The zoo was founded by Holger Lithner in 1959 and displays 25 species of Scandinavian animals.

[1][2] It also drew attention in December 2014 after a tourist train driver was discovered to be under the influence of alcohol while driving passengers.

[3] In January 2015, a two-year-old dog, a Siberian husky, was attacked by a lynx in Lycksele.

As the attack on the dog took place during a walk with the owner in the residential area of Lycksele, this is believed to be the same lynx that escaped from the zoo in November 2014.

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