Is there a zoo in Volgograd?

Volgograd is one of the largest cities in Russia, a millionaire. It is located one thousand kilometers southeast of Moscow, on the right bank of the Volga. The article will answer the question whether there is a zoo in Volgograd.

Where to go with the child at the weekend?

Parents are always looking for the opportunity to diversify their child's leisure and on weekends they go with him to a playground, a theater or an entertainment center. And all the kids are happy to visit zoos where they get acquainted with wild animals, learn a lot about their way of life and habits.

Unfortunately, the present zoo in Volgograd has not yet been created. On the agenda is not even the question of its organization, since it is connected with the limited difficulties: the city authorities should allocate a suitable place, it is necessary to find sponsors ready to pay for the construction of cages and aviaries, landscaping and landscaping, purchase of animals. But the most important thing is that there is no enthusiast ready to deal with this matter. Therefore, the zoo in Volgograd is the dream of its inhabitants, who carry children to the nearest menagerie in Rostov-on-Don.

A rare joy

The joy for Volgograd residents is the arrival in their city of the state mobile zoo "Safari". . This menagerie on wheels has existed for more than 40 years, is directly subordinated to the State Circus, its director is Hamlet Ashotovich Kasyan . From spring to late autumn, Safari tours to those Russian cities where there are no stationary zoos yet, and it winters in the area of the Caucasian Mineral Waters: in Essentuki, Pyatigorsk or Kislovodsk. Since it is very warm winters, which is comfortable for animals.

The mobile zoo "Safari in Volgograd" is located every time in a new place, it depends on the agreement with the administration. Visitors can see many wild animals - tigers, lions, pumas, lynxes, eagles, deer, monkeys, bears and others.

In autumn 2011, during the stay in Volgograd in the "Safari" were born trots. They were named Steve and Jobs in memory of the deceased founder of Apple. And in the summer of 2016, again in Volgograd, four lion cubs were born in a mobile zoo. It was a very joyful event! Menagerie was jokingly called "maternity hospital on wheels."

Alternatives

Wishing to please the townspeople and attract visitors, many entertainment centers in Volgograd open their mini-menagerie:

• "Touching Zoo." It is located on the 4th floor of the Trade Center "Diamant Zatsaritsynsky" at the address: st. Workers 'and Peasants', 48.
• "Contact Zoo" in the CSR "Parus" at the address: Vesyly Pereulok, 10.
• Mini-zoo in Volgograd in the children's interactive complex Art Diplay on the street. Workers 'and Peasants', 9B.
• "Noah's Ark" is located on Dzerzhinsky Square, 1-B.
• In KC "New Acropolis" on Mira Street, 26 there is also a small room with animals.
• "Lukoshkino" at the address: st. Kurchatov, 3.
• In the TRC "Komso Mall" on the street. Zemlya, 110B recently opened the "Hand Zoo."

Volgograd, therefore, has seven mini-zoos.

Thirty kilometers from Volgograd in the city of Volzhsky also created a mini-zoo "Zoo baby on the palm" at the address: st. Alexandrova, 18a.