ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО МОСКВЫ ДЕПАРТАМЕНТ КУЛЬТУРЫ ГОРОДА МОСКВЫ
GOVERNMENT OF MOSCOW MOSCOW DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE
ЕВРОАЗИАТСКАЯ РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ АССОЦИАЦИЯ ЗООПАРКОВ И АКВАРИУМОВ
EURASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS
МОСКОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ЗООЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ПАРК
MOSCOW ZOO
ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫЙ СБОРНИК
ЕВРОАЗИАТСКОЙ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЙ АССОЦИАЦИИ ЗООПАРКОВ И АКВАРИУМОВ
INFORMATIONAL ISSUE OF EURASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS
ISSUE 33
VLUME II
МОСКВА 2014
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OVERNMENT OF MOSCOW COMMITTEE FOR CULTURE
EURASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS
MOSCOW ZOO
INFORMATIONAL ISSUE OF EURASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS
ISSUE № 33 VOLUME II ______
MOSCOW – 2014 –
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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 V. Frolov N. Karpov L. Kuzmina V. Ostapenko V. Sheveleva T. Vershinina
Translators: A. Simonova
© 2014 Moscow Zoo
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Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA)
123242 Russia, Moscow, Bolshaya Gruzinskaya 1. Telephone/fax: (499) 255-63-64 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Web: www.earaza.ru
EARAZA Chairman: Vladimir V. Spitsin President of Moscow Zoo, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Members of the presidium: Vladimir V. Fainstein Deputy Director for Zoovet of Tallinn Zoo
Alexander P. Barannikov Director of Rostov Zoo
Aleksei P. Khanzazuk Director of Kishinev Zoo
Premysl Rabas Director Zoo Dvur Kralove nad Labem
Vladimir N. Topchii Director of Nikolaev Zoo
Martin Hovorka Director Zoologická Zahrada Mĕsta Brna
Executive Office:
Executive Director: Vladimir E. Frolov, Head of the Scientific-Methodological Department of Moscow Zoo
Chief Accountant: Oksana S. Afanas’eva
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Senior Methodist: Tatyana F. Andreeva Senior Methodist of the Scientific-Methodological Department of Moscow Zoo
Tatyana A. Vershinina Senior Methodist of the Scientific-Methodological Department of Moscow Zoo
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Dear Colleagues,
We offer to your attention the 33rd volume of the Informational Materials on the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which includes two volumes. This publication has been prepared by the EARAZA Zoo Informational Center (ZIC) based on the results of the analysis of the data provided by zoological institutions of the region. The volume contains data on 110 collections of regional zoos and a separate section dedicated to significant zoo events, news and other activities that took place at the zoos, aquariums, breeding stations and other zoological organizations. The volume also contains the latest data on the zoological collections of the CIS states, as well as some zoos of the Baltic states, Israel, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic. 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 ZIC. We would like to remind you that the information on your zoological institution, taxonomic inventories of the collections (according to the taxonomy recognized by our issues and including scientific names), as well as the data on breeding of animals as of the 1st of January of the current year, should be sent before the 1st of February. Please note that the data from the institutions that have not submitted the required information by the deadline will not be included in the next volume. Also, please try to observe the deadline when sending logotypes and guidebooks of your zoos for the general information section, as well as the notes on the zoo news and articles on education and methodical activities. Please be aware that proposals for the Appendices "Surplus and Wanted List of Animals" should be sent to the EARAZA ZIC twice a year, with the data being shown as of the 1st of January and of the 1st of July of the current year. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that some changes have been made in the categories of the Red Book (IUCN)(see the Appendix No 1).
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We hope that timely data submission and release of the "Informational Issue" and the Appendices correspond to your professional interests, and our fruitful cooperation will be successfully continued in the future. Our readers can find the contents of this publication on the EARAZA website: www.earaza.ru
The Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums would like to express deep gratitude to the Moscow Zoo and especially to its General Director, Natalia V.Kolobova, for help and assistance in publication of this Informational Issue.
Vladimir V. Spitsin
Chairman of the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA) 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
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INFORMATION ON THE ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS on 1.01.2014 (Attendance for 2013 year)
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Full and associated members of the EARAZA
Azerbaijan 1 Armenia 1 Belarus 2 Czech Republic 10 Estonia 1 Israel 2 Kazakhstan 3 Moldova 1 Poland 1 Russia 42 Slovak Republic 2 Tadjikistan 1 Ukraine 8 Uzbekistan 1 Total: 76
Zoos that are not EARAZA members
Georgia 1 Kazakhstan 1 Latvia 1 Lithuania 1 Russia 1 Ukraine 1 Total: 5
Other zoological institutions that are not EARAZA members
Belarus 2 Kazakhstan 1 Russia 23 Ukraine 2 Uzbekistan 1 Total: 29
TOTAL – 110
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Index of the geographical locations of the zoos
1. Abakan – 21 page 42. Kiev (“Bion”) – 55 page 2. Almaty – 19 “ 43. Kiev (Zoo) – 40 “ 3. Anapa – 22 “ 44. Kiryat Motzkin – 19 “ 4. Arkhara – 22 “ 45. Kishinev – 20 “ 5 Askaniya-Nova – 38 “ 46. Komsomolsk-on-Amur – 50 “ 6. Baku – 13 “ 47. Kosice – 37 “ 7. Barnaul (“Altai Falcon”) – 49 “ 48. Krasnodar – 51 “ 8. Barnaul (Zoo) – 49 “ 49. Krasnoyarsk – 26 “ 9. Belgorod – 22 “ 50. Lipetsk – 27 “ 10. Berdyansk – 39 “ 51. Lodz – 21 “ 11. Bolsherech’ye – 23 “ 52. Minsk – 14 “ 12. Bratislava – 37 “ 53. Moscow (Aqua Logo) – 27 “ 13. Brno – 14 “ 54. Moscow (Zoo) – 28 “ 14. Brykin Bor – 23 “ 55. Nalchik – 44 “ 15. Chelyabinsk – 24 “ 56. Nikolaev – 40 “ 16. Cherkassy – 39 “ 57. N.Novgorod 17. Chernogolovka – 49 “ (Exotarium) – 51 “ 18. Chita – 24 “ 58. N.Novgorod 19. Chleby – 15 “ (Zoo „Limpopo“) – 29 “ 20. Chomutov – 15 “ 59. N.Novgorod 21. Donetsk – 55 “ (Zoo „Switzerland“) – 29 “ 22. Dushanbe – 38 “ 60. Novosibirsk – 30 “ 23. Dvur Kralove – 15 “ 61. Novyi Urengoy – 51 “ 24. Ekaterinburg – 24 “ 62. Odessa (Oceanarium) – 41 “ 25. Elizovo – 25 “ 63. Odessa (Zoo) – 40 “ 26. Essentuki – 49 “ 64. Olomouc – 16 “ 27. Galichya Gora – 50 “ 65. Omsk – 52 “ 28. Grodno – 14 “ 66. Penza – 30 “ 29. Haifa – 18 “ 67. Perm – 30 “ 30. Hluboka nad Vltavou – 16 “ 68. Prague – 17 “ 31. Hodonin – 16 “ 69. Riga – 43 “ 32. Ivanovo – 25 “ 70. Rostov-on-Don – 31 “ 33. Izhevsk – 25 “ 71. Rovno – 46 “ 34. Kagan – 56 “ 72. Samara – 31 “ 35. Kaliningrad (Museum) – 50 “ 73. St Petersburg 36. Kaliningrad (Zoo) – 159 “ (Oceanarium) – 31 “ 37. Karaganda – 20 “ 74. St Petersburg (Zoo) – 32 “ 38. Kaunas – 44 “ 75. Saransk – 45 “ 39. Kazan – 26 “ 76. Semey – 48 “ 40. Khabarovsk – 44 “ 77. Sevastopol – 52 “ 41. Kharkov – 39 “ 78. Seversk – 32 “
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79. Shymkent – 20 page 95. Vitebsk – 48 page 80. Smolensk – 32 “ 96. Vladivostok („Akvamir“) – 34 “ 81. Sochi (Aquarium) – 33 “ 97. Vladivostok (Institute) – 35 “ 82. Sochi (IMP RAMS) – 53 “ 98. Volzhskii – 54 “ 83. Sortavala – 52 “ 99. Vorobji – 54 “ 84. Staryi Oskol – 33 “ 100. Voronezh (Oceanarium) – 35 “ 85. Stavropol – 33 “ 101. Voronezh (Zoo) – 55 “ 86. Surgut – 34 “ 102. Vyshkov – 17 “ 87. Syktyvkar – 53 “ 103. Yakutsk – 35 “ 88. Tabor-Vetrovy – 17 “ 104. Yalta – 45 “ 89. Tallinn – 18 “ 105. Yaroslavl – 36 “ 90. Tambov – 53 “ 106. Yerevan – 13 “ 91. Tashkent – 41 “ 107. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – 36 “ 92. Tbilisi – 43 “ 108. Zelenogorsk – 36 “ 93. Tula – 34 “ 109. Zheleznogorsk – 37 “ 94. Ulan-Ude – 54 “ 110. Zhlobin – 48 “
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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.: (3741) 56-23-62, 56-21-65. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www. yerevanzoo.am. Director: Ruben A. Khachatryan. Deputy Director: Gayane A. Sarkisyan. Vet: Arutyun T. Oganisyan. 84 staff. 35 ha. Att. – 242,580. Mammals – 45 spp., 202 specimens; birds – 52 spp., 409 specimens; reptiles – 25 spp., 77 specimens; fishes – 58 spp., 528 specimens. Total: 180 spp., 1 216 specimens. Speciality – rare animals of Armenia and South Caucasus.
