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GOVERNMENT OF MOSCOW
COMMITTEE FOR CULTURE
EURASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS
MOSCOW ZOO
INFORMATIONAL ISSUE OF EURASIAN REGIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS
ISSUE № 36
VOLUME I
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MOSCOW
– 2017 –
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The current issue comprises information on EARAZA member zoos and other
zoological institutions. The first part of the publication includes collection inventories
and data on breeding in all zoological collections.
The second part of the issue contains information on the meetings, workshops,
trips and conferences which were held both in our country and abroad, as well as
reports on the EARAZA activities.
Chief executive editor
Vladimir Spitsin
President of Moscow Zoo
Compiling Editors: Т. Andreeva
T. Arzhanova
V. Frolov
N. Karpov
L. Kuzmina
V. Ostapenko
T. Vershinina
© 2017 Moscow Zoo
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Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums
(EARAZA) Bolshaya Gruzinskaya 1.
Moscow 123242
Russia
Phone/fax: +7 499 255 63 64
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Web: www.earaza.ru
Council members
Chairman Vladimir V. Spitsin, President of the Moscow Zoo
Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Vice-Chairman Martin Hovorka Director of Brno Zoo
Supervisor of EARAZA International Conservation and Research
Programs
Council members Vladimir V. Fainstein Head, Zoologist of Tallinn Zoo
Supervisor of EARAZA International Conservation and Research
Programs
Aleksey P. Khantsatsuk
Director of Kishinev Zoo
Supervisor of ethical issues
Premysl Rabas
Director of Dvur Kralove Zoo
EARAZA Honorary Member
Supervisor of the animal management standards compliance
Vladimir N. Topchy Director of Nikolaev Zoo
Coordinator of the activities of Ukraine zoos
Azer Ogly Guseinov
Director of Baku Zoo
Coordinator of the activities of the zoos
of the Eastern and Central Asia Regions
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Alex Kantorovich
Curator of Animal Collection
"Hai Park" Kiryat Motzkin
Supervisor of EARAZA International Conservation and Research
Programs
Executive Office Staff
Executive Director Vladimir Ye. Frolov Head of the Scientific and Methodological Department
Moscow Zoo
Senior Methodist Tatiana A. Vershinina EARAZA Secretary
Chief Accountant Oksana S. Afanasyeva
Senior Methodist Tatiana F. Andreeva
Senior Methodist Tatiana D. Arzhanova
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Dear Colleagues, In 2017, the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums is celebrating its 23-th anniversary, which is an important event for the EARAZA membership that now includes 93 zoological institutions. EARAZA Council offers to your attention the 36d volume of the Informational Issue on the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which consists of two parts. This publication has been prepared by the staff of the EARAZA Executive Office and the staff of the Scientific-Methodological Department of the Moscow Zoo based on the results of the analysis of data sent in by EARAZA member zoos.
This publication provides information about 122 zoological institutions and their animal collections. A separate section is dedicated to significant zoo events and other activities that were held at the zoos, aquariums, breeding stations and other zoological organizations in the past year.
The publication presents the report on the EARAZA activities that were carried out in 2016, as well as the latest data on the zoological collections in 18 countries including those in CIS states, some Baltic countries, Denmark, Israel, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany.
To make the publication timely and useful, the member zoos are requested to keep to the deadline for submission of the materials to the EARAZA Information and Methodical Centre.
We would like to remind you that the information on your zoological institution, animal inventories in taxonomic order (according to the taxonomy recognized by EARAZA and including scientific names), and data on animal breeding as of the 1st of January of the current year, should be sent before the 1st of February.
Also, please try to observe the deadline when sending logotypes and guidebooks of your zoo for the general information section, as well as the notes on the zoo news and articles on education and methodical activities. To our regret, some zoos do not provide us with necessary information in a good time, which was the reason for the editorial board to make a decision on
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the new rules of editorial procedure; required information provided after the deadline will not be included in the next Informational Issue.
We hope that timely data submission and publication of the Informational Issue and its Appendices reflect your professional interests and that our fruitful cooperation will be successfully continued into the future.
Please note that this volume, as well as a number of previous volumes of the Informational Issue can be found on the EARAZA website: http://earaza.ru.
The Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums would
like to express a deep gratitude to the Moscow Zoo and especially to its General Director Svetlana V. Akulova for her support and assistance with publication of this Informational Issue.
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Chairman of the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums President of the Moscow Zoo Chairman of the Council for Coordination of the Activities of Russian Zoos Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Vladimir Spitsin
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INFORMATION ON THE ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
on 1.01.2017
(Attendance for 2016 year)
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Full and associated members of the EARAZA
Azerbaijan 1
Armenia 1
Belarus 2
Czech Republic 9
Estonia 1
Israel 2
Kazakhstan 4
Moldova 1
Kyrgystan 1
Poland 1
Russia 52 Romania 1
Slovak Republic 3
Tadjikistan 1
Ukraine 9
Uzbekistan 1
Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2
Total: 93
Zoos that are not EARAZA members
Belarus 2
Latvia 2
Lithuania 1
Russia 6
Ukraine 1
Total: 12
Other zoological institutions that are not EARAZA members
Kazakhstan 1
Russia 15
Uzbekistan 1
Total: 17
TOTAL – 122
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Index of the geographical locations of the zoos
1. Abakan – 163 page
2. Almaty – 161 “
3. Anapa – 164 “
4. Arkhara – 164 “
5 Askaniya-Nova – 184 “
6. Astana – 161 “
7. Baku – 154 “
8. Barnaul (“Altai Falcon”) – 195 “
9. Barnaul (Zoo) – 191 “
10. Belgorod – 164 “
11. Berdyansk – 184 “
12. Bolsherech’ye – 165 “
13. Bratislava – 182 “
14. Brashov – 182 “
15. Brno – 155 “
16. Brykin Bor – 165 “
17. Chelyabinsk – 166 “
18. Cherkassy – 185 “
19. Chernogolovka – 195 “
20. Chita – 166 “
21. Chleby – 156 “
22. Chomutov – 156 “
23. Daugavpils – 190 “
24. Dushanbe – 183 “
25. Dvur Kralove – 156 “
26. Ekaterinburg – 166 “
27. Ekaterinburg
“Kholzan” – 196 “
28. Elizovo – 167 “
29. Essentuki – 196 “
30. Galichya Gora – 196 “
31. Golubitskaya – 191 “
32. Grodno – 155 “
33. Haifa – 160 “
34. Hluboka nad Vltavou – 157 “
35. Hodonin – 157 “
36. Ivanovo – 167 “
37. Irkutsk – 196 “
38. Izhevsk – 167 “
39. Kagan – 200 “
40. Kaliningrad (Museum) – 168 page
41. Kaliningrad (Zoo) – 168 “
42. Karaganda – 161 “
43. Karakol – 162 “
44. Kaunas – 190 “
45. Kazan – 169 “
46. Khabarovsk – 169 “
47. Kharkov – 185 “
48. Kharkov (Feldman – 185 “
Eco-Park)
49. Kiev (Zoo) – 186 “
50. Kiryat Motzkin – 160 “
51. Kishinev – 162 “
52. Komsomolsk-on-Amur – 169 “
53. Kosice – 183 “
54. Krasnodar – 197 “
55. Krasnoyarsk – 170 “
56. Lipetsk – 170 “
57. Lodz – 163 “
58. Magdeburg – 159 “
59. Minsk – 155 “
60. Moscow (Aqua Logo
engineering) – 170 “
61. Moscow (Zoo) – 171 “
62. Moscow
(Isk Evro-Polis) – 172 “
63. Moscow (MosBio) – 172 “
64. Moscow Khimki – 172 “
65. Moscow “Moskvarium” – 172 “
66. Moscow – 191 “
“Exzootikpark”
67. Moscow – 173 “
(Coral reef)
68. Nalchik – 192 “
69. Natendorf – 159 “
70. Nikolaev – 186 “
71. N.Novgorod
(Exotarium) – 197 “
72. N.Novgorod
(Zoo „Limpopo“) – 173 “
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73. N.Novgorod – 173 page
(Zoo „Switzerland“)
74. Novosibirsk – 174 “
75. Novyi Urengoy – 197 “
76. Odessa (Oceanarium) – 187 “
77. Odessa (Zoo) – 186 “
78. Olomouc – 157 “
79. Omsk – 174 “
80. Penza – 174 “
81. Perm – 175 “
82. Prague – 158 “
83. Riga – 189 “
84. Rostov-on-Don – 175 “
85. Rovno – 193 “
86. Samara – 175 “
87. St Petersburg
(Oceanarium) – 176 “
88. St Petersburg (Zoo) – 176 “
89. Saransk – 176 “
90. Semey – 195 “
91. Seversk – 177 “
92. Shkotovo – 192 “
93. Shymkent – 162 “
94. Skørping – 158 “
95. Smolensk – 177 “
96. Sochi (Aquarium) – 177 “
97. Sochi (IMP RAMS) – 198 page
98. Sortavala – 198 “
99. Spišská Nová Ves – 183 “
100. Staryi Oskol – 178 “
101. Stavropol – 178 “
102. Stavropol Zoopark – 178 “
103. Surgut – 179 “
104. Syktyvkar – 199 “
105. Tallinn – 159 “
106. Tambov – 199 “
107. Tashkent – 187 “
108. Tula – 179 “
109. Ulan-Ude – 199 “
110. Vitebsk – 189 “
111. Volzhskii – 200 “
112. Vorobji – 192 “
113. Voronezh (Oceanarium) – 180 “
114. Voronezh (Zoo) – 179 “
115. Vyshkov – 158 “
116. Yakutsk – 180 “
117. Yaroslavl – 181 “
118. Yerevan – 154 “
119. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – 181 “
120. Zelenogorsk – 181 “
121. Zheleznogorsk – 182 “
122. Zhlobin – 189 “
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1. Information on the full and associated members
of the Eurasian Regional Association
of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA)
Full and associated members:
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Armenia
Y E R E V A N Population – 1.200.000
Yerevan Zoo
375025 Yerevan, pr. Myasnikyana 20. Open 1941.
Tel.: (37410) 56-23-62, 56-21-65. Tel./fax: (37410) 55-46-00. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.yerevanzoo.am. Director: Ruben A. Khachatryan.
Deputy Director: Arman A. Makaryan. Head specialist: Anna Iv. Asaturyan. Vet:
Arutyun T. Oganesyan. 105 staff. 35 ha. No reply.
Azerbaijan
B A K U Population – 2.200.000
Baku Zoo
1007 Baku, ul. Bakikhanova 39, AZ. Open 1928.
Tel.: (99412) 440-10-96. Tel./fax: (99412) 441-04-54. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.Baku-zoo.com. Director: Guseinov Azer Ragim
ogly. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Sultanov Chingiz Dzhumali ogly. Vet: Aisel A.
Guseinova. 44 staff. 4.5 ha. Att. – 85,000. Mammals – 41 spp., 154 specimens; birds
– 53 spp., 381 specimens; reptiles – 11 spp., 49 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 2
specimens; fishes – 41 spp., 654 specimens. Total: 203 spp., 1 240 specimens.
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Belarus
G R O D N O Population – 366.000
Grodno Zoo
230023 Grodno, ul. Timiryazeva, 11. Open 1927.
Tel.: (0152) 77-28-38, 77-28-86, 77-35-19. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.grodnozoo.by. Director: Oleg I. Zhdankin. Deputy Director: Vitalii S.
Gumennyi. Vet: Elena V. Nerod. 125 staff. 5.35 ha. Att. – 157,038. Mammals – 73
spp., 672 specimens; birds – 96 spp., 732 specimens; reptiles – 39 spp., 98
specimens; amphibians – 10 spp., 16 specimens; fishes – 58 spp., 586 specimens;
invertebrates – 26 spp. Total: 302 spp., 2 104 specimens+.
M I N S K Population – 1.959.900
Minsk Zoo
220066 Minsk, ul. Tashkentskaya, 40. Open 1984.
Tel.: (37517) 340-21-78, 340-51-78. Tel./fax: (37517) 340-21-75. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.minskzoo.by. Director: Aleksandr N. Safronov. Vet:
Aleksei O. Ryabtsev. 144 staff. 14.8 ha. (exposition – 6 ha). Att. – 836,714.
Mammals – 81 spp., 532 specimens; birds – 77 spp., 358 specimens; reptiles – 91
spp., 320 specimens; amphibians – 7 spp., 47 specimens; fishes – 123 spp., 991
specimens; invertebrates – 82 spp. Total: 461 spp., 2 248 specimens+.
Czech Republic
B R N O Population – 380.000
Brno Zoo
U Zoologické zahrady 46, 63500 Brno, Czech Republic. Open 1953.
Tel.: (420) 546 432 311. Fax: (420) 546 210 000. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.zoobrno.cz. Director: Martin Hovorka. Deputy
Director: Miroslav Janota. Scientific Assistant: Bohumil Král. Collection, Curator:
Miroslava Fridman. Vet: Stanislav Mazánek. 103 staff. 41.3 ha.
Speciality: reptiles and carnivores.
UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE Not enough detailes
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C H L E B Y Population – 4.660
Zoo Chleby
289 31 Chleby, Vaclava Otty 1, okres Nymburk. Czech Republic. Open 1997.
Tel.: (420) 723 237 571. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoochleby.cz.
Director: René Franĕk. Deputy Director: Alena Frankova. Vet: Josef Brecka. 7 staff.
4.5 ha. Att. – 58 000 Not enough detailes
C H O M U T O V Population – 50.000
Podkrušnohorský Zoopark Chomutov Přemyslova 259, 43001 Chomutov. Czech Republic. Open 1975. Tel./fax: (420) 474 624 412. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoopark.cz. Director: Iveta Rabasová. 75 staff. 112 ha. Speciality: Palearctic fauna. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA Not enough detailes
D V U R K R A L O V E Population – 15.000 Zoo Dvur Kralove nad Labem Zoo Dvur Kralove, Dvủr Králové nad Labem, Štefánikova 1029, 54401. Czech Republic. Open 1946. Tel.: (420) 499 329 515. Fax: (420) 499 320 564. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoodvurkralove.cz. Director: Premysl Rabas. Deputy Director: Jaroslav Hyjanek. 165 staff. 90 ha. Speciality: African fauna. UCSZ Not enough detailes
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H L U B O K A N A D V L T A V O U Population – 4.970 Zoo Ohrada 37341 Hluboka nad Vltavou, Zoo Ohrada 417. Czech Republic. Open 1939. Tel.: (420) 387 002 210, 387 002 211, 387 002 216. Fax: (420) 387 965 445. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoohluboka.cz. Director: Vladimír Pokorný. Deputy Director: Roman Kössl. Vet: Emanuel Krejcar (private). 38 staff. 6 ha (exposition – 4.8 ha). Att. – 259,660. Mammals – 57 spp., 368 specimens; birds – 161 spp., 835 specimens; reptiles – 55 spp., 279 specimens; amphibians – 11 spp., 73 specimens; fishes – 37 spp., 703 specimens; invertebrates – 31 spp. Total: 352 spp., 2 258 specimens + Speciality: fauna of Europe and Czech Republic, animals of Palearctic region. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE
H O D O N I N Population – 26.290
Zoologická zahrada Hodonín Zoologická zahrada Hodonín, U Červených domků 3529, 695 01 Hodonín. Czech Republic. Open 1977. Tel.: (420) 518 346 271. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoo-hodonin.cz. Director: Martin Krug. Vet: Kateřina Jedličková. 35 staff. 7.5 ha. UCSZ, EAZA Not enough detailes
O L O M O U C Population – 100.000 Zoo Olomouc Zoologická Zahrada Olomouc, Darwinova 29, 77900 Olomouc-Svatý Kopeček. Czech Republic. Open 1956. Tel.: (420) 585 151 605, 585 151 600. Fax: (420) 585 385 260. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoo-olomouc.cz. Director: Radomir Habáň. Zoologist: Jitka Vokurkova. Vet: Lenka Khrastinova. 78 staff. 42.5 ha. Att. – 339,506. Mammals – 90 spp., 624 specimens; birds – 58 spp., 363 specimens; reptiles – 27 spp., 104 specimens; fishes – 121 spp., 369 specimens; invertebrates – 101 spp. Total: 397 spp., 1 460 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of giraffes, anteaters, marine aquariums UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA
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P R A G U E Population – 1.267.449
Prague Zoo 17100 Praha 7, U Trojského Zámku 3/120. Czech Republic. Open 1931. Теl.: (420) 296 112 230. Fax: (420) 233 556 704. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoopraha.cz. Director: Miroslav Bobek. Deputy Director, Zoo: Jaroslav Šimek. Vet: Roman Vodička. 268 staff. 57.8 ha. Att. – 1,448,353. Mammals – 162 spp., 1 077 specimens; birds – 304 spp., 1 644 specimens; reptiles – 135 spp., 1 118 specimens; amphibians – 17 spp., 123 specimens; fishes – 40 spp., 767 specimens; invertebrates – 32 spp. Total: 690 spp., 4 730 specimens+. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, EEKMA V Y Š K O V Population – 24.000 Zoo Park Vyškov Zoo Park Vyškov, Cukrovarská 9, 682 01 Vyškov. Czech Republic. Open 1965. Tel.: (420) 517-346-356, 725 726 374. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoo-vyskov.cz. Director: Jozef Kachlik. Scientific Assistant: Dagmar Nepeřená. Vet: Ivo Hylák. 26 staff. 7 ha. Att. – 168,215. Mammals – 58 spp., 238 specimens; birds – 42 spp., 189 specimens; reptiles – 4 spp., 14 specimens; fishes – 11 spp., 226 specimens; invertebrates – 1 spp. Total: 116 spp., 667 specimens +. Speciality: rare breeds of domestic animals UCSZ
Denmark
S K Ø R P I N G Population – 2.872
HMJ Design A/S
Gl. Skørpingvej 156, DK-9520 Skørping.
Tel.: mob. +45 407 111 49. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.hmj-
design.com. International sales manager: Mikkel Ravn.
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Estonia
T A L L I N N Population – 420.000
Tallinn Zoo
Tallinna Loomaaed, Ehitajate tee 150/Paldiski mnt 145, 13522, Tallinn, Estonia.
Open 1939.
Tel.: (372) 694-33-10, 694-33-11. Fax: (372) 657-89-90. E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.loomaaed.ee.
Director: Tiit Maran. Head, Zoologist: Vladimir V. Fainstein. Vet: Maaya Kitsing.
215 staff. 88.6 ha. Att. – 324,647. Mammals – 105 spp., 1 141 specimens; birds – 123
spp., 671 specimens; reptiles – 43 spp., 163 specimens; amphibians – 17 spp., 279
specimens; fishes – 129 spp., 1 932 specimens; invertebrates – 97 spp. Total: 514
spp., 4 186 specimens+.
Speciality: rare North Palearctic species.
