, reconstructed by a German Palaeontological Research Center, under the strict supervision of the Paleontology museum in Hanover.{{cite web |url=http://www.dinosaurusi.ba/index.php?strana=2 |title=SVIJET DINOSAURUSA |website=www.dinosaurusi.ba |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126143122/http://www.dinosaurusi.ba/index.php?strana=2 |archive-date=2012-01-26}}

In February 2013, it was announced that two lions from Sofia Zoo would be donated to the Pionirska dolina zoo.{{cite web |url=http://www.avaz.ba/vijesti/sarajevo/uskoro-lavovi-u-pionirskoj-dolini |title=Uskoro lavovi u Pionirskoj dolini {{!}} Avaz {{!}} Online izdanje |website=www.avaz.ba |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208011106/http://www.avaz.ba/vijesti/sarajevo/uskoro-lavovi-u-pionirskoj-dolini |archive-date=2013-02-08}} A few days after the lions were donated in March 2013, a lioness died of E. coli.{{Cite web|url=http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/lavica-uginula-od-bakterije-e-coli-na-plucima-bubrezima-i-srcu/130417099|title = Lavica uginula od bakterije e. Coli na plućima, bubrezima i srcu}}