Azerbaijan
B A K U Population – 2.200.000 Baku Zoo 1007 Baku, ul. Bakikhanova 39. Open 1942. Tel.: (994) 441-04-54, 440-10-96. Fax: (994) 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 Guseinova. 60 staff. 4.5 ha. Att. – 93,000. Mammals – 41 spp., 148 specimens; birds – 59 spp., 321 specimens; reptiles – 9 spp., 32 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 2 specimens; fishes – 40 spp., 634 specimens. Total: 150 spp., 1 137 specimens.
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Belarus
G R O D N O Population – 328.000 Grodno Zoo 230023 Grodno, ul. Timiryazeva, 11. Open 1927. Tel.: (375152) 77-28-38, 77-28-86, 72-07-37. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.grodnozoo.by. Director: Oleg I. Zhdankin. Deputy Director: Vitalii S. Gumennyi. Vet: Elena V. Nerod. 111 staff. 5.35 ha. Att. – 195,510. Mammals – 74 spp., 570 specimens; birds – 113 spp., 729 specimens; reptiles – 39 spp., 103 specimens; amphibians – 11 spp., 18 specimens; fishes – 64 spp., 667 specimens; invertebrates – 13 spp. Total: 314 spp., 2 087 specimens+.
M I N S K Population – 1.800.000 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: Yurii V. Ryabov. Deputy Director: Natalya R. Lebedeva. Vet: Mariya V. Patsyna. 94 staff. 17.5 ha. (exposition – 6 ha). Att. – 439,796. Mammals – 75 spp., 746 specimens; birds – 70 spp., 219 specimens; reptiles – 74 spp., 159 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 2 specimens; fishes – 134 spp., 592 specimens; invertebrates – 22 spp. Total: 377 spp., 1 718 specimens+.
Czech Republic
BRNO Population – 405.200 Brno Zoo and Enviromental Education Centre, Semi-budgetary Organization U Zoologické zahrady 46, 63500 Brno, Czech Republic. Open 1953. Tel.: (420) 546 432 311, 724 963 668. Fax: (420) 546 210 000. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoobrno.cz. Director: Martin Hovorka. Scientific Assistant: Bohumil Král. Collection, Curator: Miroslava Fridman. Vet: Stanislav Mazánek. 136 staff. 64 ha. Att. – 238,036. Mammals – 90 spp., 451 specimens; birds – 69 spp., 215 specimens;
15 reptiles – 51 spp., 225 specimens; amphibians – 3 spp., 15 specimens; fishes – 93 spp., 748 specimens; invertebrates – 45 spp. Total: 351 spp., 1 654 specimens+. Speciality: reptiles and carnivores. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE
CHLEBY 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. Mammals – 18 spp., 42 specimens; birds – 35 spp., 63 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 10 specimens; fishes – 25 spp., 75 specimens; invertebrates – 8 spp. Total: 89 spp., 190 specimens+.
CHOMUTOV 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. 65 staff. 112 ha. Att. – 209,755. Mammals – 65 spp., 467 specimens; birds – 74 spp., 435 specimens; reptiles – 16 spp., 139 specimens.; amphibians – 1 spp., 4 specimens; fishes – 6 spp., 29 specimens; invertebrates – 3 spp.. Total: 163 spp., 1 074 specimens +. Speciality: Palearctic fauna. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA
DVUR KRALOVE Population – 15.000 Zoo Dvur Kralove nad Labem Zoo Dvur Kralove, Stefanikova 1029, Dvur Kralove nad Labem 54401. Czech Republic. Open 1946. Tel.: (420) 499 329 515. Fax: (420) 499 320 564. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoodvurkralove.cz. Director: Premysl Rabas. Deputy Director: Jaroslav Hyjanek. 150 staff. 80 ha. Att. – 408, 358. Mammals – 84 spp., 760 specimens; birds – 154 spp., 747 specimens; reptiles – 48 spp., 164 specimens; amphibians – 7 spp., 46 specimens; fishes – 46 spp., 283 specimens; invertebrates – 87 spp. Total: 426 spp., 2 000 specimens +. Speciality: African fauna. IZE, UCSZ, WAZA.
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HLUBOKA NAD VLTAVOU Population – 4.974 Zoo Ohrada 37341 Hluboka nad Vltavou, Zoo Ohrada. Czech Republic. Open 1939. Tel.: (420) 387 002 211, 387 002 210, 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). 35 staff. 6 ha (exsposition – 4.8 ha). Att. – 230,132. Mammals – 45 spp., 206 specimens; birds – 157 spp., 723 specimens; reptiles – 50 spp., 313 specimens; amphibians – 12 spp., 53 specimens; fishes – 37 spp., 411 specimens; invertebrates – 22 spp. Total: 323 spp., 1 076 specimens +. Speciality: fauna of Europe and Czech Republic. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE
HODONIN 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], propagace@zoo- hodonin.cz. Web: www.zoo-hodonin.cz. Director: Martin Krug. Vet: Kateřina Jedličková. 34 staff. 7.5 ha. Att. – 134,300. Mammals – 39 spp., 116 specimens; birds – 60 spp., 198 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 62 specimens; fishes – 54 spp., 316 specimens; invertebrates – 23 spp. Total: 197 spp., 692 specimens +. UCSZ
OLOMOUC Population – 102.000 Zoo Olomouc Zoologická Zahrada Olomouc, Darwinova 29, 77900 Svaty Kopecek. Czech Republic. Open 1956. Tel.: (420) 585 151 605. Fax: (420) 585 385 260. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo-olomouc.cz. Director: Radomir Gaban. Deputy Director: Jan Huttner. 71 staff. 42.5 ha. Att. – 321,162. Mammals – 91 spp., 693 specimens; birds – 70 spp., 357 specimens; reptiles – 19 spp., 80 specimens; amphibians – 3 spp., 12 specimens; fishes – 98 spp., 305 specimens; invertebrates – 84 spp. Total: 368 spp., 1 447 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of ungulates, anteaters. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE
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PRAGUE Population – 1.300.000 Prague Zoo 17100 Praha 7, U Trojského Zámku 3/120. Czech Republic. Open 1931. Теl.: (420) 296 112 108. Fax: (420) 233 540 287. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoopraha.cz. Director: Miroslav Bobek. Deputy Director, Zoo: Jaroslav Šimek. 200 staff. 57.8 ha. Att. – 1,115,091. Mammals – 170 spp., 1 096 specimens; birds – 277 spp., 1 375 specimens; reptiles – 125 spp., 869 specimens; amphibians – 17 spp., 128 specimens; fishes – 47 spp., 683 specimens; invertebrates – 36 spp. Total: 672 spp., 4 151 specimens+. UCSZ, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, EEKMA
TABOR-VETROVY Population – 35.000 Tabor-Vetrovy Zoo 39002 Tabor 2, Tabor-Vetrovy 104. Czech Republic. Tel./fax: (420) 381 278 797. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zootabor-vetrovy.cz. Director: Libor Hruby. Collection, Curator: Lukas Hruby. Vet: Martin Pan. 33 staff. 25 ha. Att. – 170,000. Mammals – 40 spp., 219 specimens; birds – 41 spp., 128 specimens; reptiles – 1 spp., 20 specimens; invertebrates – 1 spp. Total: 83 spp., 367 specimens+.