EAZA, WAZA, АZA, VDZ
Germany
M A G D E B U R G Population – 236.000
Magdeburg Zoo
39124 Magdeburg, Zooallee, 1. Open 1950.
Tel.: (49 391) 28090 2203. Fax: (49 391) 28090 5100. E-mail: ruske@zoo-
magdeburg.de. Web: www.zoo-magdeburg.de. Director: Dr. Kai Perret. Zoolog:
Konstantin Ruske. 60 staff. 16 ha. Att. – 357 000. Mammals – 83 spp., 323
specimens; birds – 85 spp., 485 specimens; reptiles – 22 spp., 71 specimens;
amphibians – 3 spp., 10 specimens; fishes – 15 spp., 493 specimens; invertebrates – 5
spp. Total: 214 spp., 1 387 specimens+.
Speciality: Callitrichidae, Psittaciformes
EAZA, WAZA, VDZ
N A T E N D O R F Population – 756
ZOOPROFIS
Weinberghof, Wessenstedt 12, D-29587 Natendorf, Germany.
Tel.: (49) 0 5822-2367. E-mail: [email protected]. Not enough detailes
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Israel
H A I F A Population – 272.181
Haifa Edicational Zoo named after L. Geldschmidt
3445519 Haifa, ul. Hatishbi, 124. Open 1949.
Tel.: (97250) 748-24-00 (director), (9724) 837-28-86 (offiсe). Fax: (9724)
810-35-99. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.haifazoo.co.il. Director, Zoo: Etti Ararat. Curator, Collection: Ameliya Terkel.
Vet: Boaz Lenderman. 30 staff. 3,5 ha. Att. – 195,103. Mammals – 51 spp., 367
specimens; birds – 48 spp., 237 specimens; reptiles – 28 spp., 102 specimens;
amphibians – 3 spp., 6 specimens; fishes – 2 spp., 3 specimens. Total: 132 spp., 715
specimens.
Speciality: animals of Israel.
EAZA, IZA, WAZA
K I R Y A T M O T Z K I N Population – 39.800
“Hai Park” Kiryat Motzkin
2633761 Kiryat Motzkin, ul. Hashmonaim 79. Open 2002.
Tel.: (9724) 874-74-45, 874-74-48. Fax: (9724) 874-77-91. E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.haypark.co.il. Director,
Zoo: Igal Fadida. Curator, Collection: Alex Kantorovich (Tel.: +972 53 579 79 42).
Vet: Roi Lapid. 28 staff. 5.5 ha. Att. – 223,421. Mammals – 52 spp., 304 specimens;
birds – 56 spp., 316 specimens; reptiles – 36 spp., 138 specimens. Total: 144 spp.,
758 specimens.
WAZA, EAZA, IZA
Speciality: Callithridae
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Kazakhstan
A L M A T Y Population – 1.700.000
Almaty Zoo
050007 Almaty, ul. Esenberlina, 166. Open 1937.
Tel.: (727) 291-37-19. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.almatyzoo.kz.
Director: Erzhan M. Erkinbaev. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Natalya V. Inger. Curator,
Collection: Aiman K. Edgebaeva. Vet: Azamat S. Duisenov. 273 staff. 22 ha. Att. –
475,609. Mammals – 71 spp., 298 specimens; birds – 111 spp., 736 specimens;
reptiles – 52 spp., 182 specimens; amphibians – 3 spp., 31 specimens; fishes – 68
spp., 1 463 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 310 spp., 2 710 specimens+.
Speciality: breeding of birds of prey.
WAZA, EAZA, SEAZA, IZE
A S T A N A Population – 1.000.000
Oceanarium “Duman”
01000 Astana, Kurgaldzhinskoe shosse, 2. “Alem – project”. Open 2003.
Tel.: (7172) 24-22-22. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.duman.kz. Director:
Eldar A. Daribaev. Head, Aquarium: Lyubov V. Selezneva. 180 staff. 9 ha. Att. –
536 000.
Speciality: hydrobionts. Not enough detailes
K A R A G A N D A Population – 475.500
Karaganda Zoo
100019 Karaganda, ul. Ermekova, 111. Open 1938.
Tel.: (7212) 30-37-07; 44-18-43. Tel./fax: (7212) 44-17-42. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Madina S. Ashirova. Deputy Director: Manara S. Esengeldina. Vet: Bolat
В. Ashenov. 92 staff. 43.5 ha (exposition – 8 ha). No reply
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КА ОР ЛАК ZOO
БУГУ ЭНЕобщественный фонд
S H Y M K E N T Population – 904.000
Shymkent Zoo
160000 Shymkent, ul. M.Kh. Dulati. Open 1980.
Tel.: (7252) 47-64-24. Tel./fax: (7252) 47-60-30. E-mail: shymkent-
[email protected]. Web: www.shymkenzoo.kz. Director: Nurgazy B. Bukharbaev.
Scientific Director: Latipsha A. Aliev. Vet: Nina A. Li. 138 staff. 30 ha (exposition –
19 ha). Att. – 281,136. Mammals – 56 spp., 824 specimens; birds – 75 spp., 323
specimens; reptiles – 23 spp., 48 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 7 specimens; fishes
– 70 spp., 1,327 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 233 spp., 2 529 specimens+.
Speciality: ungulates.
Kyrgyzstan
K A R A K O L Population – 100.000
Public Fund “Bugu-Ene”, Karakol Zoo “Bugu-Ene”
724318 Chyuiskaya obl., s. Lebedinovka, prospect Pobedy, 117, 6. Open 1987.
Tel.: +996 559 93 42 39. E-mail: [email protected]. President: Saltanat Seitova.
Assistant President: Pavel V. Shevchenko. 15 staff. 8,5 ha (exposition – 3 ha). Att. –
37,828. Mammals – 19 spp., 91 specimens; birds – 19 spp., 72 specimens; reptiles – 1
spp., 6 specimens. Total: 39 spp., 169 specimens.
Speciality: local fauna.
Moldova
K I S H I N E V Population – 730.000
Kishinev Zoo
2062 Kishinev, bulvar Dachiya, 50/7. Open 1978.
Tel.: (37322) 56-37-33. Tel./fax: (37322) 56-27-22. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.zoo.md, www.zoopark.md. Director: Aleksei P.
Khantsatsuk. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Evgenii M. Matveev. Vet: Yurii I. Panarin.
127 staff. 24.3 ha (exposition – 10 ha). Att. – 294,100. Not enough detailes
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Poland
L O D Z Population – 719.000
Lodz Zoo (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny)
Zarząd Zieleni Miejskiej, Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny, ul. Konstantynowska 8/10
94-303, Łódź, Poland. Open 1938.
Tel.: (4842) 632 75 79. Fax: (4842) 632 92 90. E-mail: [email protected].
Web: www.zoo.lodz.pl. Director: Tomasz Jóźwik. Vice-director: Anna Nowacka.
Curator: Barbara Wicińska. Vet: Izabela Piorkowska. 56 staff. 16.4 ha. Att. – 295,062
чел. Mammals – 71 spp., 306 specimens; birds – 107 spp., 368 specimens; reptiles –
43 spp., 167 specimens; amphibians – 20 spp., 340 specimens; fishes – 99 spp., 1 280
specimens; invertebrates – 26 spp. Total: 366 spp., 2 461 specimens+.
EAZA, WAZA
Russia
A B A K A N Population – 179.163
«Wildlife Centre», Abakan
655004 Republic Khakassiya, Abakan, ul. Pushkina, 200. Open 1972.
Tel.: (3902) 35-50-23. Tel./fax: (3902) 28-53-71. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.abakanzoo.ru. Director: Gennadii D. Lagutko. Vet: Maksim B. Gorlyshkin. 66
staff. 5.9 ha. Att. – 100,435. Not enough detailes
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A N A P A Population – 200.000
Anapa Zoo «DoDo»
353440 Krasnodarskii krai, Anapa, ul. Novorossiiskaya, 45. Open 2007.
Tel.: (86133) 6-02-76. Fax: (86133) 3-07-39. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.park-zoo.ru. General Director: Lyudmila B. Kamaeva. Deputy Director,
Zoovet: Natalya L. Belugina (Tel.: +7 918 453 68 29). Vet: D. Glebov. 30 staff. 10
ha. Att. – 30,000. Mammals – 21 spp., 96 specimens; birds – 89 spp., 372 specimens;
reptiles – 3 spp., 10 specimens. Total: 112 spp., 468 specimens.
Speciality: birds and small monkey.
A R K H A R A Population – 9.000
The Station of Reintroduction of Rare Species Birds of Khingan Reserve.
676741 Amurskaya obl., Arkharinskii r-n, pos. Arkhara, per. Dorozhnyi, 6.
Open 1963.
Tel./fax: (41648) 32-2-09. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.khingan.ru. Director, Reserve: Viktor V. Kopylov. The Head of Station:
Nadezhda V. Kuznetsova. 73 staff. 7,9 ha. Att. – 1,151. Birds – 8 spp., 34 specimens.
Speciality: breeding and reintroduction of rare species of cranes and breeding of rare
species of birds of the Far East.
B E L G O R O D Population – 350.000
Belgorod Zoo
308000 Belgorod, ul. Kharkovskaya, 8-a. Open 2016.
Tel.: (4722) 40-62-02, 40-62-03. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.belzoopark.ru. Director: Nikolai Yu. Belov. Deputy Director: Andrei L.
Shestakov. Vet: Aleksei V. Shakurov. 45 staff. 25 ha. Att. – 233,467. Mammals – 40
spp., 99 specimens; birds – 44 spp., 160 specimens; reptiles – 15 spp., 45 specimens.
Total: 99 spp., 304 specimens.
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B O L S H E R E C H’ Y E Population – 15.000
Bolsherech’ye Zoo named after V. Solomatin
646670 Omskaya obl., Bolsherech’ye, ul. Sovetov, 67. Open 1983.
Tel.: (38169) 2-17-96, 2-17-99. Tel./fax: (38169) 2-20-63. E-mail: Bol-
[email protected]. Web: www.Bolzoo.ru. Director: Sergei B. Ovchinnikov. Vet:
Evgenii A. Mushakov. 74 staff. 9 ha. Att. – 151,459. Mammals – 59 spp., 152
specimens; birds – 59 spp., 655 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 33 specimens;
amphibians – 1 spp., 1 specimens; fishes – 41 spp., 637 specimens. Total: 181 spp., 1
478 specimens.
Speciality: animals of Siberia and Far East.
B R Y K I N B O R Population – 300
Oka Biosphere State Natural Reserve
Breeding Station for Rare Species of Cranes (open 1979); Wisent Nursery (open
1959).
391072 Ryazanskaya obl., Spasskii r-n, p. Brykin Bor. Okskii Reserve.
Tel./fax: (49135) 7-22-74. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.oksky-reserve.ru.
Director, Reserve: Yurii M. Markin. Curator, Wisent Nursery: Ekaterina L.
Tsibizova. Curator, Nursery of Cranes: Tatyana A. Kashentseva. Vet: Natalya V.
Bebikh. Staff: Wisent Nursery – 6, Nursery of Cranes – 6. Total staff – 18. 202 ha –
Wisent Nursery, 50 ha – Nursery of Cranes. Att. – 5,000. Mammals – 1 spp., 29
specimens; birds – 7 spp., 61 specimens. Total: 8 spp., 90 specimens.
Speciality: breeding and introduction into the wild the rare species of cranes and
wisents.
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C H E LY A B I N S K Population – 1.180.000
Chelyabinsk Zoo
454080 Chelyabinsk, ul. Truda, 191. Open 1996.
Tel./fax: (351) 263-18-64. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.chelzoo.ru.
Director: Yurii A. Leonchik. Deputy Director: Rimma R. Akhmadeeva. Vet: Alena
V. Khusnullina. 128 staff. 30 ha (exposition – 7.0 ha). Att. – 476,663. Mammals – 66
spp., 188 specimens; birds – 43 spp., 199 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 47
specimens; amphibians – 3 sp., 9 specimens. Total: 133 spp., 443 specimens.
C H I T A Population – 339.453
Chita Zoo
672007 Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita, ul. Zhuravleva, 75. Open 1994.
Tel./fax: (3022) 35-95-98. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.zooparkchita.ru. Director: Dmitrii N. Larchenko. Deputy Director: Marina V.
Murina. Vet: Anastasiya A. Peremykina. 56 staff. 7, 129 m. sq. Att. – 105,360.
Mammals – 40 spp., 527 specimens; birds – 49 spp., 387 specimens; reptiles – 10
spp., 30 specimens; amphibians – 5 sp., 66 specimens; fishes – 155 spp., 920
specimens; invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 225 spp., 1 930 specimens+.
E K A T E R I N B U R G Population – 1.444.439
Ekaterinburg Zoo
620026 Ekaterinburg, ul. Mamina-Sibiryaka, 189. Open 1930.
Tel./fax: (343) 215-98-00. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].
Web: www.ekazoo.ru., www.зоопарк.екатеринбург.рф., Director: Svetlana S.
Prilepina. Deputy Director, Collection: Pavel A. Grachev. Vet: Tatyana I.
Kuandykova. 170 staff. 2.7 ha. Att. – 609,000. Mammals – 83 spp., 247 specimens;
birds – 60 spp., 219 specimens; reptiles – 76 spp., 209 specimens; amphibians – 36
spp., 206 specimens; fishes – 28 spp., 68 specimens; invertebrates – 74 spp. Total:
357 spp., 949 specimens+.
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E L I Z O V O Population – 64.000
Elizovo Zoo named after A. Shevlyagin
684000 Kamchatskii krai, Elizovo, ul. Lenina, 20. Open 1983.
Tel.: (41531) 7-16-99. Fax: (41531) 6-40-03. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.zooparkpk.ru. Director: Lyudmila M. Glukhova. Deputy Director: Ekaterina A.
Buldaeva. 15 staff. 1.2 ha. Att. – 31,412. Mammals – 18 spp., 61 specimens; birds –
28 spp., 374 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 59 specimens; amphibians – 9 spp., 42
specimens; fishes – 25 spp., 210 specimens; invertebrates – 10 spp. Total: 111 spp.,
746 specimens+.
I V A N O V O Population – 435.000 Ivanovo Zoo 153003 Ivanovo, ul. Leningradskaya, 2-а. Open 1994. Tel.: (4932) 32-36-61, 32-36-66, 30-04-13. Tel./fax: (4932) 30-09-58. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.ivanovozoo.ru, www.zooivanovo.ru. Director: Arkadii V. Borzov. Deputy Director: Olga G. Vlasova. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Maksim E. Kozlov. Vet: Shakhnaz F. Kakhramova. 40 staff. 2,43 ha. Att. – 64,000. Mammals – 44 spp., 108 specimens; birds – 111 spp., 301 – specimens; reptiles – 10 spp., 22 specimens; invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 171 spp., 431 specimens+. I Z H E V S K Population – 630.000 Izhevsk Zoo 426033 Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk, ul. Kirova, 8. Open 2008. Tel.: (3412) 59-81-81, 59-92-52. Tel./fax: (3412) 59-89-89. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.udm-zoo.ru. Director: Svetlana A. Malysheva. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Ekaterina P. Pchelnikova. Vet: Elena G. Morozova. 208 staff. 17.8 ha. Att. – 596,735. Mammals – 71 spp., 245 specimens; birds – 75 spp., 253 specimens; reptiles – 19 spp., 50 specimens; amphibians – 6 spp., 12 specimens; fishes – 13 spp., 54 specimens; invertebrates – 9 spp. Total: 193 spp., 614 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of carnivores.
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K A L I N I N G R A D Population – 459.560
Kaliningrad Zoo
236022 Kaliningrad, prospekt Mira, 26. Open 1896.
Tel.: (4012) 93-74-02, 93-74-66. Fax: (4012) 93-73-99. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.kldzoo.ru. Director: Svetlana Yu. Sokolova. Deputy
Director, Zoovet: Svetlana I. Yarova. Vet: Olga G. Khutsieva. 146 staff. 16.4 ha. Att.
– 387,283. Mammals – 54 spp., 211 specimens; birds – 90 spp., 510 specimens;
reptiles – 33 spp., 77 specimens; amphibians – 7 spp., 38 specimens; fishes – 93 spp.,
848 specimens; invertebrates – 14 spp. Total: 291 spp., 1 684 specimens+.
EAZA (candidate)
K A L I N I N G R A D Population – 459.560
Museum of the World Ocean
236006 Kaliningrad, naberezhnaya Petra Velikogo, 1. Open 1990.
Tel.: (4012) 53-89-15, 53-05-47. Fax: (4012) 34-02-11. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.world.ocean.ru. General Director: Svetlana G.
Sivkova. Deputy Director, Research: Elena G. Kropinina. Chief, Aquarium: Yurii N.
Trishkin. 225 staff. 217 m. sq. Not enough detailes
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K A Z A N Population – 1.200.000
Kazan Zoo (Zoo-Botanical Garden)
420059 Tatarstan, Kazan, ul. Khadi-Taktash, 112. Open 1806 (Botanical Garden).
Tel.: (843) 278-05-20. Tel./fax: (843) 278-05-30. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.kazzoobotsad.ru. Director: Fanis V. Nurmukhametov.
Deputy Director, Zoovet: Aleksandr V. Malev. Vet: Elena M. Gnatenko. 116 staff.
6.7 ha. Att. – 184,727. Mammals – 52 spp., 173 specimens; birds – 51 spp., 277
specimens; reptiles – 28 spp., 76 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 2 specimens; fishes
– 2 spp., 3 specimens; invertebrates – 13 spp. Total: 147 spp., 531 specimens+. Plants
– 1 077 spp., 6 000 specimens.
Speciality: bears, birds of prey.
EAZA
K H A B A R O V S K Population – 611.160
Zoological Garden “Priamurskii”named after V. Sysoev
680000 Khabarovsk, ul. Dzerzhinskogo, 36, office 210. Open 2002.
Tel./fax: (4212) 32-45-40. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.zoosad27.ru. General Director: Andrei V. Dolin. Deputy General Director:
Elena A. Mirgorodskaya. Zoologist: Elena G. Korotkova. Vet: Anna A. Melnikova.
56 staff. 8.1 ha. Att. – 99,583. Mammals – 33 spp., 90 specimens; birds – 20 spp., 38
specimens. Total: 53 spp., 128 specimens.
Speciality: animals of Far East.
K O M S O M O L S K - ON - A M U R Komsomolsk-on-Amur “Zoo Centre “Python” Population – 251.283
681016 Khabarovskii krai, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, ul. Ordzhonikidze, 9/2. Open
1990.
Tel.: (4217) 59-09-71. Tel./fax: (4217) 55-35-28. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.zoopiton.ru. Director: Irina A. Trifonova. Depute Director: Vitalii A. Titov.
Zoolog: Valentina V. Tereshko. Vet: Oksana N. Bukreeva. 32 staff. 1.9 ha. Att. –
65,053. Mammals – 48 spp., 109 specimens; birds – 26 spp., 79 specimens; reptiles –
27 spp., 49 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 5 specimens; invertebrates – 1 spp.
