The zoo in Yekaterinburg is a favorite and often visited place by parents with children, residents and guests of the city. It is great for family walks, allowing you to not only look at the animals and birds that live here, but also learn a lot of interesting and entertaining facts about themselves and their lives.
The inhabitants
The zoo opened in Yekaterinburg in mid-1930. At that time he was small, and only 60 individuals were represented in it. Today, the zoo has more than 380 species of animals and birds from around the world, which is approximately 1,200 individuals.
In a small area of the zoo there are pavilions with birds, predators, monkeys, elephant, exoterrarium. In open enclosures there are animals that can easily tolerate cold (predators from the northern regions, animals living in Russia, large birds of prey, bears). A separate pavilion was built to house Amur tigers.
Today, the zoo is home to more than 70 species of unique animals from the International Red Book, as well as the Red Books of Russia and the Middle Urals.
What has changed after the reconstruction?
In the late 90s, a reconstruction was carried out in the zoo, radically changing its appearance. After her, the collection of animals and birds grew and became more diverse. The list of animals of the Yekaterinburg Zoo is regularly updated with new species of animals, birds and fish. Lemurs and galagoes settled in the newly built pavilions, the smallest marmoset monkeys, tamarins, foss and mongoose in the world found their home there, as well as a collection of fish and animals living in the water. For the first time in the history of this zoo, inhabitants of the seas and oceans appeared in it.
In recent years, work has begun on creating pairs of rare and endangered animals to increase their population. The zoo in Yekaterinburg collaborates very productively in this direction with many Russian and European zoos. So, in 2006, as part of this cooperation, a male white tiger was acquired. At the end of 2007, he was brought in a pair of the beautiful tigress from the Spanish white tiger nursery.
Every year, many zoo inhabitants bring posterity. For the first time in the history of Russian zoos in Yekaterinburg, they managed to get offspring from such exotic animals as purple turaco, kinkaju honey bears, Prevost squirrels, aardvarks. In the summer of 2003, fosses arrived from the Czech zoo to Yekaterinburg - mammals that are rarely found in nature, which are still not found in any other Russian zoo, as well as Egyptian herons and ibises.
In 2004, for the first time in a single enclosure, a hippo, ibis and Egyptian herons began to live. In the summer of 2007, the Indian elephant became a zoo inhabitant. A year later, a couple of chimpanzees, a gibbon and skunks became the new inhabitants of the enclosures.
Interesting activities
The zoo in Yekaterinburg regularly holds a variety of festive events dedicated to the wildlife of the exhibition, and holds contests for animal lovers. Pupils of schools at the open lessons and classes held in the circle of a young biologist receive extensive knowledge on zoology and ecology, learn a lot of new and entertaining things. For children from one to six years old, as well as for the blind and visually impaired, thematic events are organized. The contact zoo helps children learn about the habits of animals, see them close by, touch, stroke and feed them. Yekaterinburg is a city where one of the best Russian zoological gardens is located.
"The hour of open beasts"
In the winter and during the off-season, for those who want to chat with tame pets, the zoo regularly hosts the “Open Beasts Hour”. On this day, in the exterrarium on the second floor, visitors have the opportunity to feed, pet and hold in their hands small fluffy chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits, at this hour turtles, snakes, parrots, ferrets and other tame animals and birds come to visit them. In summer, a contact zoo is open for visitors on the street . Yekaterinburg and its residents are proud of their zoo, because it is truly interesting here.
Ticket price
Guests of the city should also visit the zoo (Yekaterinburg). Prices for entry tickets are very affordable: for an adult it costs 300 rubles, 100 rubles will be paid for preferential categories (children under 14 years old, students and pensioners), and children under five years old will be held for free. But do not forget that an hour before the closure of the ticket office of the zoo stop selling tickets.
On the territory there is a cafe and a playground with attractions for children.
When does it work and how to get there?
And what is the schedule of the zoo in Yekaterinburg? Visiting the institution is allowed from 10 am to 19 pm on weekdays and until 20:00 on weekends and holidays.
It is not difficult to get to the zoo by any type of public transport or by car, as it is located in the city center on Mamina-Sibiryaka Street.