VYŠKOV 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. 27 staff. 7 ha. Att. – 168,255. Mammals – 62 spp., 215 specimens; birds – 66 spp., 312 specimens; reptiles – 6 spp., 14 specimens; fishes – 10 spp., 214 specimens. Total: 144 spp., 755 specimens. Speciality: rare species of domestic animals. UCSZ
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Estonia
T A L L I N N Population – 412.000 Tallinn Zoo Tallinna Loomaaed, 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.tallinnzoo.ee, www.loomaaed.ee. Director: Mati I. Kaal. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Vladimir V. Fainstein. Vet: Maaya Kitsing. 188 staff. 88.6 ha. Att. – 366,293. Mammals – 93 spp., 1 375 specimens; birds – 115 spp., 589 specimens; reptiles – 44 spp., 153 specimens; amphibians – 17 spp., 159 specimens; fishes – 129 spp., 2 407 specimens; invertebrates – 126 spp. Total: 524 spp., 4 683 specimens+. Speciality: rare North Palearctic species. EAZA, WAZA, АZA, VDZ
Israel
HAIFA Population – 291.000 Haifa Edicational Zoo 34455 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. 32 staff. 3,5 ha. Att. – 189,687. Mammals – 42 spp., 276 specimens; birds – 50 spp., 228 specimens; reptiles – 42 spp., 276 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 3 specimens. Total: 130 spp., 635 specimens. Speciality: Animals of Israel EAZA, IZA
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KIRYAT MOTZKIN Population – 46.600 “Hai Park” Kiryat Motzkin 26401 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: Oren Goldberg. Curator, Collection: Alex Kantorovich. Vet: Roi Lapid. 43 staff. 5.3 ha. Att. – 210,274. Mammals – 46 spp., 313 specimens; birds – 66 spp., 404 specimens; reptiles – 36 spp., 169 specimens. Total: 148 spp., 886 specimens. EAZA, IZA Speciality: Callithridae
Kazakhstan
A L M A T Y Population – 1.500.000 Almaty Zoo 050007 Almaty, ul. Esenberlina, 166. Open 1937. Tel.: (727) 291-37-19, 291-66-13, 291-38-17. Fax: (727) 291-37-32. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.almatyzoo.kz. Director: Auezkhan O. Abdrakhimov. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Agibai Zh. Azhibaev. Head specialist: Ergali K. Bekkulov. Vet: Azamat S. Duisenov. 183 staff. 20,5 ha. Att. – 416,665. Mammals – 75 spp., 383 specimens; birds – 127 spp., 741 specimens; reptiles – 57 spp., 210 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 1 specimens; fishes – 67 spp., 3 433 specimens; invertebrates – 3 spp. Total: 330 spp., 4 768 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of birds of prey. WAZA, EAZA, SEAZA
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K A R A G A N D A Population – 478.829 Karaganda Zoo 100019 Karaganda, ul. Ermekova, 111. Open 1938. Tel.: (7212) 30-37-07; 50-70-36, 44-18-43. Tel./fax: (7212) 44-17-42. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Abylai I. Shulanbaev. Deputy Director: Aliya E. Bukpina. Vet: Bolat В. Ashenov. 92 staff. 43.5 ha (exposition – 8 ha). Att. – 83,103. Mammals – 54 spp., 133 specimens; birds – 65 spp., 174 specimens; reptiles – 23 spp., 56 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 9 specimens; fishes – 74 spp., 355 specimens; invertebrates – 10 spp. Total: 230 spp., 727 specimens +.
S H Y M K E N T Population – 626.000 Shymkent Zoo 160013 Shymkent, ul. M.Kh. Dulati. Open 1980. Tel.: (7252) 47-64-24. Tel./fax: (7252) 47-60-30. E-mail: shymkent- [email protected], [email protected]. Director: Seidulla I. Zhubaev. Scientific Director: Latipsha A. Aliev. Vet: Elena Yu. Velizhanina. 138 staff. 30 ha (exposition – 19 ha). Att. – 240,828. Mammals – 46 spp., 571 specimens; birds – 66 spp., 297 specimens; reptiles – 23 spp., 48 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 12 specimens; fishes – 51 spp., 907 specimens; invertebrates – 4 spp. Total: 194 spp., 1 835 specimens+. Speciality: Ungulates.
Moldova
K I S H I N E V Population – 730.000 Kishinev Zoo 2072 Kishinev, bulvar Dachiya, 50/7. Open 1978. Tel.: (37322) 56-37-33, 66-08-79. Fax: (37322) 56-27-22. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.md, www.zoopark.md. Director: Aleksei P. Khantsatsuk. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Evgenii M. Matveev. Vet: Yurii I. Panarin. 124 staff. 24.3 ha (exposition – 10 ha). Att. – 296,000. Mammals – 44 spp., 344
21 specimens; birds – 79 spp., 603 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 47 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 1 specimens; invertebrates – 9 spp. Total: 154 spp., 995 specimens+.
Poland
LODZ Population – 737.097 Lodz Zoo (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny) Ul. Konstantynowska, 8/10, 94-303 Łódź. Open 1938 Tel.: (4842) 632 75 79. Fax: (4842) 632 92 90. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.lodz.pl. Director: Magdalena Janiszewska. Vice-director: Anna Nowacka. Vet: Tomasz Jóźwik. 58 staff. 16.4 ha. Att. – 210,299 чел. Mammals – 80 spp., 358 specimens; birds – 110 spp., 405 specimens; reptiles – 51 spp., 150 specimens; amphibians – 21 spp., 422 specimens; fishes – 89 spp., 1 168 specimens; invertebrates – 25 spp. Total: 376 spp., 2 503 specimens+. EAZA, WAZA, RDPOZA
Russia
A B A K A N Population – 174.000 «Wildlife Centre», Abakan 655004 Republic Khakassiya, Abakan, ul. Pushkina, 200. Open 1972. Tel.: (3902) 35-50-43. Tel./fax: (3902) 28-53-71. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.abakanzoo.ru. Director: Gennadii D. Lagutko. Deputy Directors: Anatolii V. Dobychin, Vasilii I. Polischuk. Vet: Maksim A. Ananyev. 57 staff. 5.9 ha. Att. – 100,688. Mammals – 74 spp., 266 specimens; birds – 52 spp., 254 specimens; reptiles – 21 spp., 36 specimens; fishes – 12 spp., 41 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 164 spp., 597 specimens +.
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ANAPA Population – 150.000 Anapa Zoo «DoDo» 353440 Krasnodarskii krai, Anapa, ul. Novorossiiskaya, 45. Open 1999. Tel.: (86133) 6-02-76. Fax: (86133) 3-07-33. E-mail: [email protected]. General Director: Lyudmila B. Kamaeva. Deputy General Director: Yurii A. Gorodetskii. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Natalya L. Belugina. Vet.: Konstantin A. Reshetov. 26 staff. 10 ha. Att. – 31,078. Mammals – 19 spp., 72 specimens; birds – 61 spp., 272 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 7 specimens. Total: 83 spp., 351 specimens.
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 1988. Tel./fax: (41648) 32-2-09. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.khingan.ru. Director, Reserve: Viktor V. Kopylov. Head specialist: Elena Yu. Gavrikova. 7 staff. 0.5 ha. Att. – 705. Birds – 9 spp., 36 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 – 358.000 Belgorod Zoo 308000 Belgorod, prosp. B. Khmelnitskogo, 16-a. Open 1991. Tel.: (4722) 32-72-14. Fax: (4722) 32-10-33. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.bel31.ru. Director: Aleksandr M. Konvisar. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Nikolai Yu. Belov. Vet: Violetta K. Dyadicheva. 32 staff. 3.3 ha. Att. – 126,799. Mammals – 39 spp., 168 specimens; birds – 38 spp., 255 specimens; reptiles – 6 spp., 22 specimens. Total: 83 spp., 445 specimens .
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B O L S H E R E C H’ Y E Population – 15.000 Bolsherech’ye Zoo 646670 Omskaya obl., Bolsherech’ye, ul. Sovetov, 67. Open 1983. Tel.: (38169) 2-17-96. Fax: (38169) 2-20-63, 2-17-99. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.Bolzoo.ru. Director: Sergei B. Ovchinnikov. Vet: Evgenii A. Mushakov. 74 staff. 9 ha. Att. – 130,100. Mammals – 69 spp., 418 specimens; birds – 64 spp., 590 specimens; reptiles – 23 spp., 39 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 2 specimens; fishes – 42 spp., 479 specimens; invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 205 spp., 1 528 specimens+. Speciality: animals of Siberia and Far East.