Total: 106 spp., 242 specimens+
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K R A S N O Y A R S K Population – 1.066.934
Krasnoyarsk park of Flora and Fauna “Roev Ruchey”
660054 Krasnoyarsk, ul. Sverdlovskaya, 293. Open 2000.
Tel.: (391) 269-80-80. Fax: (391) 269-81-01. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.roev.ru. Director: Andrei V. Gorban. Deputy
Director, Zoovet: Yurii A. Makhrov. Vet: Aleksandr V. Pinchuk. 293 staff. 27 ha
(exposition – 13 ha). Att. – 710,834. Mammals – 122 spp., 379 specimens; birds –
141 spp., 657 specimens; reptiles – 109 spp., 290 specimens; amphibians – 17 spp.,
97 specimens; fishes – 210 spp., 4 040 specimens; invertebrates – 91 spp. Total: 690
spp., 5 663 specimens+. Plants – 927 spp.
L I P E T S K Population – 510.020
Lipetsk Zoo
398059 Lipetsk, ul. K. Marksa, 9. Open 1973.
Tel.: (4742) 77-85-70, 23-53-89, 77-17-27. Fax: (4742) 23-54-17. E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.липецкийзоопарк.рф, www.zoo48.ru. Director: Aleksandr I. Osipov. Vet:
Vladimir A. Aksenov. 87 staff. 3,9 ha. Att. – 208,377. Mammals – 70 spp., 173
specimens; birds – 70 spp., 432 specimens; reptiles – 43 spp., 56 specimens;
amphibians – 6 spp., 9 specimens; fishes – 75 spp., 303 specimens; invertebrates – 28
spp. Total: 292 spp., 1 040 specimens+.
M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664 Aqua Logo engineering, Ltd 117218, Moscow, ul. D. Ulyanova, d. 42, 5-a. Open 2006. Tel./fax: (495) 775-31-78. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.aqualogo-engineering.ru. General Director: Aleksey L. Kazakevich. Executive Director: Vladimir V. Svyatlovskii. Head, Aqua-Terrarium Complex: Petr A. Bakuta. Staff – 50. Aquariums – 1100 m. sq. Reptiles – 85 spp., 600 specimens; amphibians – 40 spp., 1900 specimens; fishes – 380 spp., 40 000 specimens; invertebrates – 100 spp. Total: 605 spp., 42 500 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of aquarium and terrarium animals.
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M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664
Moscow Zoo
123242, Moscow, B. Gruzinskaya, 1. Open 1864.
Tel.: (499) 255-60-34. Fax: (495) 605-17-17.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected].
Web: www.moscowzoo.ru.
General Director: Svetlana V. Akulova;
Tel.: (499) 252-04-02.
President: Vladimir V. Spitsin;
Tel.: (495) 605 00 02.
Deputy General Zoological Director: Aleksei Yu. Suslov;
Tel.: (499) 255-95-48
Head of International Logistics Department: Nikita V. Khatuntsev;
Tel.: (499) 252-04-99
Head of the Scientific and Methodology Department: Vladimir E. Frolov;
Tel.: (499) 255-63-64
Senior Veterinarian: Mikhail V. Alshinetsky;
Tel.: (499) 254 4943
Staff – 552. Zoo area – 21.3926 ha. Att. – 2,835,200.
Moscow Zoo’s Breeding Station
143603 Pos. Sychovo, Volokolamsky Region, Moscow Area
Head, Zoologist: Aleksandr G. Perfil’ev;
Tel.: (496) 367 47 68
Total area of the Breeding Station – 198.3 ha.
Area of the subsidiary farm (Lotoshino village) – 51.3 ha. 119 staff.
Zoo in the Motherland of Father Frost (Branch of the Moscow Zoo)
162390 Vologodskaya oblast, Velykoustugsky region, village Lopatnikovo.
Director: Vladimir A. Karabanov;
Tel.: (81738) 5-21-44
Deputy Director: Radomir I. Ostrovskii.
44 staff. 3,5 ha. Att. – 53,609.
*** Mammals – 169 spp., 1 436 specimens; birds – 261 spp., 2 273 specimens; reptiles –
267 spp., 1 340 specimens; amphibians – 52 spp., 313 specimens; fishes – 129 spp., 1
005 specimens; invertebrates – 224 spp. Total: 1 102 spp., 6 367 specimens+.
Speciality: breeding of rare carnivores, waterfowl birds and cranes, birds of prey,
venomous snakes.
EAZA, WAZA, IZE
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M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664
«Isk Evro-Polis»
123290 Moscow, 1-yi Magistralnyi tupik, d. 5-а.
Tel.: (495) 987-18-38. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.evro-polis.ru.
General Director: O.V. Tishkin.
M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664
«MosBio Engineering», LLC
127055 Moscow, Butyrskii Val., 68. Open 2012.
Tel/fax: (499) 380-72-16. E-mail: [email protected]. General Director: Vadim V.
Shvechkov.
M O S C O W
K H I M K I Population – 232.066
«Amazoniya Zoo»
141407 Moskvskaya oblast’, g. Khimki, Nagornoe shosse, 2. Open 2009.
Tel.: (926) 858-38-34, (925) 162-97-99. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Mariya
A. Korolkova. 5 staff. 0,4 ha. Mammals – 20 spp., 68 specimens; birds – 14 spp., 40
specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 35 specimens. Total: 37 spp., 143 specimens.
M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664 “Moskvarium” 129223, Moscow, Prospect Mira, d. 119, str. 23. Open 2015. Tel.: (499) 677-77-77. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.moskvarium.ru. Director: Kirill A. Bezuglov. Deputy Director: Anna S. Safronova. Vet: Irina V. Suvorova. 577 staff. 53 000 m.sq. Att. – 1 500 000. Not enough detailes
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M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664
“Museum of Nature and discovery centre “Coral reef” 141407 Bolshaya Marfinskaya, 7-a. General Director: Andrei Yu. Aleksandrov. Not enough detailes
N I Z H N I I N O V G O R O D Population – 1.300.000
Nizhnii Novgorod Zoo “Limpopo”
603035 Nizhnii Novgorod, ul. Yaroshenko, 7-b. Open 2003.
Branch «Little Land «Limpopo»
606400 Balakhna, pl. Sovetskaya, 1. Open 2011
Tel.: (831) 416-14-14. Tel./fax: (831) 271-67-37. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.nnzoo.ru.
General Director: Vladimir G. Gerasichkin. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Vasilii P.
Baldygin. Vet: Olga V. Remezova. 100 staff. 7.2 ha (2.2 ha – Branch). Att. –
240,567. Mammals – 95 spp., 318 specimens; birds – 111 spp., 556 specimens;
reptiles – 13 spp., 47 specimens; fishes – 12 spp., 91 specimens. Total: 231 spp.,
1,012 specimens.
N I Z H N I I N O V G O R O D Population – 1.300.000
Nizhnii Novgorod Zoo “Switzerland”
603104 Nizhnii Novgorod, prospekt Gagarina, 35. Open 1997.
Tel.: (831) 465-86-81, 465-03-89. Fax: (831) 465-85-18. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.parknnov.ru. Director, Park: Elena Yu. Khabarova.
Deputy Director, Zoo: Natalya N. Otdelnova. Vet: Ekaterina V. Lotyreva. 20 staff. 3
ha. No reply
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N O V O S I B I R S K Population – 1.500.000
Novosibirsk Zoo named after R. Shilo
630001 Novosibirsk-1, ul. Timiryazeva, 71/1. Open 1947.
Tel.: (383) 225-58-56. Tel./Fax: (383) 220-97-79. E-mail: [email protected], info.zoo-
[email protected]. Web: www.zoonovosib.ru. Director: Andrei R. Shilo. Scientific
Director: Olga V. Shilo. Vet: Svetlana N. Verkholantseva. 267 staff. 65 ha. Att. –
1,831,079. Mammals – 165 spp., 2 001 specimens; birds – 206 spp., 1,226 specimens;
reptiles – 49 spp., 216 specimens; amphibians – 9 spp., 143 specimens; fishes – 246
spp., 6 557 specimens; invertebrates – 63 spp. Total: 738 spp., 10 143 specimens+.
Speciality: cats, martens, grouses.
EAZA, WАZA
O M S K Population – 1.178.100
Omsk Eco-Biological Centre
644046 Omsk-46, ul. Marshala Zhukova, 109. Open 1992.
Tel.: (3812) 53-15-57. Tel./fax: (3812) 30-24-00. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.55zoopark.ru. Director: Galina V. Sitnikova.
Deputy Director: Aleksandr P. Stankovskii. Head, Children Zoo: Evgeniya N.
Kisteneva. Vet: Olga G. Onischenko. 77 staff. 3.2 ha. Att. – 70,060. Mammals – 26
spp., 78 specimens; birds – 81 spp., 250 specimens; reptiles – 25 spp., 74 specimens;
amphibians – 8 spp., 28 specimens; fishes – 62 spp., 501 specimens; invertebrates –
11 spp. Total: 213 spp., 931 specimens+.
P E N Z A Population – 524.632
Penza Zoo
440026 Penza, ul. Krasnaya, 10. Open 1981.
Tel.: (8412) 99-08-44, 99-18-62. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected].
Web: www.zoo-penza.ru. Director: Andrei A. Voskresenskii. Scientific Director:
Sergei A. Zubtsov. Vet: Andrei A. Solodkov. 115 staff. 9.8 ha. Att. – 225,000.
Mammals – 53 spp., 265 specimens; birds – 96 spp., 473 specimens; reptiles – 8 spp.,
28 specimens; fishes – 1 spp., 1 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 163 spp.,
767 specimens+.
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P E R M Population – 1.041.876
Perm Zoo
614000 Perm, ul. Monastyrskaya, 10. Open 1927.
Tel.: (342) 212-16-78. Tel/fax: (342) 212-26-21, 246-29-03. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.zoo.perm.ru. Director: Lyudmila V.
Kardashova. Head, Zoovet Department: Inna Yu. Malysheva. Scientific Secretary:
Elena G. Burdina. Vet: Elena M. Bessonova. 82 staff. 1.76 ha. Att. – 294,745.
Mammals – 60 spp., 505 specimens; birds – 82 spp., 631 specimens; reptiles – 31
spp., 85 specimens; fishes – 192 spp., 1 208 specimens; invertebrates – 18 spp. Total:
383 spp., 2 429 specimens +.
R O S T O V - ON - D O N Population – 1.200.000
Rostov-on-Don Zoo
344039 Rostov-on-Don, Zoologicheskaya ul., 3. Open 1927.
Tel./fax: (863) 232-82-91. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoopark-
rostov.ru. Director: Aleksandr V. Zhadobin. Deputy Director: Aleksandr V.
Mironenko. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Irina O. Gribanova. Vet: Vyacheslav I.
Zinchenko. 260 staff. 58.4 ha. Att. – 635,500. Mammals – 111 spp., 671 specimens;
birds – 141 spp., 1 148 specimens; reptiles – 35 spp., 80 specimens; amphibians – 3
spp., 7 specimens; fishes – 106 spp., 1 235 specimens; invertebrates – 59 spp. Total:
455 spp., 3 141 specimens+.
Speciality: mountain ungulates, large cats.
S A M A R A Population – 1.133.754
Samara Zoo
443114 Samara, prospekt Kirova, 349. Open 1992.
Tel.: (846) 956-46-64, 928-01-64. Tel./fax: (846) 959-45-84, 926-11-27. E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.samarazoo.ru. Director:
Oleg V. Sheptalov. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Aleksandr E. Kuzovenko. Vet:
Ekaterina S. Latina. 51 staff. 0.3 ha. Att. – 133,866. Mammals – 50 spp., 78
specimens; birds – 47 spp., 224 specimens; reptiles – 31 spp., 55 specimens;
amphibians – 2 spp., 6 specimens; fishes – 88 spp., 275 specimens; invertebrates – 12
spp. Total: 230 spp., 638 specimens +.
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S T. P E T E R S B U R G Population – 5.225.690
Oceanarium “Planeta “Neptun ”
191119 St. Petersburg, ul. Marata, 86-A, office 153. Open 2006.
Tel.: (812) 448-02-60. Fax: (812) 572-44-40. E-mail: [email protected].
Web: www.planeta-neptun.ru., www.океанариум.рф. General Director: Oleg N.
Ryabchuk. Deputy Director: Oleg I. Dolbilin. Head, Aquarium: Andrey P. Oppolitov.
Head, Vet. ichthyologist: Oleg N. Yunchis. 138 staff. 5.000 m. sq. Att. – 640,000.
Mammals – 1 spp., 3 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 5 specimens; fishes – 141 spp.,
2,032 specimens; invertebrates – 60 spp.Total: 205 spp. 2 040 specimens +.
Speciality: maintenance and exhibition of hydrobionts.
S T. P E T E R S B U R G Population – 5.225.690
Leningrad Zoo
197198 St. Petersburg, Aleksandrovskii park, 1. Open 1865.
Tel.: (812) 232-82-60, 233-38-27. Fax: (812) 232-82-50, 232-48-28, 232-31-45.
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.spbzoo.ru. Director: Irina S. Skiba. Vet: Elena V. Sysoeva. 213 staff. 7.3 ha.
Att. – 751,800. Mammals – 96 spp., 526 specimens; birds – 130 spp., 607 specimens;
reptiles – 78 spp., 179 specimens; amphibians – 38 spp., 121 specimens; fishes – 141
spp., 1 040 specimens; invertebrates – 193 spp. Total: 676 spp., 2 531 specimens+.
EAZA (candidate)
S A R A N S K Population – 360.000
Saransk Zoo
430004 Mordoviya, Saransk, ul. Pervomaiskaya, 6. Open 2002. Tel.: (8342) 47-18-84. Tel./fax: (8342) 47-93-81. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Pavel P. Kshnyaikin. Deputy Director: Gennadii A. Afonichkin. Vet: Ildar M. Shamsaddin. 50 staff. 1.8 ha. Att. – 75,600. Mammals – 38 spp., 94 specimens; birds – 46 spp., 350 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 49 specimens. Total: 87 spp., 493 specimens.
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S E V E R S K Population – 110.000
Seversk Wildlife Park
636000 Tomskaya obl., Seversk, pr. Kommunisticheskii, 45-a. Open 1967.
Tel.: (3823) 54-82-84. Tel./fax: (3823) 54-31-40. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.park-seversk.ru. Director: Evgenii I. Taldonov.
Head, Zoovet Department: Yurii N. Kuznetsov. Vet: Olga N.Ivanova. 118 staff.
23.15 ha (zoo – 4 ha). Att. – 142,110. Mammals – 53 spp., 118 specimens; birds – 68
spp., 209 specimens; reptiles – 36 spp., 90 specimens; fishes – 40 spp., 795
specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 202 spp., 1 212 specimens+.
Speciality: animals of Siberia and Far East.
SMOLENSK Population – 328.906
Smolensk Zoo
214018 Smolensk, ul. Pamfilova, 3-b. Open 2001.
Tel.: (4812) 55-21-96. Tel./fax: (4812) 52-36-80. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.smolzoo.ru. Director: Aleksei I. Zazykin. Deputy Director: Tatyana V. Shulga.
16 staff. 226 m. sq. Att. – 14,058. Mammals – 10 sp., 22 specimens; birds – 9 spp.,
20 specimens; reptiles – 19 spp., 44 specimens; amphibians – 3 sp., 5 specimens;
fishes – 11 spp., 72 specimens; invertebrates – 7 spp. Total: 59 spp., 165 specimens+.
S O C H I Population – 415.000
Sochi Aquarium
354024 Krasnodarskii krai, Sochi, alley Cheltenkhema, 4. Open 2005.
Tel./fax: (862) 267-72-26. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.aquazoosochi.ru.
Director: Sergei M. Zraychikov. Deputy Director: Zhanna A. Zazina. 21 staff. 1.200
m. sq. Att. – 42,000. Mammals – 6 spp., 8 specimens; birds – 1 spp., 6 specimens;
reptiles – 8 spp., 21 specimens; fishes – 56 spp., 281 specimens; invertebrates – 20
spp. Total: 91 spp., 316 specimens+.
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S T A R Y I O S K O L Population – 350.000
Staryi Oskol Zoo
309541 Belgorodskaya obl., Starooskolskii r-n, khutor Chumaki. Open 2008.
Tel.: (4725) 47-32-00. Tel./fax: (4725) 47-32-99. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.oskol-zoo.ru. Director: Sergei N. Razdobudko. Deputy Director: Lidiya V.
Razdobudko. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Pavel V. Didenko. 50 staff. 18.5 ha
(exposition – 9 ha). Att. – 68,300. Mammals – 36 spp., 100 specimens; birds – 25
spp., 150 specimens; reptiles – 6 spp., 8 specimens. Total: 67 spp., 258 specimens.
Speciality: breeding of pheasants.
S T A V R O P O L Population – 419.800
Stavropol Zooexotarium
355035 Stavropol, Komsomolskaya ul., 113. Open 1998.
Tel./fax: (865) 233-33-64. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.zoostav.ru. Director: Evgenii N. Trutnev. Deputy Director: Svetlana Yu.
Trutneva. 28 staff. 299.4 m. sq. Att. – 52,500. Mammals – 34 spp., 95 specimens;
birds – 27 spp., 54 specimens; reptiles – 37 spp., 57 specimens; amphibians – 3 spp.,
5 specimens; fishes – 30 spp., 174 specimens; invertebrates – 14 spp. Total: 146 spp.,
385 specimens+.
S T A V R O P O L Population – 419.800
«Zoopark»
355000 Stavropol, ul. Shpakovskaya, 111. Open 2011.
Tel.: (865) 277-00-77. Director: Aleksei Al. Mironenko. Deputy Director: Aleksei An.
Red’kin. Vet: Olga V. Arustamova. 16 staff. 4 ha. Att. – 31,000. Mammals – 23 spp.,
62 specimens; birds – 8 spp., 43 specimens. Total: 31 spp., 105 specimens.
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S U R G U T Population – 348.643
Surgut Mini-Zoo
628403 Tyumenskaya obl., KHMAO-Yugra, Surgut, proezd Druzhby, 7. Open 1980.
Tel./fax: (3462) 37-59-17. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Olga V. Yarushina.
Head, Mini-zoopark: Aleksandr M. Prokofiev. Vet: Snezhana V. Suslova. 20 staff
(zoo). 3 ha. Att. – 42,200. Mammals – 28 spp., 157 specimens; birds – 70 spp., 257
specimens; reptiles – 22 spp., 50 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 14 specimens;
fishes – 70 spp., 528 specimens; invertebrates – 19 spp. Total: 213 spp., 1 006
specimens+.
T U L A Population – 490.508
Tula Exotarium
300002 Tula, ul. Oktyabrskaya, 26. Open 1987.
Tel.: (4872) 47-53-92. Tel./fax: (4872) 34-40-33. E-mail: [email protected],
Web: www.tulazoo.ru. Director: Tatyana S. Moiseeva. Deputy Director, Zoo:
Svetlana A. Kovalchuk. 50 staff. 750 m. sq. Att. – 84,579. Mammals – 21 spp., 240
specimens; birds – 9 spp., 24 specimens; reptiles – 150 spp., 1 399 specimens;
amphibians – 26 spp., 110 specimens; fishes – 2 spp., 21 specimens; invertebrates –
13 spp. Total: 221 spp., 1 794 specimens+.
