Rostov Zoo
| Rostov-on-Don Zoo | |
|---|---|
| Ростовский зоопарк | |
Interactive map of Rostov-on-Don Zoo | |
| 47°15′09″N 39°40′15″E / 47.25250°N 39.67083°E | |
| Location | Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia |
| Land area | 98.2 hectares |
| No. of animals | 5.000 |
| No. of species | 400 |
| Annual visitors | ↘184 370 (2014), ↗185 555 (2015) |
| Major exhibits | 1 |
| Director | Alexander Zhadobin (since Dec 2016)[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Rostov-on-Don Zoo is a zoo in Russia located in Rostov-on-Don.
Overview
The zoo is a member of 38 programs involved in the conservation of endangered animals. It features such animals as tigers, lions, pygmy hippopotamus, Asian elephants, Dagestan and Bezoar goats, Siamese crocodiles, and flamingos.[2]
History
The zoo was founded in June 1927 to serve as a pet enclosure for a nearby school named after Marshal S. M. Budyonny (now known as School No. 43 on Budennovsky Street, 64). The school's collection of animals was moved to the outskirts of the town in the autumn of 1929.
On 5 September 2009, Rostov-on-Don Zoo received three elephants, which had previously been held at the Berlin Zoo Friedrichsfelde. The zoo, which by that time had not had elephants in over twenty years, now hosts them, having exchanged a polar bear for them.[3] In December 2010, a female baby elephant was born in the zoo.[4]
References
- ^ Ростовский зоопарк официально возглавил Александр Жадобин
- ^ "The Rostov Zoo - Tourist attraction Dontourism.ru".
- ^ Юлия Насулина (7 September 2009). "Ростовский зоопарк поменял белого медвежонка на трех слонов". РИА Новости. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Вероника Богма. "Ростовскому зоопарку достался "лишний" слонёнок". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2010.