BRYKIN BOR 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. 202 ha – Wisent Nursery, 50 ha – Nursery of Cranes. Att. – 2,000. Mammals – 1 spp., 19 specimens; birds – 7 spp., 56 specimens. Total: 8 spp., 75 specimens. Speciality: breeding and introduction into the wild the rare species of cranes and wisents. EAZA
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C H E LY A B I N S K Population – 1.150.000 Chelyabinsk Zoo 454080 Chelyabinsk, ul. Truda, 191. Open 1996. Tel.: (351) 263-72-15, 265-93-39. Tel./fax: (351) 263-18-64. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.chelzoo.ru. Director: Yurii A. Leonchik. Head Zoolog: Evelina M. Sabashvili. Vet: Alena V. Vyatkina. 119 staff. 30 ha (exposition – 6.5 ha). Att. – 600,208. Mammals – 70 spp., 204 specimens; birds – 40 spp., 164 specimens. Total: 110 spp., 368 specimens.
C H I T A Population – 329.000 Chita Zoo 672007 Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita, ul. Zhuravleva, 75. Open 1994. Tel.: (3022) 35-54-09. Tel./fax: (3022) 35-95-98. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoopark.restchita.ru. Director: Aleksandr S. Kibalin. Deputy Director: Anatolii A. Shelopugin. Vet: Mariya A. Sorokovikova. 44 staff. 2 ha. Att. – 98,500. Mammals – 44 spp., 330 specimens; birds – 44 spp., 251 specimens; reptiles – 10 spp., 25 specimens; amphibians – 2 sp., 5 specimens; fishes – 70 spp., 653 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp. Total: 172 spp., 1 264 specimens+.
E K A T E R I N B U R G Population – 1.300.000 Ekaterinburg Zoo 620026 Ekaterinburg, ul. Mamina-Sibiryaka, 189. Open 1930. Tel.: (343) 215-98-12, 215-98-04. Fax: (343) 215-98-00. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.ekazoo.ru. Director: Nikolai Yu. Osipov. Deputy Director, Collection: Svetlana V. Polents. Vet: Tatyana G. Surkova. 168 staff. 2.2 ha. Att. – 615,000. Mammals – 89 spp., 313 specimens; birds – 71 spp., 253 specimens; reptiles – 65 spp., 176 specimens; amphibians – 22 spp., 91 specimens; fishes – 23 spp., 100 specimens; invertebrates – 38 spp. Total: 308 spp., 933 specimens+.
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ELIZOVO Population – 63.700 Elizovo Zoo named by 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]. Director: Lyudmila M. Glukhova. Deputy Director: Lidiya L. Torshkoeva. 15 staff. 1.2 ha. Att. – 30,000. Mammals – 20 spp., 88 specimens; birds – 31 spp., 376 specimens; reptiles – 24 spp., 43 specimens; amphibians – 10 spp., 35 specimens; fishes – 37 spp., 312 specimens; invertebrates – 10 spp. Total: 132 spp., 854 specimens+.
I V A N O V O Population – 475.000 Ivanovo Zoo 153003 Ivanovo, ul. Leningradskaya, 2-а. Open 1994. Tel.: (3492) 32-36-61, 32-36-66, 26-13-32. 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: Lyubov Yu. Kudryavtseva. 39 staff. 2,16 ha. Att. – 61,000. Mammals – 53 spp., 220 specimens; birds – 114 spp., 479 – specimens; reptiles – 6 spp., 11 specimens; fishes – 3 spp., 8 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 181 spp., 718 specimens+.
IZHEVSK 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]. Web: www.udm-zoo.ru. Director: Svetlana A. Malysheva. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Natalya N. Godunova. Vet: Elena G. Morozova. 200 staff. 17.8 ha. Att. – 637,431. Mammals – 53 spp., 192 specimens; birds – 54 spp., 183 specimens; reptiles – 15 spp., 30 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 8 specimens; fishes – 10 spp., 50 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 141 spp., 463 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of carnivores.
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K A L I N I N G R A D Population – 441.370 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], [email protected]. Web: www.kldzoo.ru. Director: Svetlana Yu. Sokolova. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Evgenii E. Kozlovskii. Vet: Svetlana I. Yarova. 150 staff. 16.4 ha. Att. – 327,781. Mammals – 55 spp., 237 specimens; birds – 95 spp., 518 specimens; reptiles – 37 spp., 99 specimens; amphibians – 10 spp., 54 specimens; fishes – 76 spp., 1 048 specimens; invertebrates – 29 spp. Total: 302 spp., 1 956 specimens+.
K A Z A N Population – 1.100.000 Kazan Zoo (Zoo-Botanical Garden) 420059 Tatarstan, Kazan, ul. Khadi-Taktash, 112. Open 1806 (Botanical Garden). Tel.: (843) 278-05-20. 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: Anastasiya V. Balmakova. 110 staff. 6.7 ha. Att. – 197,334. Mammals – 60 spp., 225 specimens; birds – 53 spp., 296 specimens; reptiles – 33 spp., 82 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 3 specimens; fishes – 3 spp., 10 specimens; invertebrates – 16 spp. Total: 166 spp., 616 specimens+. Plants – 1 060 spp., 6 000 specimens. Speciality: bears, birds of prey. EAZA
KRASNOYARSK Population – 1.016.385 Krasnoyarsk park of Flora and Fauna “Roev Ruchey” 660054 Krasnoyarsk, ul. Sverdlovskaya, 293. Open 2000. Tel.: (391) 229-90-64. Tel./fax: (391) 269-81-01, 269-83-08. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.roev.ru. Director: Andrei V. Gorban. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Yurii A. Makhrov. Vet: Aleksandr V. Pinchuk.
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251 staff. 31 ha (exposition – 11 ha). Att. – 579,377. Mammals – 130 spp., 431 specimens; birds – 157 spp., 709 specimens; reptiles – 104 spp., 228 specimens; amphibians – 16 spp., 63 specimens; fishes – 207 spp., 3 618 specimens; invertebrates – 108 spp. Total: 722 spp., 5 049 specimens+. Plants – 707 spp.
L I P E T S K Population – 508.200 Lipetsk Zoo 398059 Lipetsk, ul. K. Marksa, 9. Open 1973. Tel.: (4742) 77-85-70, 23-53-89, 77-12-27. 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. 86 staff. 7 ha. Att. – 223,338. Mammals – 70 spp., 184 specimens; birds – 76 spp., 466 specimens; reptiles – 44 spp., 65 specimens; amphibians – 8 spp., 17 specimens; fishes – 72 spp., 467 specimens; invertebrates – 16 spp. Total: 286 spp., 1 199 specimens+.
M O S C O W Population – 11.629.116 Aqua Logo engineering, Ltd 119313, Moscow, Leninsky pr. 87-a. Open 2006. Tel./fax: (499) 132-74-09. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.aqualogo- engineering.ru. General Director: Aleksey L. Kazakevich. Executive Director: Vadim V. Shvechkov. Head, Aqua-Terrarium Complex: Vladimir A. Malakanov. Staff – 50. Aquariums – 1100 m. sq. Reptiles – 80 spp., 600 specimens; amphibians – 40 spp., 1900 specimens; fishes – 370 spp., 34 000 specimens; invertebrates – 100 spp., 2 000 specimens. Total: 590 spp., 38 500 specimens. Speciality: breeding of aquarium and terrarium animals.
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M O S C O W Population – 11.629.116 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], [email protected]. Web: www.moscowzoo.ru. General Director: Natalya V. Kolobova Tel.: (499) 252-04-02. President: Vladimir V. Spitsin Tel.: (495) 605 00 02. Zoological Director: Sergey V. Popov; Tel.: (499) 255-95-48 Senior Specialist for Zoologist: Valentin N. Gorval; Tel.: (499) 255-06-78 Senior Zoology: Mikhail A. Bragin Tel.: (499) 254-23-04. Head of the Scientific and Methodology Department: Vladimir E. Frolov Tel.: (499) 255-63-64 Head of the Department of International Cooperation: Nikolai V. Karpov Tel.: (499) 252-20-27 Senior Veterinarian: Mikhail V. Alshinetsky; Tel.: (499) 254 4943 Staff – 853. Zoo area – 21.3926 ha. Att. – 3,353,700.