Speciality: amphibians and reptiles of South-East Asia.
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V O R O N E Z H Population – 1.000.000
Voronezh Zoo named after A. Popov
394029 Voronezh, ul. P. Osipenko, 6-a. Open 1994.
Tel.: (473) 262-27-64, 239-47-93. Tel./fax: (473) 249-91-70. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.zooparkvrn.ru. Director: Andrei G. Shestopalov.
Deputy Director, Zoovet: Inna G. Subbotina. Vet: Mariya F. Sycheva. 99 staff. 6.8
ha. Att. – 177,388. Mammals – 38 spp., 184 specimens; birds – 42 spp., 145
specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 52 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 7 specimens; fishes
– 64 spp., 617 specimens; invertebrates – 4 spp. Total: 171 spp., 1 005 specimens+.
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V O R O N E Z H Population – 1.000.000
Voronezh Oceanarium
396005 Voronezhskaya obl., Ramonskii raion, p. Solnechnyi, ul. Parkovaya, 3, office
3. Open 2011.
Tel.: (473) 228-03-18. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], Web:www.cityparkgrad.ru/entertaiment/oceanarium.
Director: Stanislav Yu. Zaryanov. Head Zoovet: Vyacheslav I. Butsai. Vet: Irina V.
Mezhova. 55 staff. 4,400 m. sq. Att. – 246,000. Mammals – 24 spp., 57 specimens;
birds – 5 spp., 13 specimens; reptiles – 30 spp., 57 specimens; fishes – 296 spp.,
4 164 specimens; invertebrates – 61 spp. Total: 420 spp., 4 295 specimens+.
Speciality: sea animals.
Y A K U T S K Population – 330.000 Yakutsk Zoo “Orto Doidu” named after V. Alekseev 677000 Republiс Sakha, Yakutsk, ul. Kulakovskogo, 28, office 511. Open 2001. Tel./fax: (4112) 22-52-59. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.ykt.ru. Director: Luka N. Safonov. Deputy Director: Irina V. Alekseeva. Vet: Semen I. Sannikov. 30 staff. 87,47 ha (exposition – 9.5 ha). Att. – 91,195. Mammals – 38 spp., 80 specimens; birds – 40 spp., 139 specimens; reptiles – 66 spp., 140 specimens; amphibians – 16 spp., 43 specimens; fishes – 6 spp., 42 specimens; invertebrates – 1 spp. Total: 167 spp., 443 specimens+. Speciality: fauna of Siberia and Far East.
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Y A R O S L A V L Population – 594.800
Yaroslavl Zoo
150007 Yaroslavl, ul. Shevelyukha, 137. Open 2008.
Tel.: (4852) 59-37-02, 71-01-91, 59-37-01. Fax: (4852) 71-01-50. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.yaroslavlzoo.ru. Director: Teimuraz K.
Baratashvili. Scientific Director: Marina V. Stepanova. Vet: Oksana N. Sokolova.
161 staff. 1,233 ha (exposition – 66 ha). Att. – 270,000. Mammals – 106 spp., 489
specimens; birds – 113 spp., 430 specimens; reptiles – 50 spp., 109 specimens,
amphibians – 13 spp., 39 specimens; fishes – 88 spp., 702 specimens; invertebrates –
51 spp. Total: 421 spp., 1 769 specimens+.
Speciality: animals of Central Russia.
Y U Z H N O -S A K H A L I N S K Population – 201.800
Sakhalin Zoological-Botanical Park
693001 Sakhalin obl., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, ul. Detskaya, 4-a. Open 1993.
Tel.: (4242) 50-58-29. Tel./fax: (4242) 72-45-09. E-mail: [email protected].
Web: www.sakhalinzoo.ru. Director: Stepan M. Sergeev. Deputy Director: Irina L.
Chukhnina. Vet: Andrei V. Saitsev. 78 staff. 7.8 ha. Att. – 121,127. Mammals – 46
spp., 163 specimens; birds – 60 spp., 165 specimens; reptiles – 39 spp., 83
specimens; amphibians – 13 spp., 66 specimens; invertebrates – 18 spp. Total: 176
spp., 477 specimens+.
Speciality: Sakhalin fauna and flora.
Z E L E N O G O R S K Population – 63.000
Zelenogorsk “Natural Zoological Park”
663690 Krasnoyarskii krai, Zelenogorsk, ul. Karyernaya, 5. Open 1979.
Tel.: (39169) 3-62-56. Fax: (39169) 3-81-73. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Director: Lyubov V. Moiseeva. Zoolog: Irina V. Zayakina.
Vet: Lidiya Iv. Zanoz. 32 staff. 6.9 ha. Att. – 18,000. Mammals – 42 spp., 91
specimens; birds – 36 spp., 180 specimens; reptiles – 2 spp., 18 specimens,
amphibians – 1 spp., 1 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp.. Total: 83 spp., 290
specimens+.
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Z H E L E Z N O G O R S K Population – 94.000
Zheleznogorsk Zoo
662971 Krasnoyarskii krai, Zheleznogorsk, ul. Parkovaya, 9, Post Box 44. Open
1966.
Tel.: (391) 75-36-04, 75-44-59. Tel./fax: (391) 75-65-84. E-mail:
[email protected]. Director: Irina A. Kislova. Head, Zoo: Irina M. Rukosueva.
Vet: Irina I. Zhuravleva. 24 staff. 3.622 m. sq. Att. – 39,214. Mammals – 29 spp., 97
specimens; birds – 9 spp., 25 specimens; reptiles – 8 spp., 16 specimens. Total: 46
spp., 138 specimens.
Romania
B R A Ş O V Population – 291.000 Brashov Zoo Braşov zoo, str. Brazilor nr. 1, mun. Braşov, 500313, Romania. Open 1960. Tel./fax: (40) 268-337-787. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Alin Pynzaru. Head, Zoo Department: Roger Gabriel Rois. Vet: Ion Brumar. 9,6 ha. Att. – 202,237. Mammals – 22 spp., 156 specimens; birds – 25 spp., 101 specimens; reptiles – 20 spp., 30 specimens. Total: 67 spp., 287 specimens. FGZAR, EAZA.
Slovak Republic
B R A T I S L A V A Population – 420.000 Bratislava Zoological Garden Zoologická Záhrada Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 842 27 Bratislava 4. Slovak Republic. Open 1960. Tel.: (421) 260-102-121, 905-972-700. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoobratislava.sk. Director: Miloslava Savelova. Deputy Director: Yarmila Vidova, Silvya Pirozhkova. Vet: Susana Bartova. 70 staff. 96 ha. Att. – 310,121. Mammals – 91 spp., 435 specimens; birds – 40 spp., 194 specimens; reptiles – 22 spp., 47 specimens; fishes – 11 spp., 101 specimens, invertebrates – 10 spp. Total: 174 spp., 777 specimens+. UCSZ, EAZA, IZE.
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K O S I C E Population – 235.850 Kosice Zoo Zoologická Záhrada Košice, Kosice, Siroka, 31, 040 06. Slovak Republic. Open
1979. Tel.: (421) 557-968-022. Fax: (421) 557-968-024. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zookosice.sk. Director: Erich Kochner. Zoologist: Patrik Pastorek. Vet: Juraj Skalicky. 60 staff. 288 ha (exposition – 66 ha). Att. – 201,099. UCSZ, IZE No reply
S P I Š S K Á N O V Á V E S Population – 36.415 Zoological Garden Zoologická Záhrada Spišská, Sadová 6, 052 01 Spišská Nová Ves. Slovak Republic. Open 1989. Tel./Fax: (421) 446-26-31. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoosnv.sk. Director: Jana Dzurikova. Deputy Director, Zoologist: Karol Dzurik. Vet: Albert Martinko. 13 staff. 8,5 ha. Att. – 109,550. Mammals – 46 spp., 128 specimens; birds – 34 spp., 143 specimens; reptiles – 12 spp., 19 specimens; fishes – 24 spp., 50 specimens, invertebrates – 12 spp. Total: 128 spp., 340 specimens +. UCSZ
Tadjikistan
D U S H A N B E Population – 1.500.000
Dushanbe Zoo
734021 Dushanbe, pr. Ismoili Somoni, 26. Open 1960.
Tel.: (99237) 236-67-33. Tel./fax: (99237) 236-75-77. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Mahkmadali R. Sharipov. Deputy Director: Saidkhudzha Safarov. Scientific
Director: Tavakal T. Saidov. Vet: Suleiman Sattorov. 50 staff. 5 ha. Att. – 136,100.
Mammals – 32 spp., 92 specimens; birds – 39 spp., 165 specimens; reptiles – 11 spp.,
46 specimens; fishes – 32 spp., 545 specimens. Total: 114 spp., 848 specimens.
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Ukraine
A S K A N I Y A - N O V A Population – 5.126 Zoopark of the Biosphere Reserve “Askaniya-Nova” named after F. Falz-Fein UAAS 75230 Khersonskaya obl., Chaplinskii r-n, pgt Askaniya-Nova, ul. Frunze, 13. Open 1885. Tel.: (3805538) 6-14-75, 6-11-41. Fax: (3805538) 6-12-32, 6-12-86. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.askania-nova-zapovidnik.gov.ua. Director, Reserve: Viktor S. Gavrilenko. Scientific Director: Natalya I. Yasinetskaya. Curator, Dept. Biodiversity of Wild Animals Conservation: Aleksandr S. Mezinov. Vet: Nikolai P. Guba. 267 staff (Reserve). 2 376.4 ha. (Zoopark – 76.44 ha.). Att. – 74.573. Mammals – 43 spp., 1 352 specimens; birds – 75 spp., 5 490 specimens. Total: 118 spp., 6 842 specimens. Speciality: birds, ungulates.
UAZA
B E R D Y A N S K Population – 138.000
Zoopark “Safari”
71100 Zaporozhskaya obl., Berdyansk, pr-t Truda, 1e. Open 2004.
Tel./fax: (3806153) 6-84-04. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.azovzoo.com. Director: Igor L. Kalchenko. Deputy Director: Natalya A.
Kalchenko. Vet: Konstantin N. Baranov. 24 staff. 9.7 ha (exposition – 3 ha). Att. –
89,350. Mammals – 49 spp., 496 specimens; birds – 43 spp., 584 specimens; reptiles
– 3 spp., 9 specimens, fishes – 4 spp., 430 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp. Total: 101
spp., 1 519 specimens+. Speciality: breeding carnivore mammals
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C H E R K A S S Y Population – 283.356 Cherkassy Zoo 18008 Cherkassy, ul. Smelyanskaya, 132. Open 1979. Tel./fax: (380472) 63-46-42. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoocity.ck.ua. Director: Evgenii L. Van. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Andrei Yu. Ladnov. 48 staff. 4.37 ha. Att. – 95,833. Mammals – 37 spp., 125 specimens; birds – 42 spp., 176 specimens; reptiles – 70 spp., 168 specimens; amphibians – 25 spp., 198 specimens; fishes – 2 spp., 65 specimens; invertebrates – 85 spp. Total: 261 spp., 732 specimens+.
UAZA
K H A R K O V Population – 1.453.541
Kharkov Zoo 61058 Kharkov, Sumskaya ul., 35. Open 1895. Tel.: (38057) 759-12-28, 759-12-08, 705-44-85. Tel./fax: (38057) 705-44-90. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.kharkov.ua. Director: Aleksei Ya. Grigoryev. Deputy, Zoologist: Oleg V. Grischenko. Scientific Director: Aleksandra F. Tsekhanskaya. Vet: Igor V. Bondarenko. 214 staff. 22 ha. Att. – 96,071. Mammals – 78 spp., 379 specimens; birds – 99 spp., 894 specimens; reptiles – 34 spp., 162 specimens; amphibians – 5 spp., 13 specimens; fishes – 138 spp., 4 928 specimens; invertebrates – 13 spp. Total: 367 spp., 6 376 specimens+. EEKMA, EAWAZA, UAZA
K H A R K O V Population – 1.453.541
Feldman Eco-Park 61058 Kharkov region, Dergachovskyi district. Village Lesnoe, Kievskaya ul. 12. Tel.: (38057) 759-12-28, 759-12-08, 705-44-85. Tel./fax: (38057) 705-44-90. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Andrei Roschupkin. No reply
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K I E V Population – 2.927.227 Kiev Zoo Kiev Zoo, prospekt Peremohy, 32. Kiev 03055. Open 1908. Tel.: (38044) 277-47-69, 277-47-54, 277-47-51. Tel./fax: (38044) 277-47-63. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.kiev.ua. General Director: Kirill V. Trantin. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Igor V. Mariichuk. Vet: Inna B. Vasilkovskaya. 281 staff. 34.2 ha. Att. – 559,992. Mammals – 67 spp., 247 specimens; birds – 102 spp., 749 specimens; reptiles – 48 spp., 139 specimens; amphibians – 33 spp., 170 specimens; fishes – 9 spp., 64 specimens; invertebrates – 42 spp. Total: 301 spp., 1 369 specimens+. UAZA N I K O L A E V Population – 492.000
Nikolaev Zoo 54003 Nikolaev, pl. N. Leontovich, 1. Open 1901. Tel.: (380512) 57-18-99, 24-63-77. Tel./fax: (380512) 55-60-45. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], kirichenko_zoo@vega.
com.ua, [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.nikolaev.ua. Director: Vladimir N. Topchii. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Yurii E. Kirichenko. Vet: Oleg G. Yavkin. 236 staff. 18.5 ha. Att. – 297,265. Mammals – 95 spp., 523 specimens; birds – 105 spp., 986 specimens; reptiles – 73 spp., 253 specimens; amphibians – 16 spp., 76 specimens; fishes – 131 spp., 2 615 specimens; invertebrates – 53 spp. Total: 473 spp., 4 453 specimens+. EAZA (candidate), WAZA, UAZA
O D E S S A Population – 1.010.800 Odessa Zoo 65007 Odessa, Novoschepnoy Ryad, 25. Open 1922. Tel.: (38048) 725-14-73, 759-68-70, 722-32-14. Fax: (38048) 234-47-74. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.ua. Director: Igor V. Belyakov. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Boris P. Aleksandrov. Vet: Petr P. Kostko. 130 staff. 6.5 ha. Att. – 329,697. Mammals – 45 spp., 264 specimens; birds – 82 spp., 623 specimens; reptiles – 31 spp., 113 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 12 specimens; fishes – 48 spp., 258 specimens; invertebrates – 12 spp. Total: 222 spp., 1 270 specimens+. Speciality: rare animals of South Ukraine.
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O D E S S A Population – 1.010.800
Odessa Oceanarium “Nemo”
65000 Odessa, plyazh Lanzheron, 25. Open 2005.
Tel.: (38048) 720-70-70, 720-70-77. Tel./fax: (38048) 722-77-17. E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.nemo.od.ua. Director: Sergei V.
Kelyushok. Scientific Director: Nikolai M. Markanov. Head, Oceanarium: Stanislav
L. Duz. Vet: Oleg S. Ushakov. 91 staff. 4.300 m. sq. No reply
Uzbekistan
T A S H K E N T Population – 2.200.000
Tashkent Zoo
100053 Tashkent, ul. Bogishamol, 232a. Open 1924.
Tel.: (99871) 289-07-95, 289-06-52. Tel./fax: (99871) 289-10-96, 289-07-73.
E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Bakhodir S. Musaev. Deputy Director: Damir G.
Mingachev. Head Zoologist: Avaz Yuldashev. 226 staff. 21.5 ha. Att. – 296,100.
Mammals – 67 spp., 320 specimens; birds – 98 spp., 1 267 specimens; reptiles – 51
spp., 2,329 specimens; amphibians – 5 spp., 21 specimens; fishes – 133 spp., 4,392
specimens; invertebrates – 12 spp. Total: 366 spp., 8 429 specimens+.
Speciality: birds of prey.
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Belarus
V I T E B S K Population – 372.000
Vitebsk Zoo
210026 Vitebsk, ul. Ya. Kupaly, 17. Open 1992.
Tel.: (375212) 35-90-38. Fax: (375212) 35-90-39. E-mail:
[email protected]. Director: Irina M. Orlova. Zoolog: Viktor P.
Yakimenko. 22 staff. 1.1 ha. Att. – 90,510. Mammals – 30 spp., 68 specimens; birds
– 22 spp., 121 specimens; reptiles – 9 spp., 20 specimens. Total: 61 spp., 209
specimens.
Z H L O B I N Population – 72.000
Zhlobin Zoo
247210 Gomelskaya obl., Zhlobin, ul. K. Marksa, 41-a. Open 1991.
Tel.: (375233) 45-06-64. Fax: (375233) 44-62-59. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Valerii L. Chechikov. Zooengineer: Svetlana Yu. Naumova. Vet: Olga Iv.
Silivonchik. 25 staff. 0.4 ha. Att. – 17,611. Mammals – 37 spp., 132 specimens;
birds – 26 spp., 111 specimens; reptiles – 4 spp., 13 specimens. Total: 67 spp., 256
specimens.
Latvia
R I G A Population – 717.400
Riga Zoo
Rigas Nacionalais zooloģiskais dặrzs Meza prospekts, 1. Riga LV 1014, Latvia. Open 1912
Tel.: (371) 675-184-09, 675-404-44, 675-186-69. Fax: (371) 675-400-11. E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]., [email protected],
[email protected]. Web: www.rigazoo.lv. Director: Rolands Greizins.
Development Project Director: Edgars Vitols. Curator, Collection: Guna Vitola. Vet:
Inga Birne. 145 staff. 22 ha (+ affiliate – 132 ha). Att. – 329,435. Mammals – 78 spp.,
489 specimens; birds – 61 spp., 239 specimens; reptiles – 51 spp., 207 specimens;
amphibians – 56 spp., 1 354 specimens; fishes – 55 spp., 765 specimens; invertebrates
– 60 spp. Total: 361 spp., 3 054 specimens +.
Speciality: amphibians, invertebrates, small mammals, native animals.
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D A U G A V P I L S Population – 95.500
Latgales zoodặrzs
Vienibas iela 27, Daugavpils, LV 5400, Latvia. Open 1992
Tel.: (371) 296-211-91, 654-267-89. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.latgaleszoo.biology.lv. Director: Mihails Pupins. Deputy Director,
enthomologist: Valerijs Vahrusevs. Deputy Director, Zoolog: Aija Pupina. Vet:
Tatyana Zimasa. 16 staff. 5,8 ha. Att. – 45,000. Mammals – 13 spp., 61 specimens;
birds – 14 spp., 43 specimens; reptiles – 38 spp., 199 specimens; amphibians – 7 spp.,
60 specimens; fishes – 27 spp., 236 specimens; invertebrates – 56 spp. Total: 155 spp.,
599 specimens +.
Speciality: concept education design, recovery of Emys orbicularis.
Lithuania
K A U N A S Population – 293.000
Kaunas Zoo
Lietuvos Zoologijos Sodas
Radvilėnų g. 21, 50299 Kaunas, Lithuania. Open 1938.
