Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center
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The Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center is a 23.85-hectare (58.9-acre) Protected Area located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was named after Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. The Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center has a lagoon, an aquarium, a playground, botanical garden and a Wildlife Rescue Center, which the Department of Environment and Natural Resources uses as a temporary shelter where confiscated, retrieved, donated, sick, abandoned, and injured wild animals are placed to be taken care of. The park houses several indigenous plants and animals such as crab-eating macaques, water monitors, Philippine deer, binturongs, Palawan bearded pigs and several varieties of birds.[1]
Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center | |
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14.6505812°N 121.043908°E / 14.6505812; 121.043908 | |
Date opened | July 5, 1954[1] |
Location | Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
Land area | 23.85 ha (58.9 acres) |
No. of animals | 1,400 (2018) |
Public transit access | 5 Lung Center of the Philippines |
Website | bmb |
Etymology | Benigno Aquino Jr. |
Administered by | Biodiversity Management Bureau |
Visitors | 300,000 (in 2013)[2] |
Species | 4,000 trees |