Moscow Zoo’s Breeding Station 143603 Pos. Sychovo, Volokolamsky Region, Moscow Area Deputy Director (Head of the Breeding Station): Aleksandr N. Kozhenov; Tel.: 8 906 034 87 01 Senior Zoologist: Aleksey Yu. Suslov; Tel.: (496) 367-47-68 Total area of the Breeding Station – 198.3 ha. Area of the subsidiary farm (Lotoshino village) – 51.3 ha. 154 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: Anatoly S. Churkin 63 staff. 3,5 ha. Att. – 48,269.
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*** Mammals – 179 spp., 1 518 specimens; birds – 307 spp., 2 197 specimens+; reptiles – 238 spp., 1 041 specimens; amphibians – 41 spp., 238 specimens; fishes – 187 spp., 1 029 specimens; invertebrates – 211 spp. Total: 1 163 spp., 6 023 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of rare carnivores, waterfowl birds and cranes, birds of prey, venomous snakes. EAZA, WAZA, IZE
N I Z H N I I N O V G O R O D Population – 1.255.000 Nizhnii Novgorod Zoo “Limpopo” 603035 Nizhnii Novgorod, ul. Yaroshenko, 7-b. Open 2003. Tel.: (831) 416-14-14. Tel./fax: (831) 271-67-37. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.nnzoo.ru. Director: Vladimir G. Gerasichkin. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Vasilii P. Baldygin. Vet: Olga V. Remezova. 100 staff. 7.2 ha (2.2 ha – filial branch). Att. – 254,440. Mammals – 76 sp., 417 specimens; birds – 114 spp., 616 specimens; reptiles – 5 spp., 28 specimens; fishes – 19 spp., 44 specimens. Total: 214 spp., 1 105 specimens.
N I Z H N I I N O V G O R O D Population – 1.255.000 Nizhnii Novgorod Zoo “Switzerland” 603104 Nizhnii Novgorod, prospekt Gagarina, 35. Open 1997. Tel.: (831) 465-03-89. Fax: (831) 465-85-18. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.parknnov.ru. Director, Park: Sergei V. Kolesov. Director, Zoo: Anna G. Martovitskaya. Vet: Ekaterina V. Lotyreva. 33 staff. 3 ha. Att. – 85,320. Mammals – 35 sp., 78 specimens; birds – 24 spp., 54 specimens; reptiles – 6 spp., 18 specimens; fishes – 7 spp., 32 specimens; invertebrates – 16 spp. Total: 88 spp., 182 specimens+.
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N O V O S I B I R S K Population – 1.500.000 Novosibirsk Zoo 630001 Novosibirsk-1, ul. Timiryazeva, 71/1. Open 1947. Tel.: (383) 225-58-56; 227-36-32; 220-98-23. Fax: (383) 220-97-79, 227-36-32, 236-02-73. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoonovosib.ru. Director: Rostislav A. Shilo. Scientific Director: Olga V. Shilo. Vet: Svetlana N. Verkholantseva. 263 staff. 62 ha. Att. – 1,408,972. Mammals – 162 spp., 1 780 specimens; birds – 206 spp., 1,073 specimens; reptiles – 51 spp., 246 specimens; amphibians – 9 spp., 151 specimens; fishes – 254 spp., 6 418 specimens; invertebrates – 66 spp. Total: 748 spp., 9 668 specimens+. Speciality: cats, martens, grouses. EAZA, WАZA
P E N Z A Population – 519.000 Penza Zoo 440026 Penza, ul. Krasnaya, 10. Open 1981. Tel./fax: (8412) 66-03-49, 66-02-45. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoo-penza.ru. Director: Elena V. Khassan. Scientific Director: Sergei A. Zubtsov. Vet: Nikolai N. Zorin. 82 staff. 9.8 ha. Att. – 225,000. Mammals – 56 spp., 264 specimens; birds – 109 spp., 758 specimens; reptiles – 8 spp., 23 specimens; fishes – 3 spp., 20 specimens; invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 182 spp., 1 065 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of bustards, parrots.
P E R M Population – 1.013.890 Perm Zoo 614000 Perm, ul. Monastyrskaya, 10. Open 1933. Tel.: (342) 210-30-52, 210-30-53, 212-16-78. Fax: (342) 212-26-21, 218-14-56. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.perm.ru. Director: Lyudmila V. Kardashova. Scientific Secretary: Elena G. Burdina. Vet: Galina S. Molokova. 84 staff. 1.9 ha. Att. – 279,000. Mammals – 63 spp., 349 specimens; birds – 86 spp., 587 specimens; reptiles – 30 spp., 97 specimens; amphibians – 1 sp., 1 specimen; fishes – 222 spp., 1 402 specimens; invertebrates – 19 spp. Total: 421 spp., 2 436 specimens +.
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R O S T O V - ON - D O N Population – 1.103.733 Rostov-on-Don Zoo 344039 Rostov-on-Don, Zoologicheskaya ul., 3. Open 1927. Tel./fax: (863) 232-82-91, 232-59-18. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoopark-rostov.ru. Director: Aleksandr P. Barannikov. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Irina O. Gribanova. Scientific Director: Nina E. Evtushenko. 256 staff. 98 ha (exposition – 58.4 ha). Att. – 227,100. Mammals – 116 spp., 530 specimens; birds – 151 spp., 1 309 specimens; reptiles – 35 spp., 90 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 12 specimens; fishes – 115 spp., 1 966 specimens; invertebrates – 4 spp. Total: 425 spp., 3 682 specimens+.
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. 52 staff. 1.3 ha. Att. – 124,310. Mammals – 43 spp., 76 specimens; birds – 55 spp., 268 specimens; reptiles – 29 spp., 62 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 6 specimens; fishes – 98 spp., 333 specimens; invertebrates – 12 spp. Total: 239 spp., 745 specimens +.
S T. P E T E R S B U R G Population – 5.131.942 Oceanarium “Planeta “Neptun ” 191119 St. Petersburg, ul. Marata, 86. Open 2006. Tel.: (812) 572-44-41, 572-44-30. Fax: (812) 572-44-40. E-mail: info@planeta- neptun.ru. Web: www.planeta-neptun.ru. General Director: Oleg N. Ryabchuk. Deputy Director: Oleg I. Dolbilin. Head, Aquarium: Andrey P. Oppolitov. Ichthyologist: Oleg N. Yunchis. 160 staff. 4.800 m. sq. Att. – 600,000. Mammals – 1 spp.; reptiles – 3 spp.; fishes – 185 spp.; invertebrates – 64 spp. Total: 253 spp.
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S T. P E T E R S B U R G Population – 5.131.942 Leningrad Zoo 197198 St. Petersburg, Aleksandrovskii park, 1. Open 1865. Tel.: (812) 232-82-60, 233-38-27, 232-48-28, 232-31-45. 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. 228 staff. 7.3 ha. Att. – 687,040. Mammals – 99 spp., 570 specimens; birds – 134 spp., 651 specimens; reptiles – 46 spp., 220 specimens; amphibians – 56 spp., 163 specimens; fishes – 125 spp., 971 specimens; invertebrates – 123 spp. Total: 583 spp., 2 575 specimens +. EAZA
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, 54-48-82. Fax: (3822) 77-24-70, (3823) 54-31-40. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected].. Web: www.park-seversk.ru. Director: Evgenii I. Taldonov. Scientific Director: Sergei P. Burets. Vet: Svetlana A. Efimova. 130 staff. 23.15 ha. Att. – 188,421. Mammals – 51 spp., 121 specimens; birds – 80 spp., 318 specimens; reptiles – 36 spp., 85 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 5 specimens; fishes – 46 spp., 1 679 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 219 spp., 2 208 specimens+. Speciality: animals of Siberia and Far East.
SMOLENSK Population – 326.900 Smolensk Zoo 214018 Smolensk, ul. Pamfilova, 3-b. Open 2001. Tel./fax: (4812) 52-36-80. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.smolzoo.ru. Director: Aleksei I. Zazykin. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Alla A. Nikitina. 24 staff. 226 m. sq. Att. – 19,125. Mammals – 10 sp., 36 specimens; birds – 12 spp., 23 specimens; reptiles – 25 spp., 52 specimens; amphibians – 5 sp., 12 specimens; fishes – 12 spp., 146 specimens; invertebrates – 21 spp. Total: 85 spp., 269 specimens+.