Tel.: (37037) 33-25-40. Fax: (37037) 33-21-96. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.zoosodas.lt. Director: Aurimas Didzhiokas. 108 staff. 15.7 ha. Att. – 154,350.
Mammals – 55 spp., 304 specimens; birds – 64 spp., 440 specimens; reptiles – 37
spp., 277 specimens; amphibians – 16 spp., 140 specimens; fishes – 52 spp., 848
specimens; invertebrates – 8 spp. Total: 232 spp., 2 009 specimens +.
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Russia
B A R N A U L Population – 635.530
Barnaul Zoo “Lesnaya skazka”
656066 Barnaul, ul. Entuziastov, 12. Open 2010.
Tel.fax: (3852) 47-73-99. Tel.: 42-47-04. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.zoo22.ru. Director: Sergei V. Pisarev. Deputy Director: Pavel V. Reznichenko.
Vet: Anastasiya A. Suntsova. 35 staff. 5 ha. Att. – 250,000. Mammals – 53 spp., 115
specimens; birds – 10 spp., 21 specimens. Total: 63 spp., 136 specimens.
G O L U B I T S K A Y A Zoo “Lukomor´e” Population – 140.000
353521 Krasnodarskii krai, Temryukskii raion, st. Golubitskaya, ul. Naberezhnaya, 1-
а. Open 2013.
Tel.: (918) 040-00-51, (988) 669-36-12. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Sergei S. Kharenko. Vet: Konstantin A. Reshetov. 25 staff. 3 ha. Att. –
45,000. Mammals – 47 spp., 145 specimens; birds – 31 spp., 80 specimens; reptiles –
15 spp., 43 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 2 specimens; invertebrates – 3 spp.
Total: 98 spp., 270 specimens+.
M O S C O W Population – 12.380.664 “Ekzootikpark” 108828, Moscow, TiNAO, p. Krasnopakhorskoe, d. Stradan. Open 2016. Tel.: 8 926 147 06 77 (director), 8 977 851 60 31 (Head, Zoo Department). E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.ekzootikpark.ru. Ceneral Director: Aleksei V. Galyatov. Head, Zoo Department: Nadezhda D. Olievskii. 5 staff. 3 ha. Att. – 56,780. Mammals – 36 sp., 91 specimens; birds – 17 spp., 55 specimens; Total: 53 spp., 146 specimes.
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N A L C H I K Population – 238.987
Nalchik Zoo
360002 Kabardino-Balkariya, Nalchik, Dolinsk. Open 1966.
Tel.: (8662) 42-68-42, 42-63-90. Tel./fax: (8662) 42-20-06. E-mail:
[email protected]. Director: Zalim Kh. Zabakov. Deputy Director: Khizir M.
Sonov. Vet: Daut A. Akhmatov. 34 staff. 7.2 ha. Att. – 85,354. Mammals – 43 spp.,
85 specimens; birds – 53 spp., 263 specimens; reptiles – 8 spp., 12 specimens; fishes
– 2 spp., 27 specimens. Total: 106 spp., 360 specimens.
Speciality: native fauna, ungulates
S H K O T O V O Population – 3.500
Primorskii Safari-park
692815 Primorskii krai, Shkotovskii raion, pgt. Shkotovo. Open 2007.
Tel.: (42335) 31-135, (914) 700-65-23, (924) 124-17-17. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.safaripark25.ru. Director: Dmitrii N. Mezentsev.
Deputy Director: Margarita A. Ovchinnikova. Vet.: Vasilina M. Tataurova. 26 staff. 8
ha. Att. – 54,000. Mammals – 21 spp., 57 specimens; birds – 23 spp., 43 specimens.
Total: 45 spp., 100 specimens.
Speciality: maintenance and exhibition animals of Primorskii region.
V O R O B J I Population – 650 Park of Birds “Vorobji”
249167 Kaluzhskaya obl., Zhukovskii r-n, ferma “Pobeda”, ul. Park ptits, 3/1. Open
2003.
Tel.: (4843) 99-34-26, fax: (4843) 99-34-29. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.birdspark.ru. General Director: Andrei Ya. Tkachenko. Deputy General
Director, Zoovet: Nikolai N. Zorin. 50 staff. 24 ha. Att. – 262,000. Mammals – 69
spp., 266 specimens; birds – 292 spp., 1 861 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 35
specimens, amphibians – 2 spp., 3 specimens; fishes – 95 spp., 505 specimens;
invertebrates – 5 spp.Total: 484 spp., 2 670 specimens +.
Speciality: maintenance and breeding birds.
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Ukraine R O V N O Population – 230.000 Rovno Zoo 33027 Rovno, ul. Kievskaya, 110. Open 1982. Tel./Fax: (380362) 28-84-83. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoopark.rv.ua. Director: Oleg V. Pavlyuk. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Irina E. Oliferuk. Vet: Yurii A. Bogush. 62 staff. 11.6 ha. Att. – 186,388. Mammals – 69 spp., 332 specimens; birds – 41 spp., 232 specimens; reptiles – 29 spp., 61 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 8 specimens; fishes – 11 spp., 96 specimens; invertebrates – 14 spp. Total: 168 spp., 729 specimens +.
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III. Information on other zoological institutions that are not
EARAZA members
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Kazakhstan
S E M E Y Population – 298.000
Semey Children’s Biological Centre
071400 Semey, ostrov Polkovnichii, 56. Open 1938.
Tel.: (7222) 56-84-53. Tel./fax: (7222) 56-18-59. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Valerii N. Dyadov. Curator, Biological Department: Darya N. Voschakina.
Vet: Ekaterina V. Arkhipova. 43 staff. 2.61 ha. Att. – 160,400. Mammals – 20 spp.,
50 specimens; birds – 38 spp., 173 specimens; reptiles – 2 spp., 4 specimens;
amphibians – 2 spp., 7 specimens; fishes – 18 spp., 114 specimens; invertebrates – 1
spp. Total: 81 spp., 348 specimens+.
Russia
B A R N A U L Population – 635.530
Conservation Centre of Rare Species of Birds “Altai Falcon”
656065 Altaiskii krai, Barnaul, ul. Popova, 118-430. Open 1991.
Tel.: (3852) 48-505, (903) 995-14-03. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.altaifalcon.ru. Director: Viktor N. Plotnikov. Chief, Department: Pavel V.
Konnov. Vet: Artem A. Kucher. 5 staff. 1 ha. Birds – 22 spp., 107 specimens.
Speciality: breeding of birds of prey.
C H E R N O G O L O V K A Population – 25.000
Scientific-Experimental Station «Chernogolovka», IPEE RAS
119071 Moscow, Leninskii prospekt, 33, IPEE RAS, SES «Chernogolovka». Open
1975.
Tel.: (496) 252-22-34, +7 903 747 60 95, Fax: (495) 954-55-34. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.sevin.ru. Deputy Director, Institute: Vyacheslav V.
Rozhnov. Scientific-Experimental Station: Galina V. Tarasova, Sergei V. Naidenko.
40 staff. 40 ha. Att. – 300. Mammals – 23 spp., 768 specimens.
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E K A T E R I N B U R G Population – 1.444.439
Conservation Centre of Rare Species of Prey Birds “Kholzan”
620000 Ekaterinburg, ul. Lunacharskogo, 194. The Nursery of Rare Species of Prey
Birds “Kholzan”: Sverdlovskaya obl., Sysertskii raion, pos. Kashino.
Tel.: (912) 241-76-02, (34374) 6-36-29. E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]. Director: Oleg A. Svetlitskii. Curator of birds of prey: Ruslan M.
Salimov. Vet: Natalya V. Bannykh. Birds – 19 spp., 113 specimens.
E S S E N T U K I Population – 150.000
Zooexotarium
357601 Stavropolskii krai, Essentuki, ul. Krasnoarmeiskaya, 4. Open 1995.
Tel.: (7934) 7-37-60, (929) 858-30-00. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.esszoomir.ru. Director: Guzel Sh. Silivanova. Zoovet: Bulat Kh. Utyashev. 4
staff. 150 m. sq. No reply
G A L I C H Y A G O R A
The Nursery for Birds of Prey of the Reserve “Galichya Gora”
399240 Lipetskaya obl., Zadonskii r-n, p/o Donskoe. Open 1990.
Tel.: (903) 862-94-09. Tel./fax: (47471) 3-33-65. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Nikolai Ya. Skolznev. Head, Nursery: Petr I. Dudin. 4 staff. 2.000 m. sq.
Birds – 20 spp., 115 specimens.
Speciality: breeding and reintroduction of rare species of birds of prey into the wild.
I R K U T S K Irkutsk Children Zoo Population – 625.000
664039 Irkutsk, ul. Koltsova, 93. Open 2013.
Tel.: (3952) 66-66-39, 96-35-27. E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.irkdetzoo.ru. Director: Ivan A. Sizykh. Vet: Alla V. Tykmakova. 12 staff. 0.5
ha. Att. – 18,000. Mammals – 35 spp., 194 specimens; birds – 20 spp., 94 specimens;
reptiles – 4 spp., 10 specimens. Total: 59 spp., 298 specimens.
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K R A S N O D A R Population – 746.000
Krasnodar Eco-Biological Centre
350042 Krasnodar, ul. 40-letiya Pobedy, 1. Open 1944.
Tel.: (861) 257-06-59. Fax: (861) 252-13-58. E-mail: [email protected].
Web: www.gudod-ebc-kk.ru. Director: Valerii V. Lysenko. Vet: Olga V. Ozerova. 43
staff. 4 ha (zoo – 0.7 ha). Att. – 400. Mammals – 21 sp., 132 specimens; birds – 41
spp., 311 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 9 specimens. Total: 65 spp., 452 specimens.
N I Z H N I I N O V G O R O D Population – 1.300.000
Nizhnii Novgorod Exotarium
603005 Nizhnii Novgorod, ul. Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, 18. Open 1996.
Tel.: (903) 605-99-01. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.terraria-nn.ru. Director: Lyudmila V. Semiglazova. Deputy Director: Sergei V.
Fadeev. 5 staff. 110 m. sq. Att. – 45,000. Mammals – 5 sp., 10 specimens; birds – 11
spp., 14 specimens; reptiles – 58 spp., 99 specimens; amphibians – 6 sp., 7
specimens; invertebrates – 30 spp. Total: 110 spp., 130 specimens +.
N O V Y I U R E N G O Y Population – 115.092
Novyi Urengoy Ecological Station, Mini-Zoo
629305 YANAO, Novyi Urengoy, ul. Yuzhnaya, 44, a/ya 182. Open 1997.
Tel./fax: (3494) 23-83-16. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.desnu.ru. Director:
Gennadii V. Lipetskii. Head, Zoo: Alsu N. Shagadatova. Vet.: Irina V. Tolchenitsyna.
36 staff (zoo – 8). 332 m. sq. Att. – 28,728. Mammals – 21 spp., 131 specimens; birds
– 27 spp., 218 specimens; reptiles – 16 spp., 47 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 2
specimens; fishes – 30 spp., 250 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 100 spp.,
648 specimens+.
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S O R T A V A L A Population – 35.000
Karelia Zoo Greenpark
186790 Republic of Karelia, Sortavala, ul. Lenina, 3. Open 2011.
Tel.: (81430) 2 49 11. Fax: (81430) 2 48 30. Tel.: (Executive Director, St.
Petersburg): (812) 333-22-06; Fax: (Executive Director, St. Petersburg): (812)
314-31-19. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web:
www.zoogreenpark.ru. Director: Andrei Al. Lebedev. Executive Director: Denis Yu.
Lebedev. Vet: Marina V. Gizatulina. 25 staff. 37 ha. Att. – 21,821. Mammals – 47
spp., 286 specimens; birds – 24 spp., 82 specimens. Total: 71 spp., 368 specimens.
Speciality: ungulates and birds.
S O C H I Population – 415.000
The Monkey Nursery of the Scientific-Research Institute of the Medical
Primatology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
354376 Krasnodarskii krai, Sochi, Adlerskii r-n, s. Veseloe, ul. Mira, 177. The
Monkey Nursery of the Scientific-Research Institute of the Medical Primatology of
the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Created at 24.08.1927 – Sukhumi Monkey Nursery.
Tel.: (8622) 43-20-31, 43-20-13. Tel./fax: (8622) 43-20-28. E-mail:
[email protected]. Web: www.primatologia.ru. Director, Institute: Dr. Sergei V.
Orlov. Scientific Director: Dr. Oleg I. Vyshemirskii. Head of the zoo technological
laboratory: Dr. Valerii G. Chalyan. Curator, Monkey Nursery: Garine Zh.
Kochkonyan. Vet: Tatyana E. Gvozdik. 286 staff (15 – staff of the exposition
department). 100 ha. (exposition – 2 ha.). Att. – 25,908. Mammals – 23 spp., 4 966
specimens.
Speciality: primates.
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S Y K T Y V K A R Population – 250.000
Syktyvkar Zoo
167005 Komi Republic, Syktyvkar, ul. Pechorskaya, 30. Open 2002.
Tel.: (8212) 22-36-45. Tel./fax: (8212) 22-28-48. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Andrei V. Beznosikov. Scientific Zoo: Anton Yu. Gerling. 7 staff. 4.0 ha.
Att. – 25 000. Mammals – 22 spp., 70 specimens; birds – 23 spp., 73 specimens;
reptiles – 20 spp., 34 specimens; amphibians – 8 spp., 13 specimens; fishes – 24 spp.,
258 specimens; invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 103 spp., 448 specimens.
T A M B O V Population – 300.000
Tambov State University, Ecological scientific-educational center named after
G. Derzhavin
392000 Tambov, ul. Internatsionalnaya, 33. Open 2005.
Tel.: (4752) 72-34-34. Fax: (4752) 71-03-96. E-mail: [email protected].
Director: Aleksey V. Emelyanov. Deputy Director: Oksana A. Suzdaltseva. Vet: Olga
P. Mitkina. 39 staff. 2.66 ha. No reply
U L A N - U D E Population – 511.000
Ulan-Ude Zoo
670045 Buryatiya, Ulan-Ude, p. Verkhnyaya Beryozovka. Open 1976.
Tel./fax: (3012) 44-32-10, 33-25-10. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.этномузей-
РБ.рф. Director: Svetlana I. Shobolova. Curator, Zoo: Maksim T. Naguslaev. Vet:
Kseniya A. Ivanova. 6 staff (zoo). 1 ha. Att. – 119,566. Mammals – 20 spp., 62
specimens; birds – 17 spp., 35 specimens. Total: 37 spp., 97 specimens.
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V O L Z H S K I I Population – 345.000 Volzhskii Mini-Zoo 404104 Volgogradskaya obl., Volzhskii, ul. Pushkina, 100. Open 1976. Tel.: (8443) 25-12-01. Tel./fax: (8443) 25-16-01. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.unnat_ucoz,ru. Director: Natalia I. Marinina. Deputy Director: Anastasiya Yu. Sivokon. Director mini-zoo: Olga A. Ivanova. Vet: Sergei A. Vedeneev. 24 staff. 1.2 ha. No reply
Uzbekistan
KAGAN
Kagan Ecological Centre “Dzheiran”
200700 Bukharskaya obl., Kagan, GSP Ecological Centre “Dzheiran”. Open 1977. Tel.: (36599895) 600-42-57, 600-74-69 (mob.). E-mail: [email protected]. Web:
www.ecocenter.uz. Director: Alisher R. Mahkmudov. Deputy Director: Natalya V. Soldatova. 32 staff. 16 522 ha. Att. – 600. Mammals – 6 spp.; 950 spp.
Speciality: breeding of rare ungulates.
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INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVITY
OF EURASION REGIONAL ASSOTIATION
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EARAZA News
EARAZA Annual Report 2016
In 2016, the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums was guided
by its action plan and decisions adopted by the EARAZA Annual Conferences hosted
by the Moscow Zoo in 2014, Kosice Zoo, Czech Republic, in 2015, and Dvur
Kralove Zoo, Czech Republic, in 2016.
The 22nd
EARAZA Annual Conference was held from 6 to 9 of September at
Dvur Kralove Zoo (Czech Republic), on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the
Zoo in the city of Dvur Kralove. The closed conference session held on September 8
was attended by 49 representatives of zoos and aquariums from ten countries. The
Council and Executive Office reports for 2015 were presented and the Action Plan
and budget for 2016 were discussed and approved along with the report on some
other areas of the EARAZA activity, including the implementation of the
conservation and research programs.
In the period under report, four new institutions were granted the status of the
EARAZA Candidate Member (the Zoo in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia; Stavropol
Zoo, Russia; Voronezh Zoo named after A. S. Popov, Russia; and the “Python”
Zoological Centre in Komsomolsk-na-Amure city, Russia), six organizations, the
status of the Associated Member (“MosAquarium” Centre of Oceanography and
Marine Biology (“Vozrozhdeniye VVC”), Russia; Feldman Ecopark, Ukraine; Nature
Museum and “Coral Reef” Centre, Russia; Bugu-Ene Park, Karakol city, Kyrgyzstan;
HVJ DESIGN company, Denmark; and Zooprofis company, Germany), and two
organizations, the status of the EARAZA Full Member (Zoo Brasov, Romania;
Magdeburg Zoo, Germany). EARAZA membership of three organizations was
terminated (Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Aquamir”; Vladivostok Oceanarium of
the Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; and Zoo Tabor, Czech
Republic).
During the reporting period, the work of the Information and Methodical Centre
and EARAZA was focused on the training and continuing education for zoo staff,
strengthening of cooperation between EARAZA zoos, conservation of rare and
endangered animal species, and participation of member-zoos in conservation
programs of international zoo organizations, especially the World Association of
Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), of which EARAZA is the Association Member, and
European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).
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Training and education for zoo staff
The following educational events were organized and held in 2016:
1) The Second International Conference “Public Aquarium in the Modern World”
was held on June 22–24 at the Oceanarium of St. Petersburg. The conference was
attended by 120 participants from 14 countries. The first meeting of the members
of the EARAZA Working Group for public aquariums was held in the course of
the conference, where administrative matters were discussed, aims and objectives
of the Group were agreed upon by the Group members, and action plan for 2016–
2018 was adopted.
2) The 6th International Workshop “Invertebrates in the collections of Zoos and
Insectariums” was hosted by the Moscow Zoo on October 10 through 15, 2016.
The workshop was jointly organized by the Moscow Zoo and EARAZA on the
initiative of the EARAZA Working Group on Terrestrial and Freshwater
Invertebrates. The Workshop organizing committee included the leaders and
senior staff of the Moscow Zoo, EARAZA, and Lomonosov Moscow State
University. This triannual workshop has been held already for 15 years. The 6th
workshop was one of the most representative and well-organized joint events of
the Moscow Zoo and EARAZA. The workshop was attended by 132 specialists
from eight countries including Russia, Byelorussia, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Italy,
Great Britain, and Japan, with the last two countries being for the first time
represented at the workshop. Staff members from 55 zoological organizations
participated in the workshop, including 17 zoos and aquariums, 7 ecological
education centres, 3 museums of natural history, 12 research institutes, 5
universities and other high education institutes, as well as 11 commercial
companies involved in breeding and study of beneficial insects. Forty six staff
members of the Moscow Zoo participated in the workshop.
