Editing Basel (section)

=== Zoo ===
[[File:ZolliAntelopeHouse2.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Antelope]] House at Zoo Basel]]
[[Zoo Basel]] is, with over 1.7&nbsp;million visitors per year,<ref name="2011 visitors">[http://bazonline.ch/basel/stadt/Trotz-Grossbaustelle-Besucherrekord-beim-Zolli/story/10759447 {{in lang|de}} Besucherrekord beim Zolli] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604200133/http://bazonline.ch/basel/stadt/Trotz-Grossbaustelle-Besucherrekord-beim-Zolli/story/10759447 |date=4 June 2012 }}. [[Basler Zeitung]], published 23 February 2012</ref> the most visited tourist attraction in Basel and the second most visited tourist attraction in Switzerland.<ref name="visitors">[http://www.20min.ch/news/basel/story/25637966 {{in lang|de}} Zolli beliebt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307122412/http://www.20min.ch/news/basel/story/25637966 |date=7 March 2012 }}. [[20 Minuten|20min.ch]], published 23 February 2009</ref>

Established in 1874, Zoo Basel is the oldest zoo in Switzerland and, by number of animals, the largest. Through its history, Zoo Basel has had several breeding successes, such as the first worldwide [[Indian rhinoceros]] birth<ref name="Panzernashornhaus">[http://www.zoobasel.ch/aktuell/detail.php?NEWSID=37 {{in lang|de}} Eröffnung des Panzernashornhauses] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221003315/http://www.zoobasel.ch/aktuell/detail.php?NEWSID=37 |date=21 February 2014 }}. Zoo Basel, written 2006-09-26, retrieved 3 December 2009</ref> and [[Greater flamingo]] hatch<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bazonline.ch/basel/dossier/zoo-basel/Zolli-feiert-50-Jahre-Flamingozucht-und-Flamingosforschung/story/26419827|title=Zoo celebrates 50 years of flamingo breeding|newspaper=Basler Zeitung|date=13 August 2008|access-date=21 March 2010|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322081331/https://bazonline.ch/basel/dossier/zoo-basel/Zolli-feiert-50-Jahre-Flamingozucht-und-Flamingosforschung/story/26419827|archive-date=22 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> in a zoo. These and other achievements led ''[[Forbes]]'' Travel to rank Zoo Basel as one of the fifteen best zoos in the world in 2008.<ref name="Forbes">[http://www.getlisty.com/preview/worlds-best-zoos/ Forbes Travel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227032008/http://www.getlisty.com/preview/worlds-best-zoos/ |date=27 December 2010 }}. GetListy, retrieved 26 March 2010</ref>

Despite its international fame, Basel's population remains attached to Zoo Basel, which is entirely surrounded by the city of Basel. Evidence of this is the millions of donations money each year, as well as Zoo Basel's unofficial name: locals lovingly call "their" zoo "''Zolli''" by which is it known throughout Basel and most of Switzerland.