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S O C H I Population – 415.000 Sochi Aquarium 354024 Krasnodarskii krai, Sochi, alley Cheltenkhema, 4. Open 2005. Tel./fax: (8622) 67-72-26. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.aquazoosochi.ru. Director: Sergei M. Zraychikov. Deputy Director: Zhanna A. Zazina. 20 staff. 1.200 m. sq. Att. – 38,000. Mammals – 7 spp., 10 specimens; birds – 1 spp., 8 specimens; reptiles – 8 spp., 21 specimens; fishes – 56 spp., 281 specimens; invertebrates – 20 spp. Total: 92 spp., 320 specimens+.
STARYI OSKOL 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. 53 staff. 18.5 ha (exposition – 9 ha). Att. – 74,800. Mammals – 34 spp., 106 specimens; birds – 31 spp., 204 specimens; reptiles – 14 spp., 23 specimens. Total: 79 spp., 333 specimens.
S T A V R O P O L Population – 400.500 Stavropol Zooexotarium 355035 Stavropol, Komsomolskaya ul., 113. Open 1998. Tel.: (8652) 29-72-06. Tel./fax: (8652) 26-33-64. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Director: Evgenii N. Trutnev. Deputy Director: Svetlana Yu. Trutneva. 30 staff. 263.8 m. sq. Att. – 45,504. Mammals – 28 spp., 65 specimens; birds – 18 spp., 31 specimens; reptiles – 39 spp., 61 specimens; amphibians – 3 spp., 5 specimens; fishes – 19 spp., 121 specimens; invertebrates – 14 spp. Total: 121 spp., 283 specimens+. Speciality: breeding and conservation of rare species of reptiles.
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S U R G U T Population – 325.500 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. 17 staff. 3 ha. Att. – 37,400. Mammals – 24 spp., 135 specimens; birds – 72 spp., 229 specimens; reptiles – 22 spp., 45 specimens; amphibians – 3 spp., 4 specimens; fishes – 77 spp., 739 specimens; invertebrates – 11 spp. Total: 209 spp., 1 152 specimens +. Speciality: animals of Siberia.
T U L A Population – 493.813 Tula Exzotarium 300002 Tula, ul. Oktyabrskaya, 26. Open 1987. Tel.: (4872) 47-53-92. Tel./fax: (4872) 34-40-33. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.tulazoo.ru. Director: Tatyana S. Moiseeva. Deputy Director, Zoo: Svetlana A. Kovalchuk. 50 staff. 750 m. sq. Att. – 73,928. Mammals – 19 spp., 61 specimens; birds – 8 spp., 19 specimens; reptiles – 162 spp., 1 511 specimens; amphibians – 36 spp., 310 specimens; fishes – 1 spp., 1 specimens; invertebrates – 12 spp. Total: 238 spp., 1 902 specimens+. Speciality: amphibians and reptiles of South-East Asia. IZE
V L A D I V O S T O K Population – 623.000 Vladivostok Oceanarium “Akvamir” 690091 Primorskii Krai, Vladivostok, ul. Batareinaya, 4. Open 1991. Tel.: (4232) 40-48-77. Fax: (4232) 40-06-41. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.akvamir.org. Director: Aleksandr V. Dolgov. Deputy Director: Rodion S. Kulygin. Curator, Exsposition: Daniil N. Voinov. 15 staff. 4.600 m. sq. (exposition – 1.500 m.sq.). No reply.
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V L A D I V O S T O K Population – 623.000 The Institute of the Biology of Sea named by A.V. Zhirmunskii of Far East Department of RAS 690041 Primorskii Krai, Vladivostok, ul. Palchevskogo, 17. Tel.: (4232) 31-09-05, 31-09-25. Fax: (4232) 31-09-00. E-mail: [email protected]. Director, Institute: Academician Andrei V. Adrianov. Deputy Director: Dmitrii L.Pitruk.
VORONEZH Population – 1.000.000 Voronezh Oceanarium 396005 Voronezhskaya obl., Ramonskii raion, p. Solnechnyi, ul. Parkovaya, 3. Open 2011. Tel.: (473) 228-03-18. Fax: (473) 228-03-16. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Web: www.cityparkgrad.ru/ entertaiment/oceanarium. Director: Stanislav Yu. Zaryanov. Zoologist: Vyacheslav I. Butsai. Vet: Oksana S. Lyamzina. 64 staff. 4,400 m. sq. Att. – 335,000. Mammals – 23 spp., 61 specimens; birds – 7 spp., 18 specimens; reptiles – 19 spp., 43 specimens; amphibians – 6 spp., 8 specimens; fishes – 260 spp., 2 037 specimens; invertebrates – 67 spp. Total: 382 spp., 2 167 specimens.+
YAKUTSK Population – 300.000 Yakutsk Zoo 677005 Republiс Sakha, Yakutsk, ul. Sverdlova, 14. Open 2001. Tel./fax: (4112) 22-52-59. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.ykt.ru. Director: Luka N. Safonov. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Lyudmila I. Kozhenkina. Vet: Ivan I. Efimov. 30 staff. 91 ha (exposition – 9.5 ha). Att. – 99,000. Mammals – 40 spp., 98 specimens; birds – 48 spp., 136 specimens; reptiles – 61 spp., 108 specimens; amphibians – 32 sp., 92 specimens; fishes – 3 spp., 7 specimens; invertebrates – 30 spp. Total: 214 spp., 441 specimens +.
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YAROSLAVL Population – 594.800 Yaroslavl Zoo 150007 Yaroslavl, ul. Shevelyukha, 137. Open 2008. Tel.: (4852) 71-01-91. Fax: (4852) 71-01-86. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.yaroslavlzoo.ru. Director: Teimuraz K. Baratashvili. Deputy Director: Levan T. Baratashvili. Scientific Director: Marina V. Stepanova. Vet: Oksana N. Sokolova. 146 staff. 66 ha. Att. – 305,337. Mammals – 90 spp., 380 specimens; birds – 126 spp., 488 specimens; reptiles – 35 spp., 71 specimens, amphibians – 10 spp., 20 specimens; fishes – 80 spp., 480 specimens; invertebrates – 35 spp. Total: 376 spp., 1 439 specimens+.
Y U Z H N O -S A K H A L I N S K Population – 185.000 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]; [email protected]. Web: www.sakhalinzoo.ru. Director: Stepan M. Sergeev. Deputy Director: Irina L. Chukhnina. Vet: Natalya K. Samoilova. 73 staff. 7.8 ha. Att. – 107,493. Mammals – 46 spp., 188 specimens; birds – 58 spp., 154 specimens; reptiles – 40 spp., 77 specimens; amphibians – 11 spp., 50 specimens; fishes – 1 spp., 1 specimens; invertebrates – 14 spp. Total: 170 spp., 470 specimens+. Speciality: Sakhalin fauna and flora.
ZELENOGORSK Population – 64.000 Zelenogorsk “Natural Zoological Park” 663690 Krasnoyarskii krai, Zelenogorsk, ul. Karyernaya, 5. Open 1979. Tel.: (39169) 3-62-56. Tel./fax: (39169) 3-81-73. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Director: Lyubov V. Moiseeva. Vet: Lidiya I. Zanoz. 24 staff. 6.9 ha. Att. – 15,000. Mammals – 42 spp., 83 specimens; birds – 36 spp., 171 specimens; reptiles – 2 spp., 18 specimens, amphibians – 1 spp., 1 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp.. Total: 83 spp., 273 specimens+.
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Z H E L E Z N O G O R S K Population – 104.000 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. 28 staff. 3.000 m. sq. Att. – 28,289. Mammals – 4 spp., 112 specimens; birds – 3 spp., 126 specimens; reptiles – 8 spp., 24 specimens; fishes – 2 spp., 5 specimens. Total: 17 spp., 267 specimens.