3) The III International Ecological Forum under the title “This is where we live:
experience in the area of ecological education and cultural and education
activity” was hosted by the Voronezh Oceanarium on 19–20 of October, 2016.
The work of the Forum was supported by the Eurasian Regional Association of
Zoos and Aquariums. Forty presentations on the pressing problems of wildlife
conservation, ecological education, and educational activities were delivered at the
Forum. Representative of many zoos of Russia and Ukraine actively participated
in the work of the Forum.
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In 2016, EARAZA Information and Methodical Centre arranged participation of the
EARAZA zoos’ staff in the following events:
1) The First All-Russia Congress of Zoo Directors. June 29–30, 2016. Moscow,
Russia.
2) The 2d Second International and the 7
th All-Russia Scientific and Practical
Conference “The Status of Habitats and Game Species in Russia and
Neighboring Countries”. September 10–12, 2016. The Conference was hosted
by the Russian State Agrarian External University, Balashikha, Moscow region,
Russia.
3) International Conference “Birds of prey of Northern Eurasia: Problems and
adaptations in today’s environment”. September 19–24, 2016. Sochi, Russia.
4) Scientific Conference in memory of the Professor Maria I. Nepoklonova,
dedicated to the 90th
anniversary of M. Nepoklonova. The Conference was jointly
organized by EARAZA, Moscow Zoo, and Moscow State Academy of Veterinary
Medicine (MSAVM), and hosted by the MSAVM on October 6, 2016. Moscow,
Russia.
5) The 1st International Bird Convention. September 21–24, 2016. Neapoli, Crete,
Greece. (A presentation was given by V.A. Ostapenko.)
6) All-Russia Scientific Conference “Science in Universities’ Museums”. The
Conference was hosted by the Lomonosov Moscow State University on
November 15 through 17. Moscow, Russia. (A presentation was given by V.A.
Ostapenko.)
7) The First International Ornithological Conference “Birds and Agriculture:
current state, problems, and study prospects”. The Conference was hosted by
the Russian State Agrarian University–Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural
Academy on November 17–18, 2016. Moscow, Russia. (A presentation was given
by V.A. Ostapenko.)
Most of the presentations have been included in the proceedings of the listed
conferences.
During the year 2016, 355 delegates from 45 zoos in Russia and other CIS
countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Baltic countries, and Israel participated
in various workshops and conferences. Besides, individual internships at the Moscow
Zoo and some other zoos of the region were arranged for EARAZA zoos’ staff.
Staff of the EARAZA Information and Methodical Centre participated in the
meetings of the Moscow Society of Naturalists (MSN), particularly in the meetings of
the sections of zoology and museums, as well as in the meeting of the members of the
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, which was held at the Moscow Zoo on
November 30, 2016.
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Publishing
The 35th
Informational Issue of Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and
Aquariums in two volumes (volume 1, pages 1–238; volume 2, pages 1–492).
Moscow, Moscow Zoo. The current issue is available on the EARAZA website
http://earaza.ru, along with the previous issues of this publication.
The 25th
volume of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and
Breeding Stations, pages 1–280. The publication focuses on the problems of
conservation of rare birds of prey, advanced research methods, and protection,
biotechnology, breeding, treatment, and reintroduction of birds of prey, and
contains information on breeding results and collection dynamics at zoos and
breeding stations of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, as well as information on
new publications, conferences and workshops. The publication is available in
both printed (130 copies) and digital forms.
Challenges in zoology, ecology, and nature conservation. Proceedings of
Scientific Conference dedicated to the memory of the Professor Maria I.
Nepoklonova and her 90th anniversary. 2016, Moscow. The papers concentrate on
the scientific and practical problems in the areas of biology, ecology and nature
conservation, including ex-situ species conservation.
Parrots: biology, management, and breeding. Guidance manual.
Ostapenko V.A., 2016. Moscoe: ZooVetKniga. 212 p. The manual contains
information on the biology and taxonomy of parrots and provides
recommendations on the husbandry of parrots kept in cages and enclosures.
Therefore, for the reporting period the EARAZA Information Centre has
published over 1,500 pages of the research, scientific, methodological, and other
materials that provide important information for the staff of zoos and other zoological
collections of the region. All publications contain unique information necessary for
the work of zoos and other conservation institutions. The materials published during
the last 16 years can be downloaded from the EARAZA website: http://earaza.ru/.
Informational and Methodological activity
As usual, the staff of the EARAZA Information and Methodical Center
provided assistance throughout the year to member zoos and other zoological
institutions in developing documentation on zoo construction projects, zoological
collection planning, and arranging inter-zoo internships.
Zoos and other interested organizations, as well as private individuals, could
obtain information, guidelines and manuals pertaining to the legislation and
regulations on the husbandry of wild animals in captivity.
Totally, more than 200 requests for consultations from zoos’ staff and
representatives of other institutions, as well as from private individuals, were handled
by the EARAZA Information and Methodical Center in 2016. Apart from EARAZA
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member zoos, there were many non-EARAZA institutions engaged in conservation
education and zoological collections in Russia and neighboring countries.
Letters referring to the improvement of the operations of currently existing
zoos and on the design and construction of new zoos were drafted and sent out to the
Governors of Khabarovsk and Trans-Baikal Krais (Territories), and Sakhalin,
Yaroslavl, Tula, and Ivanovo Regions, Heads of the Governments of the Republics of
Tatarstan and Udmurtia, Presidents of Kazakhstan and Moldova, Russian Ministry of
Culture and Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, Head of
the Government of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Department of Culture of the city of
Moscow, and ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation.
EARAZA Information and Methodical Centre staff have reviewed methodical
papers on education activities, which were provided by EARAZA zoos, and edited
texts of guided tours and lectures of the Moscow zoo and other zoos of the region.
Staff members of several EARAZA zoos are still keeping studbooks for a
number of rare animal species, including Regional Studbook for the yellow-throated
marten kept by Novosibirsk Zoo, ESB for the Steller's sea eagle kept by Moscow
Zoo, ESB for the Siberian crane kept by Oka State Biosphere Reserve, and ESB for
the East Caucasian tur kept by Tallinn Zoo. The staff member of the Moscow Zoo
coordinates EARAZA Program for the Amur tiger, and the Director of Tallinn Zoo is
acting as EEP Coordinator for the European mink.
The following working groups carried out a large number of activities over the reporting period, supervised by the Information and Methodical Centre:
- The Veterinary Working Group
The following activities were carried out in 2016 by the Veterinary Group
members:
1. Participation in the long-term program of reintroduction of the Central Asian
leopard in the Caucasus region. Providing advice on arranging and performing
regular veterinary procedures (M.V. Alshinetski).
2. Participation in the “Diseases in Exotic Animals” workshop on avian
orthopaedics, addressing new approaches to the treatment of orthopaedic
pathologies in birds. The workshop was organized by the Innovative Veterinary
Centre of the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology,
named after K.I. Scryabin (A.L. Tomashevski).
3. Participation in the process of designing a quarantine facility for the rehabilitation
centre for endangered large felids in the Russian Far East
(M.V. Alshinetski).
4. Carrying out annual health examination of cranes at the Breeding Centre for Rare
Cranes of the Oka State Biosphere Natural Reserve (Ryazan Region) and holding
a workshop on crane veterinary medicine at the Oka Reserve
(M.V. Alshinetsky, A.L. Tomashevski).
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5. In cooperation with the Russian College of Zoological Medicine, organization of a
workshop for veterinarians.
6. Providing methodical and advisory assistance for veterinarians of EARAZA
member zoos (Veterinary Department of the Moscow Zoo).
- The Working Group on Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrates (IWG)
In 2016, the Working Group included 20 professionals from: the zoos of
Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Cherkassy, Kiev, Tallinn, Riga, and Latgale; Children’s
Ecological and Education Centre in St.-Petersburg (“Bugagashechka”); Lomonosov
Moscow State University; Tomsk State University; Odessa Dolphinarium; the State
Darwin Museum; and “Butterflyservice” company (Stockholm, Sweden). During the
year, members of the Group rendered advisory and methodical assistance to the staff
of other zoos and insectariums on all aspects of the husbandry, medical treatment,
study, and exhibiting of invertebrates. New invertebrate exhibits were opened in 2016
in a number of zoos on the initiative and with the support of the IWG.
In 2013, the Moscow Zoo was visited by the members of the Group from
Chelyabinsk, Leningrad, Tallinn, Riga, and Latgale Zoos, “Bugagashechka”
Children’s Ecological and Education Centre, the Entomology Department of
Lomonosov Moscow State University, the State Darwin Museum, and
“Butterflyservice” from Stockholm. New methods of invertebrate husbandry, as well
as plans and outcomes of the joint activity were discussed during these visits.
One of the last year’s most important events was the 6th
International
Workshop “Invertebrates in the collections of Zoos and Insectariums” that was
organized by the Moscow Zoo and EARAZA on the initiative of the IWG and held at
the Moscow Zoo on October 10 through 15, 2016. The organizing committee of the
workshop included four members of the IWG (M. Berezin, D. Osypov, Ye.
Tkacheva, and Dr. O. Korsunovskaya) who participated in the preparation and
holding of the workshop.
The workshop has been held already for 15 years. It typically takes place in
October of every third year. The 6th
workshop was one of the most representative and
well-organized joint events of the Moscow Zoo and EARAZA. The workshop was
attended by 132 professionals from eight countries, who represented zoos and
aquariums, ecological education centres, museums of natural history, research
institutes, universities, and commercial companies involved in breeding and study of
beneficial insects. Thirteen members of the IWG participated in the workshop.
An extremely busy program of the workshop was fully implemented, which
allowed achieving the goals of sharing new ideas and experience for improving
existing and establishing new collections of invertebrates and strengthening capacity
for innovations. Participants of the workshop discussed zoological, veterinary, and
conservation aspects of both the results of their work and future projects. The
workshop featured 53 plenary and poster presentations, with 17 presentations being
prepared by 12 IWG members co-authored by the colleagues from scientific research
institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The presentations addressed the
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following problems: the role and potential of insectariums in ecological education;
conservation of biodiversity; study of insects and development of biological methods
of controlling plant pests; experience and prospects in the area of establishing new
educational exhibits (including exhibits of Hymenoptera and Arachnida species);
results of the studies in the area of invertebrate conservation and creation of ex-situ
populations of endangered species; news in invertebrate taxonomy (including
taxonomy of cockroaches and spiders); results of the study of biochemistry,
physiology, and behaviour of invertebrates; methods of identification of food pests
and prophylactics of infectious and parasitic disease of invertebrates; methods of
husbandry of aquatic invertebrates and some insect species (including rearing of
Lepidoptera species on artificial media); and breeding of leaf eating and food insects.
During the workshop opening ceremony, the welcoming remarks were made
by Vladimir Spitsin, Honorary Chair of the organizing committee, EARAZA
Chairman and President of the Moscow Zoo, A.A. Polylov, Doctor of Biology, the
Head of the Entomology Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University,
and O.A. Gvosdeva, the Head of the Entomology Department of the State Darwin
Museum. The speakers noted the importance of long-standing cooperation of their
institutions with the Moscow Zoo. The first joint meeting of the members of the
EARAZA IWG, EAZA’s Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group (TITAG),
and All Japan Insectarium Community Association was held at the workshop. The
meeting participants representing almost the whole territory from Northern Eurasia
through Russia to Japan discussed plans of future cooperation in the implementation
of joint projects for the study and conservation of rare invertebrate species.
All the participants of the workshop were presented with the certificates of
participation in the workshop, specially designed souvenirs, and informational
materials of the Moscow Zoo. A number of guided tours around the Moscow Zoo
exhibits were organized, including excursions to the Museum of Zoo History and to
the “Travelling to Arachnolandia” new exhibit. During six days of the workshop, an
exposition of exclusive macro photographs under the title “Visages of Multipeds”
was demonstrated in ZooDepot pavilion where the photos of insects and arachnids, as
well as of some aspects of their storylines, made by the members of “Macro Club”
and IWG, were presented.
Report on the workshop has been posted on the websites of EARAZA and
Moscow Zoo. Members of the IWG are preparing the collection of papers titled
“Invertebrates in the Collections of Zoos and Insectariums: Proceedings of the 6th
International Workshop.”
The members of the organizing committee of the workshop would like to
express their sincere gratitude to all those who contributed in the preparation and
holding of the workshop. Our special gratitude goes to Svetlana Akulova, General
Director of the Moscow Zoo, whose generous support and active assistance have
ensured the success of the workshop.
- The Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls
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This EARAZA’s Working Group includes: V.A. Ostapenko, Prof., Dr.
Sc.(Biol.); A.G. Sorokin, Cand. Sc. (Biol.), Head of the Department of Rare Species
of the All-Russia Research Institute of Ecology; I.R. Boehme, Dr. Sc. (Biol.),
Professor of the Moscow State University; V.B. Masterov, Cand. Sc. (Biol.); Moscow
Zoo’s staff members: L. Kurilovich, P. Rozhkov, N. Skuratov; and Heads of some
Breeding Stations for birds of prey: V.I. Pilyuga (Odessa), V.I. Gook (Kharkov), and
N.Yu. Belov (Belgorod). The members of the Group from the Moscow Zoo
continued sending out questionnaires (to 90 institutions maintaining collections of
birds of prey and owls) for gathering updated information on the collections and
cases of breeding. All the completed questionnaires were reviewed, and the data on
the collections and breeding results for 2016 were compiled into tables. Also,
exclusive information was collected with respect to the husbandry methods, breeding,
and capacities of birds to adapt to captive conditions and anthropogenic environment,
as well as on national specifics of falconry.
With the help of diploma-students from the Moscow Academy of Veterinary
Medicine, the Working Group continued collecting information for the analysis of the
development of Falconiformes collections of the zoos and breeding stations of the
region. The results of the data analysis (for owls) were published in the 25th Volume
of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and Breeding Stations.
Acquisition of books on birds of prey and owls, both in hard copies and electronic
versions, for the library was continued. Preparation and editing of the next, 25th
volume of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and Breeding Stations,
was completed, and the final version of the volume was ready for publishing in the
third quarter of 2016, and is now available on the EARAZA website
(http://earaza.ru). Some materials for the next volume of the Yearbook have been
already collected.
Members of the Working Group continue to provide various zoos’ staff with
advisory assistance in the area of collection planning and husbandry methods for the
management of birds of prey. The Working Group maintains close connections with
the Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls of Northern Eurasia chaired by Prof.,
Dr. Sc. (Biol.) V.M. Galushin,.
Raptor breeding stations and some zoos are working on the development of
husbandry and breeding methods for managing birds of prey, especially of rare and
endangered species.
- The Working Group on Education
The Working Group on Education currently consists of the representatives of
the zoos of Moscow, St-Petersburg, Surgut, Tula (all – Russia), and Hluboka-nad-
Vltavou (Czech Republic).
In 2016, some members of the Working Group attended the EAZA Annual
Conference in Belfast, Ireland, and IZE Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At the All-Russia Congress of Zoo Directors, Ye. Migunova delivered a
presentation on the role of zoo education.
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Works have been started on collecting papers and other education materials for
the 4th volume of the EARAZA’s collection of papers on the education activities of
zoos and aquariums, which will address new areas and forms of educational
activities.
Three presentations on various aspects of zoo education were given by the
members of the Working Group at the III International Ecological Forum under the
title “This is where we live” (city of Voronezh, Russia).
During the year, members of the Group provided consultations on various
aspects of educational work to the staff of zoo education departments, e.g.
Kaliningrad Zoo, Vitebsk Zoo, St.-Petersburg Oceanarium, and others.
- The Working Group on the Elephants, Rhinoceroses, and Hippopotamuses
The Working Group consists of 24 staff members from 12 zoos.
Early in 2016, Renat Dzhumagaliev from the Moscow Zoo was appointed as
the new Chair of the Working Group on the Elephants, Rhinoceroses, and
Hippopotamuses.
The following activities were carried out in 2016:
Recommendations on the construction and design of new enclosures for
elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses were provided to Kazan Zoo. Besides,
in the period from 18.04.2016 through 30.04.2016, three keepers from Kazan Zoo
underwent apprenticeship at the Elephant Department of the Moscow Zoo. The
keepers demonstrated a great interest in their work and carefully studied all the
manuals on elephant nutrition, husbandry, and training.
A surgery was performed at the Yekaterinburg Zoo on the female elephant with
the front foot inflammation resulting from the split of her nail caused by the excess
weight of the animal (see photos below).
The surgery was performed after standing sedation, which made the job more
complicated, but most part of the affected area was cleaned up. The wound is healing
successfully.
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Participants of the procedure of the elephant treatment at the Yekaterinburg Zoo
Olga Zusko, Curator of Elephants and Ungulates, was provided with
recommendations on the husbandry, nutrition, and environmental enrichment for the
elephants.
We are sincerely grateful to the Yekaterinburg Zoo’s team and Zoo Director
Svetlana Prylepina for their support and assistance. We would also like to thank
Alexander Semyonov for his help in carrying out the immobilization procedure.
Under the recommendation of the former and current Chairs of the Working
Group, the female elephant Chani was transferred from the Zoo of Stary Oskol to
Gelendzhik Zoo. We are happy for the female who is now living in a spacious
outdoor enclosure and enjoying mild climate.
Recommendations on elephant nutrition were given to Kaliningrad Zoo where
the elephants were fed on boiled foods including porridges and boiled potatoes. We
strongly advise against the use of boiled foods in elephant diets as it may cause
digestive system problems and obesity.
The Group is working on developing occupational elephant management safety
standards applicable to the situations of protected contact working, enclosure
cleaning procedures, and elephant foot treatment.
The Group is planning to continue its work on arranging expeditions to the
Udawalawe National Park in Sri Lanka, Corbett and Dadhwa National Parks in India,
and Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
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In 2016, regional zoos supervised by the Informational and Methodical Centre
participated in the following EARAZA International Conservation and Research
Programs:
1. Conservation of the Steller’s Sea Eagle
The 18th
volume of the European Studbook for the Steller’s Sea Eagle was
prepared based on the data on the Steller’s sea eagles that were kept in the European
collections in the period from 01.01.2015 through 31.12.2015. As of 01.01.2016, the
European population stood at 319 (158.153.8) Steller’s sea eagles kept at 88 zoos and
breeding centres.
A paper titled “Some Results of the Joint Project of EARAZA and Lomonosov
Moscow State University, Aimed at the Creation of Captive Population of the
Steller’s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus); 1994-2015”, co-authored by V.B.
Masterov, M.S. Romanov, and O.E. Rvantseva, has been prepared and published in
the 25th
volume of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and Breeding
Stations. The statistical analyses of the data on the age and sex structure of the
captive population and its growth and reproduction rates suggests that the population
created 20 years ago is currently quite stable.
For maintaining a relatively stable level of genetic diversity it is essential that,
on the one hand, the Coordinator produce justified transfer and breeding
recommendations and, on the other hand, the holders of the Steller’s sea eagles
follow the recommendations. In 2016, several recommendations on establishing new
breeding pairs were given to participating zoos, including the recommendation on the
transfer of the mature male Steller’s sea eagle from Tallinn Zoo, Estonia, to the Zoo
Chomutov (Czech Republic) for paring the male with a wild caught female whose
breeding will be an important contribution to the genetic status of captive population.
