Visitors to the Barnaul Zoo in Western Siberia can see the “sold out” notice every day. The point is that everybody wants to see the new settler – the Amur leopard named Yelisei. There’re 35 Amur leopards in the world today, and all of them are put on the International Red Book list as a [...]
Panda web-cameras
Great panda is one of the most known and rare animals. Nowadays population of great pandas in the wild is about 1600. About 266 pandas live in zoos, with 239 in China and 27 in other countries – but all of them are owned by Chine. In 1970-ies China used great panda loans as a [...]
Childless gorilla adopted a cat in Rostov zoo
For 8 years Antrazit has already been living with Motya in the cage. When a thin kitten with sad eyes appeared in the zoo for the first time nobody paid attention to it. And only motherly Motya’s heart trembled. It has never had children and when its friend Kerch died of the heart attack Motya [...]
One of the Oldest Hippos Died in Ekaterinburg Zoo
On October 17, 2011 at honorific age of 36 one of the most famous Ekaterinburg zoo inhabitants – hippopotamus Almaz – died. Everybody loved him. Visitors admired him for the outstanding proportions, phlegm and for guzzling tasty food; zookeepers – for mild nature and for readiness to play with ball. Being calm and slow, this [...]
Moscow Zoo (Moscow, Russia) – Information, Open hours, Map
Moscow zoo is the oldest zoo in Russia (established at 1864) and by all means it is the most known Russian zoo.
Rare baby Amur tiger looks less than impressed by his mother’s attentions
This seven-week-old tiger cub looks less than impressed as his mother gives him a hearty lick during his first foray into the open air at the Royev Ruchey zoo. The cub is one of three born to female Amur tiger Iris and her mate Kedr, who have already have seven babies. The latest litter was [...]
Greedy gorilla at Moscow zoo may be taking his five-a-day a bit too seriously
This hungry primate stole his family’s entire supply of carrots before running away from the rest of his family and hiding in a corner to gorge himself on the orange vegetable. (Photo credits: Olga Gladysheva/Caters) The content gorilla was captured at work chomping on the vegetables by 37-year-old amateur photographer Olga Gladysheva, who was visiting [...]
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