Slovak Republic
BRATISLAVA Population – 415.589 Bratislava Zoological Garden Zoologická Záhrada Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 842 27 Bratislava 4. Slovak Republic. Open 1960. Tel.: (421) 260-102-121, 905-972-700, 260-102-111, 260-102-109. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoobratislava.sk. Director: Miloslava Savelova. Deputy Director: Anna Zelenkova. Animal Curator: Silvya Pirozhkova. Vet: Zuzana Holla. 72 staff. 96 ha. Att. – 280,359. Mammals – 87 spp., 349 specimens; birds – 42 spp., 190 specimens; reptiles – 23 spp., 44 specimens; fishes – 9 spp., 83 specimens, invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 167 spp., 666 specimens. UCSZ, EAZA, IZE
KOSICE Population – 242.000 Kosice Zoo Zoologická Záhrada Košice, 04001 Kosice, Siroka, 31. 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. 55 staff. 288 ha (exsposition – 66 ha). Att. – 226,783. Mammals – 67 spp., 242 specimens; birds – 64 spp., 228 specimens; reptiles – 26 spp., 55 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 4 specimens; fishes – 37 spp., 178 specimens, invertebrates – 16 spp. Total: 211 spp., 707 specimens+. Speciality: Eurasian fauna, wild and domestic ungulates. UCSZ, IZE
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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: Kurbon A. Odinaev. Deputy Director: Saidkhudzha Safarov, Murat A. Bazarov. Vet: Bobonazar Begmurodov. 52 staff. 5 ha. Att. – 125,837. 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.
Ukraine
A S K A N I Y A - N O V A Population – 3.215 Zoopark of the Biosphere Reserve “Askaniya-Nova” named by F.E. 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-zapovednik.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. 274 staff (Reserve). 2 376.4 ha. (Zoopark – 76.44 ha.). Att. – 82,591. Mammals – 42 spp., 1 499 specimens; birds – 76 spp., 2 771 specimens. Total: 118 spp., 4 270 specimens. Speciality: birds, ungulates.
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BERDYANSK Population – 121.000 Zoopark “Safari” 71100 Zaporozhskaya obl., Berdyansk, ul. Volkova, 5. Open 2004. Tel./fax: (3806153) 6-87-01. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.azovzoo.com. Director: Igor L. Kalchenko. Deputy Director: Natalya A. Kalchenko. Vet: Ivan N. Chuprina. 23 staff. 9.7 ha. Att. – 97,680. Mammals – 39 spp., 266 specimens; birds – 42 spp., 357 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 10 specimens, fishes – 4 spp., 450 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp. Total: 90 spp., 1 083 specimens +.
C H E R K A S S Y Population – 285.577 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. 50 staff. 4.37 ha. Att. – 94,460. Mammals – 39 spp., 169 specimens; birds – 46 spp., 199 specimens; reptiles – 72 spp., 136 specimens; amphibians – 27 spp., 148 specimens; invertebrates – 85 spp. Total: 269 spp., 652 specimens+.
K H A R K O V Population – 1.449.871 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. Scientific Director: Aleksandra F. Tsekhanskaya. Vet: Konstantin I. Zhuvak. 232 staff. 22 ha. Att. – 176,586. Mammals – 83 spp., 444 specimens; birds – 105 spp., 1 059 specimens; reptiles – 34 spp., 202 specimens; amphibians – 6 spp., 18 specimens; fishes – 143 spp., 4 955 specimens; invertebrates – 14 spp. Total: 385 spp., 6 678 specimens+. EEKMA, EAWAZA, UAZA
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K I E V Population – 2.845.000 Kiev Zoo Kiev Zoo, prospekt Peremohy, 32. Kiev 03055. Open 1908. Tel.: (38044) 277-47-69, 277-47-53, 277-47-54, 277-47-51. Tel./fax: (38044) 277-47-63. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.kiev.ua. General Director: Evgenii N. Kirilyuk. Deputy Director: Irina N. Khomenko. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Igor V. Mariichuk. Vet: Inna B. Vasilkovskaya. 298 staff. 34.2 ha. Att. – 505,691. Mammals – 71 spp., 254 specimens; birds – 95 spp., 842 specimens; reptiles – 55 spp., 200 specimens; amphibians – 53 spp., 441 specimens; fishes – 45 spp., 679 specimens; invertebrates – 59 spp. Total: 378 spp., 2 416 specimens+. UAZA
N I K O L A E V Population – 495.000 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]. Web: www.zoo.nikolaev.ua. Director: Vladimir N. Topchii. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Yurii E. Kirichenko. Vet: Oleg G. Yavkin. 235 staff. 18.5 ha. Att. – 301,177. Mammals – 100 spp., 526 specimens; birds – 113 spp., 891 specimens; reptiles – 46 spp., 206 specimens; amphibians – 12 spp., 60 specimens; fishes – 140 spp., 3 694 specimens; invertebrates – 51 spp. Total: 462 spp., 5 377 specimens+. EAZA, WAZA, UAZA
O D E S S A Population – 1.015.765 Odessa Zoo 65007 Odessa, Novoschepnoy Ryad, 25. Open 1922. Tel.: (38048) 722-14-73, 722-10-02, 722-32-14, 722-54-89. Fax: (38048) 234-47-74. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo.od.ua. Director: Igor V. Belyakov. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Boris P. Aleksandrov. Scientific Director: Olga A. Pavlova. The financial Director: Antonin Tille. Vet: Petr P. Kostko. 136 staff. 6.5 ha. Att. – 310,748. Mammals – 50 spp., 246 specimens; birds – 84 spp., 724 specimens; reptiles – 26 spp., 63 specimens; amphibians – 6 spp., 12 specimens; fishes – 52 spp., 156 specimens; invertebrates – 17 spp. Total: 235 spp., 1 201 specimens+. Speciality: rare animals of South Ukraine. UAZA
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ODESSA Population – 1.015.765 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. 96 staff. 4.300 m. sq. Att. – 160,000. Mammals – 4 spp., 25 specimens; reptiles – 34 spp., 41 specimens; amphibians – 7 spp., 20 specimens; fishes – 110 spp., 365 specimens; invertebrates – 70 spp. Total: 225 spp., 451 specimens +.
Uzbekistan
T A S H K E N T Population – 2.200.000 Tashkent Zoo 100053 Tashkent, ul. Bogishamol, 232a. Open 1924. Tel.: (99871) 289-12-68, 289-07-95, 289-06-11. Tel./fax: (99871) 289-10-96, 289-07-73. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Bakhodir S. Musaev. Head Zoologist: Ailo Yuldashev. 245 staff. 21.5 ha. Att. – 197,300. Mammals – 68 spp., 347 specimens; birds – 115 spp., 832 specimens; reptiles – 44 spp., 243 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 17 specimens; fishes – 130 spp., 1 992 specimens; invertebrates – 12 spp. Total: 373 spp., 3 431 specimens+. Speciality: birds of prey.
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Georgia
T B I L I S I Population – 1.500.000 Tbilisi Zoo 0171 Tbilisi, ul. M. Kostava, 64. Open 1927. Tel.: (99532) 21-30-40, 21-30-50, 21-30-60. Fax: (99532) 21-30-50. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. General Director: Zurab V. Gurielidze. Scientific Director: David I. Taktakishvili. Vet.: Vano T. Markhvashvili. 84 staff. 10 ha. No reply
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], [email protected]. Web: www.rigazoo.lv. Director: Rolands Greizins. Development Project Director: Edgars Vitols. Curator, Collection: Guna Vitola. Vet: Benita Drapce. 148 staff. 22 ha (+ affiliate – 132 ha). Att. – 298,546. Mammals – 86 spp., 512 specimens; birds – 74 spp., 335 specimens; reptiles – 57 spp., 237 specimens; amphibians – 59 spp., 1 876 specimens; fishes – 55 spp., 1 077 specimens; invertebrates – 68 spp. Total: 399 spp., 4 037 specimens +. Speciality: amphibians, invertebrates. EAZA, IZE
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Lithuania
K A U N A S Population – 336.817 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], [email protected]. Web: www.zoosodas.lt. Director: Aurimas Didzhiokas. Head Biologist: Virginija Raudeliūnienė. Vet: Viktoras Siniauskas. 126 staff. 15.7 ha. Att. – 129,921. Mammals – 54 spp., 284 specimens; birds – 58 spp., 434 specimens; reptiles – 27 spp., 214 specimens; amphibians – 9 spp., 65 specimens; fishes – 53 spp., 840 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 206 spp., 1 837 specimens +. EAZA, IZE
Russia
KHABAROVSK Population – 600.000 Zoological Garden “Priamurskii” 680000 Khabarovsk, ul. Dzerzhinskogo, 36, of. 210. Open 2002. Tel.: (4212) 32-45-40, 28-57-21. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.zoosad27.ru. General Director: Andrei V. Dolin. Zoologist: Elena G. Korotkova. Vet: Anna A. Melnikova. 73 staff. 5.8 ha. Att. – 90,000. Mammals – 30 spp., 93 specimens; birds – 24 spp., 163 specimens. Total: 54 spp., 256 specimens. Speciality: animals of Far East.