Unfortunately, objective reasons rendered the cessation of breeding of the birds
of overrepresented genetic lines at Almaty Zoo impossible, which hampered the
transfers of important birds to Almaty Zoo where these birds could be used for
establishing a new, genetically valuable pair.
The work is continued on the preparation for the new important stage of the
program, the reintroduction of the Steller’s sea eagle. As could be expected, the
greatest challenge at this stage is funding. Negotiations on the issue of attracting
funding for the project have been ongoing.
The work on drafting the guidelines on the Steller’s sea eagle husbandry and
breeding is underway. In this connection, a detailed questionnaire was circulated to
all Steller’s sea eagle holders. Unfortunately, only a few responses have been
received so far, though the experience in the maintenance and breeding of Steller’s
sea eagles and a number of the photos of enclosures, courtesy of some EARAZA
zoos, allowed the Coordinator to provide recommendations on the enclosure design
for some zoos that are planning to hold this species in the future.
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Due to financial support of the EARAZA, monitoring of the Steller’s Sea Eagle
population in the Lower Amur Region was continued by Vladimir Masterov
(Lomonsov Moscow State University).
2. Conservation of the Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia
The number of zoos holding mountain undulates has not changed significantly.
Mountain ungulates that are rarely seen in zoo collections have been kept at some
EARAZA member zoos, including: the argali Ovis ammon ammon (5.3 as of
01.12.2016) at Novosibirsk Zoo that is the only zoo in the world keeping this
subspecies in captivity; the Marco Polo sheep Ovis ammon polii (7.10 as of
31.12.2016) at Moscow Zoo (Marco Polo sheep are also kept at Tierpark Berlin); the
Kazakhstan argali Ovis ammon collium (1.3) at Almaty Zoo (the only zoo in the
world that keeps Kazakhstan argali); the Armenian mouflon Ovis orientalis(aries)
gmelini at Tallinn and Yerevan Zoos; the peninsular bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis
nelsoni at Prague Zoo; the Dall's sheep (or thinhorn sheep) Ovis dalli dalli at Tallinn
Zoo; the Transcaspian urial Ovis vignei arcal at the Zoos of Tallinn and Chomutov;
and the Bukhara urial Ovis vignei bochariensis at Tallinn and Leningrad Zoos.
Breeding was successful in the majority of zoos keeping mountain ungulates in
their collections. The most significant breeding events of the year of 2016 include
breeding of the argali Ovis ammon ammon at Novosibirsk Zoo and breeding of the
Marco Polo sheep Ovis ammon polii and Sichuan takin Budorcas taxicolor tibetana
at Moscow Zoo. Two offspring (2.0) of argali Ovis ammon ammon were born at
Novosibirsk Zoo. Six (4.2) Marco Polo sheep Ovis ammon polii and two (1.1)
Sichuan takins Budorcas taxicolor tibetana were born at the Moscow Zoo. The year
2016 was successful in terms of the musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) breeding. Musk
oxes have bred at the zoos of Bolsherechye, Moscow, Tallinn, and Yakutsk.
Due to obtaining new genetic lines, a herd of the Siberian ibex Capra sibirica
is being created at Kosice Zoo, Czech Republic. For this purpose, Siberian ibex
specimens were brought to Kosice from the Zoo Olomouc (0.3) and Tallinn Zoo (1.0)
in 2015, and as soon as in 2016, the first offspring (1.0) was produced. A group of
Siberian ibexes that consisted of 12 (5.7) individuals (as of 01.01.2017) is maintained
at the Moscow Zoo, with the animals being unrelated to the Siberian ibexes kept at
the EARAZA member zoos in Europe. In 2016, 2 (1.1) offspring were born at the
Moscow Zoo.
For a number of reasons, the cooperation between EARAZA zoos and, actually,
the activity of zoos under the Program for Conservation of Mountain Ungulates can
be characterized as passive. This situation can be largely attributed to the problems
associated with the strict veterinary requirements and CITES import/export permit
procedures. This applies in the first place to the animal transfers between EC
countries and Russia. Luck of interest towards the work with mountain ungulates is
also caused by the changes in the approaches of most zoos to the collection planning.
While in the past, attempts were made to keep the maximum possible number of
species of a certain genus, now zoos prefer keeping just one species, depending on its
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attractiveness and rareness or on its relevance in the context of collection planning
principles. Typical examples are the “Himalayas” exhibit that would hardly be
popular without blue sheep and snow leopards or the “Simien Mountains” exhibit of
Zoo Zurich, demonstrating unique wildlife of the Simien Mountains of the Northern
Ethiopia, with geladas, Nubian ibexes, and blue-winged geese being kept at the
exhibit. Similar exhibit was created in early 2017 in Magdeburg Zoo.
EARAZA zoos should prioritize ungulate species for justified approaches to
the activities aimed at the long-term management of certain ungulate species. Such
activities should be designed based on the aims of the program, and implementation
of the program will not be possible without adequate record keeping including data
on animal origin, transfers, etc. Unfortunately, the recent years have seen the
phenomenon that was rather typical for the zoos of the 1970s, notably, the
hybridization. In the absence of modern animal record keeping, it can seriously
undermine the effective implementation of any long-term ex situ conservation
program. It is especially important in case of mountain ungulates, as many ungulate
hybrids, such as a hybrid between the East Caucasian tur and the West Caucasian tur,
are extremely difficult to identify. The EARAZA Code of Ethics should include a
provision of inadmissibility of animal hybridization.
Any EARAZA member zoo can participate in the EARAZA Program on the
Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia. The size of the zoo is not very important, and it
does not matter whether the zoo maintains a single ungulate species or a dozen of
species of the mountain ungulates. Each zoo population of a certain species
considered as a target species in EARAZA conservation program is a part of the
whole EARAZA population, with each zoo being of great importance. Under the
EARAZA Program, the animals are transferred between participating zoos on non-
commercial basis.
If you have any questions relating to the participation in the EARAZA Program
for Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia, please send an email to Vladimir Fainstein,
Coordinator of the Program ([email protected]), or contact Tallinn
Zoo at the following address: Paldiski mnt. 145, Tallinn 13522, Estonia.
3. Conservation of Eurasian bustards
The project targets three species of the family Otididae, which occur in the Northern
Eurasia:
- The great bustard (Otis tarda tarda, O. t. dybowskii). Both subspecies are globally
threatened. In early 2017, the population of the western subspecies of the great
bustard kept at seven EARAZA zoos comprised 28 (12.16) birds, with 6 (2.4) of them
being kept at the Moscow Zoo’s Breeding Station. Currently, there are no birds of the
eastern subspecies in the regional collections. In 2016, as before, eggs laid by the
females at the Moscow Zoo were infertile. At the Karasuk Breeding Station of the
Novosibirsk Zoo, two chicks hatched and were raised. One chick was also raised
there in 2015. Unfortunately, the breeding male died last year at the Karasuk
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Breeding station, therefore an adult male from the Moscow Zoo was brought to the
Breeding Station. For successful running of the Program, the zoo population needs to
be supplemented by the birds of the western subspecies. One of the possible options
to consider is the use of the birds occurring in the Peninsula of Crimea, as the
population of the great bustards in that region is sedentary and may therefore
demonstrate a tendency to easier adapt to captive conditions; this assumption has
been supported by the experience of our colleagues in Spain, in their breeding of the
birds originating from the sedentary Spanish population.
Detailed description of the great bustard breeding at the Karasuk Breeding
Station is given below. In 2016, the breeding success of the last year was replicated;
the breeding pair produced two viable chicks, and both of them were successfully
raised. Indirect signs of mating were observed on three occasions (on April 18, 25,
and 30), including a messy appearance of the female and a heap of feathers in the
centre of the enclosure, which indicated the site of mating. Indirect signs, such as the
appearance of feathering on the female’s back and matted feathers on her neck,
suggested that the copulation most likely occurred in the morning of the 25th
of April
(Fig. 1).
Fig. 1. The female after copulation. A heap of feathers in the middle of the enclosure
indicates recent mating.
In the period from May 2 through 30, the female great bustard laid 8 eggs. The
first egg was without a shell, the fourth egg was coarse and poorly pigmented. Eggs
NN 2-8 (7 eggs) were put into the nest of the incubating female of the wood grouse.
After the incubation was completed, three eggs turned to be infertile (NN 4, 6, and
8), two eggs were infected (NN 2 and 3), which could be associated with their
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prolonged storage (8 to 12 days) prior to the onset of incubation, and two eggs were
fertile (NN 5 and 7) and chicks successfully hatched from these two eggs.
Fig. 2. Feeding of the great bustard chicks.
Fertile eggs were laid on the 17th
and 20th
of May, i.e. 23 and 28 days after the
most probable copulation. When the pipping was observed on the 21st day of
incubation on the egg N 5, two “alive” eggs (NN 5 and 7) were removed from the
nest. Hatching of both chicks occurred in the incubator, on the 21st day from the start
of the incubation, on June 7 and 12, respectively. The hatching was closely monitored
and minimally assisted (Fig. 2).
Both chicks have been raised successfully; both turned out to be females (Fig.
3).
In the period from May 2 through 30, the female great bustard laid 8 eggs. The
first egg was without a shell, the fourth egg was coarse and poorly pigmented. Eggs
NN 2-8 (7 eggs) were put into the nest of the incubating female of the wood grouse.
After the incubation was completed, three eggs turned to be infertile (NN 4, 6, and
8), two eggs were infected (NN 2 and 3), which could be associated with their
prolonged storage (8 to 12 days) prior to the onset of incubation, and two eggs were
fertile (NN 5 and 7) and chicks successfully hatched from these two eggs.
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Рис. 3. Growing chicks of the great bustard, hatched in 2016.
To our great regret, the 15-year-old male of the great bustard died in late June.
Few days before his death, the male showed signs of the leg weakness and later was
not able to walk, which resulted in the severe stress; after every failed attempt to
move, the male lied down on his back, swinging his legs, and injured his wings to a
pulp. The male died after two days; the death was caused by the heart failure.
We hope that further work on breeding the Great Bustard in enclosures and
cages will facilitate establishing of a viable captive population of this interesting and
valuable species that just in the last century was considered as a game bird, but is
now becoming increasingly threatened. The wild populations of the great bustard in
Eurasia (with the exception of the Iberian Peninsula) are rapidly reducing.
- The little bustard (Tetrax tetrax). The species is globally threatened. Since 2006,
three birds (1.2) have been kept at the Moscow Zoo’s Breeding Station.
Unfortunately, so far there have been no cases of breeding, though lekking behavior
of the male was observed on a number of occasions. In early 2015, 2 (2.0) little
bustards were kept at the Karasuk Breeding Station of the Institute of Taxonomy and
Ecology (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), but currently this
institution does not have birds of this species. A pair of little bustards is also kept at
the Stavropol Zoo and Exotarium. This is clearly not enough for the breeding
purposes. In order to start a breeding program it is necessary to acquire additional
birds or collect little bustards in the wild, where the population of this species is
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thought to be growing. This would be a useful approach to the creation of the founder
population in zoos and breeding stations.
- The houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii). The species is globally
threatened. Currently, just one male houbara bustard is kept at the Karasuk Breeding
Station of the Novosibirsk Zoo, and his spring lekking behaviour has been observed
several times in recent years. The regional zoos need additional birds for developing
techniques of natural breeding of this species under captive conditions. Breeding
stations for the houbara bustards are functioning in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. They
are run under the supervision of their sponsoring falconers from the UAE. One of the
goals of these breeding stations is releasing of some juvenile birds into their wild
habitats in Central Asia. All these breeding stations use the method of artificial
insemination and subsequent incubation of eggs and raising chicks.
4. Conservation of Rare and Endangered Geese of Eurasia
The goals of this Program are: the development and implementation of the
strategy for conservation and recovery of rare species of Anseriformes through
intensive captive breeding and further reintroduction of birds in the wild; and
establishing the required number of stable and genetically viable breeding
populations of rare Anseriformes in zoos and breeding stations. The following
species have the highest priority for the program:
- The Swan Goose Anser cygnoides. The birds of this species breed successfully at
the Moscow Zoo and other zoos of the region. By this time, a self-sustaining breeding
population has been established at regional zoos. By the end of 2016,
184 (55.59.70) swan geese were kept in 22 regional collections, with most of them
being maintained by the Moscow Zoo (46 birds), Tashkent Zoo (27), and Kharkov
Zoo (12). However, in 2016, breeding was successful only in three zoos: Novosibirsk
Zoo (3 chicks), Tashkent Zoo (7 chicks), and Kharkov Zoo (two out of 6 hatched
chicks have been raised). Reintroduction program is hampered only by the lack of
interest on the part of wildlife conservation bodies that could otherwise arrange
wildlife education activities for local people and hunters, prevent high mortality of
released birds, and implement monitoring of the swan goose wild population.
- The Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus. In the recent years, the staff of
the Moscow Zoo in cooperation with Swedish ornithologists attempted to establish
the Scandinavian population of the lesser white-fronted goose through capturing birds
from the wild populations distributed in the north of the European part of Russia. The
birds were given over to Swedish colleagues for the creation of the breeding stock
and future reintroduction of the young captive born birds in the wild. The first
positive results have been already received. EARAZA zoos are also involved in the
lesser white-fronted goose breeding, but the results are rather disappointing. Breeding
was successful only in some years. As of January 1, 2016, only 15 birds (9.4.2) were
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kept in 6 EARAZA collections. It should be noted that the population demonstrates
pronounced sex bias. The largest groups of the lesser white-fronted goose are kept at
the zoos of Moscow (4 birds) and Tallinn (4 birds). The size of the captive population
is not large enough to support a stable breeding population. No breeding was
registered in regional zoos in the reporting year; therefore, more attention should be
paid to the improvement of keeping conditions and husbandry methods for this
species. Besides, for supplementing the captive population it is necessary to obtain
additional pure-bred lesser white-fronted geese from the wild, since the data obtained
by Swedish ornithologists suggest that the lesser white-fronted geese in Europe may
carry genes of the greater white-fronted goose. Such birds should not be used in
reintroduction program.
- The Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii. The Bewick’s swans have not
been breeding at Moscow Zoo recently, while at Tallinn Zoo, the swans of the
western subspecies breed from time to time; e.g. in 2016, four chicks hatched and
were raised. Three chicks (1.2) hatched in the last year at Hluboka-nad-Vltavou Zoo
(Czech Republic). The birds of this species do not breed at other EARAZA zoos. By
the end of 2016, there were 29 Bewick’s swans kept in 12 regional collections. The
largest group of this species consisting of six birds is maintained at Tallinn Zoo. It
should be noted that seven zoos keep a single bird each. It is necessary to create
suitable conditions for the Bewick's swans in these zoos, as well as in other zoos of
the region. Another important task is establishing breeding population, preferably
through obtaining wild born individuals.
The Program also focuses on other rare bird species including the red-breasted
goose, the brant goose, the Aleutian Canada goose, the emperor goose, the bar-
headed goose, the Baikal teal, the marble teal, the common white-eye, the mandarin
duck, and the white-headed duck. Some of these species breed well at the zoos of
Western Europe, while others regularly breed at EARAZA zoos, but yet attention
should be paid to all of the listed species, and development of husbandry and
reintroduction methods should be continued. Thus, the Moscow Zoo’s Breeding
Station continues breeding barnacle geese (Branta bernicla), using the founder stock
presented by the birds that hatched from the eggs collected on the Kanin Peninsula
(Arkhangelskaya oblast) in 2004–2005 and were raised in artificial environment.
Currently, the zoo population of this species is thriving. As of 01.01.2017, there were
175 (32.32.111) barnacle geese in 30 regional collections. Barnacle geese have bred
at six zoos where 32 chicks have been successfully raised. The best results have been
achieved by Tallinn Zoo (17 chicks) and Moscow Zoo (9 chicks).
In 2011, the founder stock of the Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis
leucopareia) was received from N.N. Gerasimov of the Elyzovo Breeding Station
(Kamchatka region). Unfortunately, the Breeding Station ceased to exist due to
financial and other reasons. However, its 20-year long work had resulted in the
restoration of the wild population of Aleutian Canada geese, which disappeared from
North Kuril islands 70 years ago. Results of the surveys conducted by our Japanese
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colleagues in the wintering grounds of the species show that the size of the wild
population exceeds 7,000 birds. In 2015, in the Breeding Station of the Moscow Zoo
and at the main territory of the Zoo, offspring of the Aleutian Canada goose (Branta
Canadensis leucopareia) were obtained. Sightings of the geese without rings
demonstrate that Aleutian Canada geese now breed in Kuril Islands. Some of the
Aleutian Canada geese that were initially sent to the Moscow Zoo were housed at the
Moscow Zoo’s Breeding Station, and some of them, at the Zoo. The geese breed
successfully and number 45 individuals (9.6.30). Apart from the Moscow Zoo,
Aleutian Canada geese are kept at Belgorod Zoo (1.1), Novosibirsk Zoo (1.0), and
Yakutsk Zoo (1.2). In total, there were 51 Aleutian Canada geese in EARAZA zoos
by the end of 2016, with most of the birds being kept at Moscow Zoo and its
Breeding Station. Last year’s breeding was successful at Moscow Zoo where 9 chicks
were raised, while two chicks that hatched at Yakutsk Zoo have died. In view of
successful reintroduction of the species in Kuril Islands and restoration of the
Kurilian-Japanese population, regional zoos should concentrate on maintaining
sustainable captive population of the Aleutian Canada Goose. The birds should be
distributed between zoo collections that are able to create necessary husbandry
conditions for this species.
Novosibirsk Zoo and Karasuk Breeding station of the Institute of Taxonomy
and Ecology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences continued
implementation of the project of establishing breeding population of the white-
headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) representing one of the rare ducks of Eurasia.
Hybridization with introduced ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) is observed in the
European part of the range of the white-headed duck, which may result in further loss
of the gene pool of the species. Therefore, establishing artificial population of the
white-headed duck has a high conservation importance. The white-headed duck is
included in the Endangered category of the UCN Red List of Threatened Species and
in the Red Book of Russia, and is also listed in CITES Appendix II.
On April 16, after wintering at the Zoo, the birds were brought to the enclosure
complex of the Breeding Station. Egg laying was observed in ten females out of 14,
from April 30 through August 10. In total, 82 eggs have been laid (clutch sizes varied
between 4 and 16 eggs). Chicks have hatched only from the clutches of three adult
females; eggs of the other females were either infertile or defected.
As in previous years, the eggs were incubated by the females and removed
from the clutches and put in the incubator after pipping. After the water test, the egg
shell was slightly nagged around the surface with the use of a manicure nail file, to
make it easier for the chick to hatch. Keeping, nutrition, and raising methods for the
white-headed duck are under development. Potential release sites have been selected
for future reintroduction program aimed at the supplementation of the wild
population.
