Zoo in Yekaterinburg is an interesting place to visit with children

Zoo in Yekaterinburg is a favorite and often visited by parents with children, residents and guests of the city. It is great for family walks, allowing not only to look at the animals and birds that live here, but also to learn many interesting and entertaining facts about themselves and about their life.

Inhabitants

The zoo opened in Yekaterinburg in mid-1930. At that time, it was small, and it represented only 60 individuals. Today, the zoo has more than 380 species of animals and birds from around the world, which is about 1200 individuals.

In a small area of the zoo are pavilions with birds, predators, monkeys, elephants, exoterarium. In open cages - animals that easily tolerate cold (predators from the northern regions, animals that live in Russia, large predatory birds, bears). A separate pavilion was built to accommodate Amur tigers.

Today the zoo has more than 70 species of unique animals from the International Red Book, as well as the Red Books of Russia and the Middle Urals.

What has changed since the reconstruction?

In the late 90s, the zoo was reconstructed, radically changed its appearance. After her, the collection of animals and birds grew and became more diverse. The list of animals of the Ekaterinburg zoo is regularly replenished with new species of animals, birds and fish. In the newly built pavilions settled lemurs and galago, there also found their home the world's smallest monkey gambling, tamarins, fosses and mongooses, and a collection of fish and animals living in the water has also replenished. For the first time in the history of this zoo, the inhabitants of the seas and oceans appeared in it.

In recent years, work has begun here to create pairs of rare and endangered animals to increase their population. Zoo in Yekaterinburg very productively cooperates in this direction with many Russian and European zoos. So, in 2006, within the framework of this cooperation, a white tiger was purchased. At the end of 2007, he was brought to a pair of a beautiful tigress from a Spanish nursery of white tigers.

Every year, many zoo dwellers bring offspring. For the first time in the history of Russian zoos in Yekaterinburg, it was possible to get offspring from such exotic animals as purple turako, honey bears Kinkazh, Prevost squirrels, tube-toots. In the summer of 2003, fosses came from the Czech zoo to Ekaterinburg - rarely found in nature mammals, which are still not found in any other Russian zoo, as well as Egyptian herons and ibises.

In 2004, for the first time, a hippopotamus, ibis and Egyptian herons began to live in the same enclosure. In the summer of 2007 the Indian elephant became the inhabitant of the zoo. A year later, new residents of the enclosures were a couple of chimpanzees, gibbons and skunks.

Interesting activities

The Zoo in Yekaterinburg regularly holds a variety of festive events dedicated to the living nature of the exhibition, arranges contests for animal lovers. The pupils of the schools at the open lessons and classes in the circle of the young biologist get extensive knowledge of zoology and ecology, learn a lot of new and entertaining. Thematic events are organized for children from one to six years old, as well as for the blind and visually impaired. Learn about the habits of animals, see them near, touch, pat and feed them helps the children contact zoo. Ekaterinburg is a city where one of the best Russian zoos is located.

"The hour of the open beasts"

In winter and during off-season for those who want to communicate with hand-made pets, the zoo regularly hosts the "Hour of open beasts". On this day in exoterarium on the second floor visitors can feed, pat and hold on their hands small fluffy chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits, at this hour visitors come to the visitors turtles, snakes, parrots, ferrets and other tame animals and birds. In the summer, a contact zoo is open on the street for visitors . Ekaterinburg and its inhabitants are proud of their zoological garden, because here it is truly interesting.

Ticket price

Guests of the city should also visit the zoo (Yekaterinburg). The prices for admission tickets are quite affordable: for an adult it costs 300 rubles, 100 rubles will be paid by preferential categories (children under 14, students and pensioners), and children under five years old will go free of charge. But do not forget that an hour before the closing of the ticket office zoo stop selling tickets.

On the territory there is a cafe and a playground with attractions for children.

When does it work and how do I get there?

And what is the schedule of the zoo in Yekaterinburg? Attend an institution is allowed from 10 am to 19 pm on weekdays and until 20:00 - on weekends and holidays.

To get to the zoo is easy on any kind of public transport or by car, since it is located in the city center on Mamina-Sibiryaka street.