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5. Conservation of cranes in Eurasia
In 2016, the activity in a number of areas was carried out under the Program.
Breeding of rare cranes of the Palearctic (the Siberian crane, the Japanese
crane, and the white-naped crane) was achieved at 23 zoos. In total, 25 female
Siberian cranes have bred and 15 young have been raised; 26 female Japanese cranes
have breed and 18 young have been raised; and 11 white-naped cranes have bred,
with 5 chicks being successfully raised. Reproduction and chick survival levels are
stable over the years. In 2016, the pairs of Siberian cranes at the zoos of Ivanovo and
Tashkent bred for the first time, but the eggs were infertile.
Exchanges of cranes between regional zoos were continued for establishing
new breeding pairs. A female of the Siberian crane was transferred from the Rare
Crane Breeding Centre of the Oka State Reserve to the Moscow Zoo; the following
zoos were involved in the exchanges of cranes: Moscow Zoo, Nikolaev Zoo,
Novosibirsk Zoo, Riga Zoo, Rostov-on-Don Zoo, Tashkent Zoo, and Oka Breeding
Centre.
Release of cranes into the wild. Reintroduction program for three crane
species was continued. On October 11, nine young Siberian cranes were transported
by motor vehicle from the Oka Breeding Centre to Astrakhan Nature Reserve and
released into the wild at the gathering grounds of waterfowl and wetland birds in the
Volga’s delta where migrating birds of the western Siberian population were seen
regularly.
In November, a Siberian crane was reported to be found dead in Ulyanovka
village (Stavropol Region) after collision with power transmission line. By the ring
number (1-379), the crane was identified as the male born in the current year. Earlier,
during a week, this young Siberian crane was seen regularly in the territory of the fish
farm where it foraged in shallow waters and neighboring area. It did not show a fear
of humans but did not let people come close (flushing distance – about 50 m).
In the spring, four young Japanese cranes were released in the protected zone
of the Khingansky State Nature Reserve. Three of them hatched from the eggs that
were transferred to the Reintroduction Centre from the Rare Crane Breeding Centre
of the Oka State Reserve and from Brno Zoo.
In May, six Japanese cranes’ eggs (two eggs from Oka Breeding Centre, two
eggs from Brno Zoo, Czech Republic, and two eggs from Olomouc Zoo, Czech
Republic) and one white-naped crane’s egg (from Olomouc Zoo) were brought over
to the Reintroduction Centre. Hatched chicks were raised at the field station of the
Khingansky State Nature Reserve. During the winter, the juvenile cranes were kept at
the field station, together with other Japanese cranes, to be later released in the
nesting grounds in the area of Amur Region.
In October, the annual health examination of the crane stock (70 birds) of
the Oka Breeding Centre was carried out by veterinarians of the Moscow Zoo (M.
Alshinetski, A. Tomashevski) and “Cobra” veterinary clinics (S. Gershov,
M. Vasina, and others). The examination included: weighing and estimating indices
of body condition, external examination, auscultation of heart and lungs, abdomen
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palpation, treatment against parasites, complete blood count, clinical biochemistry,
and coprological tests, and bacteriological analysis.
During the year, blood samples from the cranes of unknown sex were obtained
for testing. Genetic analysis of the blood and tissue samples of 96 cranes belonging to
7 species was performed with the use of 10 microsatellite loci at the Vavilov Institute
of General Genetics. Sexes of 90 cranes were determined; for 27 cranes sexing was
done with the use of DNA obtained after hatching from the blood samples from egg
allantois vessels. For 15 Siberian cranes the paternity was confirmed at multiple
artificial insemination.
6. Establishing Reserve Population of the Siberian spruce grouse Falcipennis
falcipennis
The Program is a joint project of the Novosibirsk Zoo and the Karasuk
Breeding Station of the Institute of Taxonomy and Ecology (Siberian Branch of the
Russian Academy of Sciences). The only captive population of grouses is kept in the
enclosure complex of the Karasuk Breeding Station, which includes five regularly
breeding species: the Siberian spruce grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis), the wood
grouse (Tetrao urogallus), the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), the ruffed grouse
(Bonasa umbellus), and the hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia). The Program is
coordinated and implemented under the leadership of V. Shilo, Cand. Sc. (Biol) and
S. Klimova. Contemporary geographical range of the Siberian spruce grouse is
presented by three isolated areas located on the vast territory from Yakutia on the
west to Sakhalin on the east and Primorye on the south. However, human activity in
these areas leads to the fragmentation of the species habitats. The numbers of the
birds are very low, and their populations are declining dramatically.
Establishing of the new Western Siberian wild population of the Siberian
spruce grouse. In 2016, captive breeding of the Siberian spruce grouse (Falcipennis
falcipennis) was continued at the Karasuk Breeding Station with the use of the
developed and proven husbandry methods. As before, most of the chicks were
incubated by the females and hatched in the nests. On April 21, 2016, 26
(15.11) Siberian spruce grouses were released in the tract of Peten in Maslyaninsky
district of Novosibirsk region. One month after the release, one of the birds was seen
by a local resident three kilometres from the release site. Staff of the wildlife
conservation bodies collect data on the sightings of released birds, and hunting
department is monitoring the reintroduced population, with all the data being a
subject to detailed analysis.
7. Study, Conservation, and Breeding of the Pallas’s Cat
During reporting period, great attention was paid to the implementation of the
program of in situ research and conservation of Pallas’s cats.
Staff members of the zoos of Moscow and Novosibirsk participated in the First
International Meeting on Pallas's Cat Study and Conservation in Steppes of Northern
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Eurasia and were appointed as the members of the Working Group that was
established in the course of the Meeting. The Meeting was attended by
representatives of the UNDP/GEF Project “Improving the coverage and management
efficiency of protected areas in the steppe biome of Russia” supervised by the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Daursky
State Biosphere Reserve/DAURIA International Protected Area, Sailugemsky
National Park, Siberian Environmental Center, and International Working Group for
the Pallas’s cat.
The EARAZA Program for the Pallas’s cat arranged the purchase and delivery
of the equipment for the study of Pallas’s cats in Altai Region; three camera traps
were granted by the Program to field researcher.
Coordinator of the EARAZA Program Irina Alekseicheva participated in the
field trip to the Sailugemsky National Park. The participants of the field trip
examined the Pallas’s cat habitat and set camera traps for studying and assessing the
species population density.
Works on improving husbandry techniques for the management of Pallas’s cats
were carried out. Zoos were advised on the husbandry methods and treatment of
various diseases in Pallas’s cats.
Program participants were intensely involved in education activity. The zoos of
Moscow and Novosibirsk hold the Pallas’ Cat Day, which has become a traditional
zoo event. This event included various forms of educational entertainment where
each visitor caring for the wildlife could select interesting and engaging kinds of
activity. A set of lectures titled “Meet the Pallas’s cat or big problems facing the
small cat” was delivered in the children’s lecture hall of the Moscow Zoo; it included
interactive activities and expository feeding of Pallas’s cats. Souvenir articles such as
badges and magnets depicting a Pallas’s cat have been produced.
8. Conservation of Amur tigers and Far Eastern leopards
1) EARAZA Program for Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)
Re-election of the Committee of the EARAZA Program for Amur tigers was held in
the autumn of 2015, and six representatives of EARAZA zoos were elected the
Committee members, including Elena Ershova (Yekaterinburg Zoo) and Svetlana
Shelgunova (Leningrad Zoo). However, owing to unforeseen circumstances, Elena
and Svetlana were not able to serve as Committee members and were therefore
replaced, based on the results of elections and personal opinions of other Committee
members. Updated list of the Committee members follows:
Members of the Committee of the EARAZA Program for Amur tigers:
1. Irina Alekseicheva, Moscow Zoo ([email protected])
2. Pavel Grachov, Yekaterinburg Zoo ([email protected])
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3. Irina Komkova, Perm Zoo ([email protected])
4. Svetlana Kurbashkina, Kazan Zoo and Botanical Gardens ([email protected])
5. Svetlana Malysheva, Izhevsk Zoo ([email protected])
6. Olga Shilo, Novosibirsk Zoo ([email protected]).
Photo courtesy of Dmitry Mezentsev
As of the 1st of November, 2016, the EARAZA population stood at 34.31.0
(65) animals in 27 zoos. In the reporting period, breeding recommendations were
mostly fully implemented, except for two cases when females were not able to breed
because of the old age or health problems. In 2016, there were 9 (5.3.1) births in 4
zoos (Grodno, Penza, Izhevsk, and Vladivostok). Of these, one newborn did not
survive (mother rejected the cub) and one cub was hand-reared.
Transfer recommendations were also followed successfully, with the exception
of a few cases of annoying delays that were mostly caused by bureaucratic and legal
problems associated with the procedures of international transportation. Transfer and
breeding recommendations for 2017 were circulated to the participants of the
Program in November of 2016.
2) EEP for Amur (Far Eastern) leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
The annual report on the EEP for Amur leopard, including information on the
current status of the EEP population, transfer and breeding recommendations, and a
brief review of the current events, was circulated to the participants of this EEP in
December 2016. The following text is just an outline of the most important
developments that took place in 2016.
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As of 1st December 2016, the population stood at 66.56.0 (122) in 42
institutions. Although the Coordinators would like to grow the population we do not
have enough holders to do so. If any zoo is able to hold more leopards than they
currently are please contact EEP Coordinators.
The current gene diversity of the population is 0.902 and mean inbreeding
coefficient stands at 0.063. The population is descended from just 13 founders, but
we do have one potential new founder, male ISB# 924 who was wild caught after
being found injured from a snare. Complications arising from his injuries meant he
could not be released back to the wild safely and he has instead been brought into the
zoo population and is currently at Moscow Zoo. He is naturally an incredibly
important animal and we all hope he will breed for the first time next year when he is
fully mature.
There has been some progress with the plan for the reintroduction and we have
been sent a protocol for review which has been drawn up by some of the Russian
partners. Building of facilities has not yet begun but it is believed that it will start in
2017, so the first leopards could be sent out in 2018. Unfortunately, the MoU is still
not signed. The Coordinators are waiting for some guidance from the IUCN SSC but
hope to be able to have the MoU signed in 2017.
9. Conservation of Rare Sturgeon Species of the Palearctic
Amu Darya Shovelnose Sturgeons. From November 8, 2015, through January 21,
2016, a planned expedition to the Khorezm oblast of Uzbekistan, organized and
funded by Aleksey V. Chernyak, the Coordinator of the EARAZA Program for
Conservation of Rare Sturgeon Species of the Palearctic, was carried out for
rendering assistance to the Khorezm Mamun Academy in Khiva in increasing the
existing reserve population of the large Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon
(Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni) and establishing a reserve population of the small
Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni), which became
possible due to obtaining a license for the removal of a number of individuals of both
species from the wild. Activities of November and almost all of December of 2015
yielded modest results despite the assistance of the most experienced Khorezm
fishermen. Later, we had found out that it could be associated with the hydrological
regime in the lower Amur River flow, which is affected by the operating regime of
the Tuyamuyunskaya hydropower electric station located upstream. When water
(which is clean and clear in the water reservoir of the hydropower station) is released
from the water reservoir, the water downstream purifies, and shovelnose sturgeons
that are highly adapted to living in muddy waters (which is evident from the
appearance of these fishes featuring a lack of pigment, very small eyes, and
extremely wide nasal aperture) are trying to leave the areas with clear water, probably
swimming to deep waters where they can not be caught in the fishing net. By the end
of December, the hydropower station stopped releasing water, and the waters
downstream became notably less clear. Besides, there were fewer sunny days in late
December. In this short period, we managed to achieve a success. We had caught
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nine large (about 500 grams) individuals of the “broad snout” form of the large Amu
Darya shovelnose sturgeon, one large (over 100 g) specimen of the “narrow snout”
form of the large Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon, and one adult individual of the
small Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon. All sturgeons were released in the pools with
cold water (+9oС to +10
oС) in the building of the Khorezm Mamun Academy. For
this purpose, the Khorezm Mamun Academy acquired four additional plastic fish
pools (now there are 7 pools), and we provided the Academy with the equipment for
life support system and practical assistance in mounting the equipment for new pools.
For learning Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon husbandry techniques, employees of
the Tashkent Zoo visited the Mamun Academy. In April of 2016, the Academy
transferred a few large Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeons to the Tashkent Zoo;
unfortunately, later the sturgeons died from unknown causes.
Preliminary assessment has shown that the sturgeons, for which we counted as
potential males could be represented by the following individuals (analysis of some
samples of gonad tissues supported our suggestions): (1) juvenile females that are not
able yet to produce mature eggs and will be able to spawn after one to three years (we
do not know at which age and weight individuals of the “broad snout” form of the
large Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon become mature); (2) females that did
spawn last spring but are still too young for producing mature eggs (we are not aware
of the length of the spawning cycle of shovelnose sturgeons); (3) immature males; (4)
males that were kept at the temperature of +20-21°С, which caused the processes in
the testicles that led to the cessation of spermatogenesis; and (5) males that
participated in the last spring’s spawning but did not complete spermatogenesis.
Options 4 and 5 are speculative, but we should consider all possibilities, since even
when we had a large number of individuals in Tadjikistan in 2012 and 2013, we did
face problems with “working” males, and besides, the biology of the Amu Darya
shovelnose sturgeon is poorly studied. In particular, we thought that unsuccessful
breeding results in the males could be caused by low temperature of water in
Vakhsha River in late April and early May (+15-16°С), but we observed same results
under the temperatures that gradually reached + 20-21°С and were maintained at that
level during 10 days, though the number of individuals was much smaller. Probably,
we needed to increase the temperature up to +20°С, but do it quicker (in a week) after
the temperature reached + 16°С.
More background data are necessary for further studies for the development
and implementation of the program of Amu Darya shovelnose sturgeon conservation
in the Amu Darya River downstream (inner part of the territory of Uzbekistan, the
segment from Tuyamuyunskaya hydropower electric station to Amu Darya’s delta).
10. Sexing birds with the use of PCR method (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
Under the Program, the following activities were carried out by
Olga Nesterenko, researcher of the Moscow Zoo:
PCR method was used for sexing birds from the following zoos: Yakutsk (2
sp.), Almaty (12 sp.), Nikolaev (4 sp.), Novosibirsk (9 sp.), Nishny Novgorod
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(8 sp.), Izhevsk (6 sp.), Ivanovo (14 sp.), Yerevan (3 sp.), Tashkent (7 sp.), and also
from “Vorobyi” Bird Park (4 sp.) and Rare Crane Breeding Centre of the Oka State
Reserve (17 sp.).
Totally, 86 birds of 17 species kept at 11 zoos were sexed.
An article titled “Whether the Living Conditions May Influence the Sex of the
Bird Offspring” was written for the “Biomolecule” on line popular science magazine
(authors: O. Nesterenko, T. Kashentseva; the article is available at:
http://biomolecula.ru/content/2068). The authors were awarded with the prize of
editorial board and received an offer of further cooperation).
An article titled “The Sense Organs of Birds” was written and published on the
site of the Moscow Zoo.
11. Under the Project for Reintroduction of the Przewalski’s Horse in Orenburg
Region, the Moscow Zoo and other EARAZA member zoos participate in the
creation of the Przewalski’s Horse Breeding Station.
Orenburgsky State Nature Reserve was established in 1989 for the study,
conservation, and restoration of the unique natural steppe ecosystems. The Reserve
includes five areas located in various regions of Orenburgskaya oblast, totally
covering 38,191 ha. The Reserve is managed by the “Reserves of Orenburzhye”
Federal State Budgetary Institution.
In 2015, Minprirody of the Russian Federation with the support of the Russian
Academy of Sciences and UNDP/GEF/EU Project developed and initiated
implementation of the first Russian project for restoration of the wild population of
the Przewalski’s horse. Under the Project, the territory of the Orenburgsky State
Nature Reserve was expanded due to the inclusion of the “Preduralskaya Steppe”
area covering 16,538 ha where Przewalski’s Horse Reintroduction Centre was built.
On October 18, 2015, six Przewalski’s horses were brought to the Orenburgsky
Reserve from La Tour du Valat Biological Station (Station Biologique de la Tour du
Valat, France). The animals were given to the Reserve gratis due to the support of the
TAKH Association (TAKH Association pour le Cheval de Przewalski, France).
Adaptation of the horses to steppe environment lasted one year and was carried out
under the supervision of Russian specialists. On October 3, 2016, all six Przewalski’s
horses were released into the wild in Preduralskaya Steppe area. Prior to the release,
the whole area of 16.5 thousand hectares was fences. The total length of the fence
perimeter is 52 km.
At least 30 founders of various genetic lines should be brought to the Reserve
for establishing self-sustainable wild population of the Przewalski’s horse. On
November 20, 2016, 14 transport crates containing Przewalki’s horses arrived to
Preduralskaya Steppe area from the Hortobady National Park in Hungary. The
animals were presented by the horses divided into two groups: a group consisting of
young mares and one breeding stallion (9 horses in total) and a bachelor group of 5
stallions. The release of the animals into acclimatization corrals was carried out in
two stages: first, the animals of the bachelor groups were released into the corral with
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the area of 45 ha, and then the horses from the breeding group were released into a
corral of the similar area.
Adaptation period will last one year. Staff of the Orenburgsky Reserve will be
performing pre- and post-release monitoring of all horses, including the study of the
animals’ behaviours, feeding, parasitological status, population dynamics, etc.
The Project is scheduled to run until 2030; by that time, a semi-wild population
of the species numbering at least 100 Przewalski’s horses is expected to be
established in the Orenburgsky State Nature Reserve.
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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
Вступление - 7 Информация о зоологических учреждениях на 1.01.2016 г. - 9 Зоопарки, включенные в информационный сборник - 11 Перечень населенных пунктов, где находятся зоологические учреждения, сведения о которых опубликованы в данном сборнике - 12 I. Информация о зоологических учреждениях – членах Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов - 15 2. Информация о зоопарках, не являющихся членами Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов - 59 3. Информация о других зоологических учреждениях, не являющихся членами Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов - 65 Информация о деятельности Евроазиатской региональной Ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов - 73 Новости ЕАРАЗА - 74 В.В. Спицин. Отчёт о работе ЕАРАЗА за 2016 г. - 74 120 лет в мире животных - 105 Якутскому зоопарку «Орто-Дойду» – 15 лет - 109 К 35-летию Пензенского зоопарка - 114 85-летний юбилей Пражского зоопарка - 118 Зоопарку г. Оломоуц – 60 лет - 122 Зоопарк Двур Кралове - 125 Памяти коллег - 128 Наши юбиляры - 130
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Informational ussue Eurasian Regional Asociation
of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA) - 141
Introduction - 145
Information on the zoological institutions as of 1.01.2015 - 147
Index of the geographical locations of the zoos - 150
Information on the full and associated members of the
Eurasian Regional Association (EARAZA) - 153
Information on zoos that are not EARAZA members - 188
Information on other zoological institutions that
are not EARAZA members - 194
EARAZA News - 202
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Информационный Сборник
Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации
зоопарков и аквариумов
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ТОМ I
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Президент Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов,
Президент учреждения культуры и искусства В.В. Спицин
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