N A L C H I K Population – 250.000 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]. Web: www.zoonalchik.narod.ru. Director: Aslanbi M. Aramisov. Deputy Director: Khizir M. Sonov. Vet: Daut A. Akhmatov. 35 staff. 7.2
45 ha. Att. – 94,900. Mammals – 51 spp., 140 specimens; birds – 67 spp., 268 specimens; reptiles – 11 spp., 17 specimens. Total: 129 spp., 425 specimens.
SARANSK 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: Pavel K. Makushev. Vet: Olga R. Alykova. 47 staff. 1.8 ha. Att. – 68,000. Mammals – 29 spp., 85 specimens; birds – 41 spp., 332 specimens; reptiles – 4 spp., 17 specimens. Total: 74 spp., 434 specimens.
Y A L T A Population – 140.000 Yalta Zoo “Skazka” 98600 AR Krym, Yalta, pgt Vinogradnoe. Open 1995. Tel.: (380654) 31-00-30. Tel./fax: (380654) 23-24-82. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.yaltazoo.org. Director: Oleg A. Zubkov. Deputy Director: Nataliya A. Lishtovannaya. 15 staff. 3.5 ha. Att. – 250,000. Mammals – 47 spp., 347 specimens; birds – 33 spp., 162 specimens; reptiles – 26 spp., 69 specimens. Total: 106 spp., 578 specimens.
The filial branch of Yalta Zoo “Skazka” – The lion park “Taigan” 97600 AR Krym, Belogorsk, ul. Lavandovaya, 1. Open 2006. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.taigan.com.ua. The manager of the lion park: Olga I. Pirozhkova. 19 staff. 32 ha. Mammals – 44 spp., 460 specimens; birds – 27 spp., 579 specimens. Total: 71 spp., 1 039 specimens.
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Ukraine
R O V N O Population – 230.000 Rovno Zoo 33027 Rovno, ul. Kievskaya, 110. Open 1982. Tel.: (380362) 28-86-47. Fax: (380362) 28-84-83. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoopark.rv.ua. Director: Oleg V. Pavlyuk. Vet: Mariya P. Kryvusha. 57 staff. 11.6 ha. Att. – 181,000. Mammals – 59 spp., 229 specimens; birds – 31 spp., 111 specimens; reptiles – 30 spp., 63 specimens; amphibians – 5 spp., 22 specimens; fishes – 25 spp., 81 specimens; invertebrates – 25 spp. Total: 175 spp., 506 specimens +.
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Belarus
VITEBSK Population – 370.000 Vitebsk Zoo 210026 Vitebsk, ul. Ya. Kupaly, 17. Open 1992. Tel.: (375212) 36-45-75, 37-08-08. Fax: (375212) 36-45-72. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Irina M. Orlova. Zoolog: Viktor P. Yakimenko. 22 staff. 1.3 ha. Att. – 93,500. Mammals – 34 spp., 80 specimens; birds – 24 spp., 111 specimens; reptiles – 13 spp., 24 specimens. Total: 71 spp., 215 specimens.
Z H L O B I N Population – 79.900 Zhlobin Zoo 247210 Gomelskaya obl., Zhlobin, ul. K. Marksa, 41-a. Open 1990. Tel.: (375233) 45-06-64; 45-30-20. Fax: (375233) 45-30-20. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Valerii L. Chechikov. Vet: Raisa A. Medvedeva. 24 staff. 0.4 ha. No reply.
Kazakhstan
S E M E Y Population – 333.550 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: Aizada S. Kalibekova. Vet: Ekaterina V. Arkhipova. 43 staff. 2.61 ha. Att. – 128,618. Mammals – 19 spp., 132 specimens; birds – 33 spp., 217 specimens; reptiles – 2 spp., 5 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 6 specimens; fishes – 12 spp., 98 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp. Total: 70 spp., 458 specimens+.
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Russia
B A R N A U L Population – 680.000 Conservation Centre of Rare Species of Birds “Altai Falcon” 656065 Altaiskii krai, Barnaul, ul. Popova, 118-430. Open 1991. Tel.: (3852) 54-92-71. 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 – 30 spp., 170 specimens. Speciality: breeding of birds of prey.
B A R N A U L Population – 680.000 Barnaul Zoo 656004 Barnaul, ul. Krasnoselskaya, 94-82. Open 2010. Tel.: (3852) 47-73-99, 42-47-04. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoo22.ru. Director: Sergei V. Pisarev. Deputy Director: Pavel V. Reznichenko. 31 staff. 6 ha. Att. – 191,713. Mammals – 43 spp., 106 specimens; birds – 11 spp., 47 specimens. Total: 54 spp., 153 specimens.
CHERNOGOLOVKA Population – 25.000 (Chernogolovka) Scientific-Experimental Station «Chernogolovka», IPEE RAS 119071 Moscow, Leninskii prospekt, 33, IPEE RAS, SES «Chernogolovka». Open 1975. Tel.: (496) 252-22-34. 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. 44 staff. 40 ha. Att. – 300. Mammals – 25 spp., 421 specimens.
ESSENTUKI Population – 140.000 Zooexotarium 357601 Stavropolskii krai, Essentuki, ul. Krasnoarmeiskaya, 2. Open 1995. Tel.: (7937) 7-37-60, (928) 356-60-00. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.esszoomin.ru. Director: Guzel Sh. Silivanova. Zoovet: Bulat Kh. Utyashev. 5 staff. 150 m. sq. No reply.
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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.: (47471) 3-34-22. 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 – 23 spp., 106 specimens. Speciality: breeding and reintroduction of rare species of birds of prey into the wild.
KALININGRAD Population – 441.370 Museum of the World Ocean 236006 Kaliningrad, Embankment Petra Velikogo, 1. Open 1990. Tel.: (4012) 53-17-44, 53-05-47. Fax: Факс: (4012) 34-02-11. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.world.ocean.ru. General Director: Svetlana G. Sivkova. Depute Director General for Research: Victor L. Stryuk. Scientific Secretary of the Museum: Larisa L. Zubina. 225 staff. 217 m. sq. Att. – 370,000. Fishes – 120 spp., 363 specimens.
K O M S O M O L S K - ON - A M U R Komsomolsk-on-Amur “Zoo Centre “Python” Population – 263.300 681016 Khabarovskii krai, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, ul. Ordzhonikidze, 9-а. Open 1990. Tel.: (42172) 59-09-71. Fax: (42172) 55-35-28. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.zoopiton.ru. Director: Irina A. Trifonova. Depute Director: Valentina Yu. Protsenko. Vet: Svetlana A. Naumova. 29 staff. 0.4 ha. Att. – 61,043. Mammals – 37 spp., 78 specimens; birds – 36 spp., 87 specimens; reptiles – 31 spp., 62 specimens; amphibians – 5 spp., 11 specimens; invertebrates – 3 spp. Total: 112 spp., 238 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./fax: (8612) 57-06-59, 52-13-58. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Valerii V. Lysenko. Head, Zoo Department: Olga V. Ozerova. Vet: Valentina P. Chuvaeva. 31 staff. 4 ha (zoo – 0.7 ha). Mammals – 17 sp., 144 specimens; birds – 44 spp., 386 specimens; reptiles – 3 spp., 9 specimens. Total: 64 spp., 539 specimens.
N I Z H N I I N O V G O R O D Population – 1.500.000 Nizhnii Novgorod Exotarium 603005 Nizhnii Novgorod, ul. Bolshaya Pokrovskaya, 18. Open 1996. Tel.: +7 903 605-99-01. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.terraria-nn.ru. Director: Lyudmila V. Semiglazova. Deputy Director: Sergei V. Fadeev. 6 staff. 110 m. sq. Att. – 65,000. Mammals – 5 sp., 18 specimens; birds – 8 spp., 11 specimens; reptiles – 52 spp., 103 specimens; amphibians – 6 sp., 9 specimens; invertebrates – 30 spp. Total: 101 spp., 141 specimens +.
NOVYI URENGOY Population – 120.000 Novyi Urengoy Ecological Station, Mini-Zoo 629300 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.: Elena M. Prokhorova. 36 staff (zoo – 9). 332 m. sq. Att. – 23,436. Mammals – 15 spp., 70 specimens; birds – 30 spp., 167 specimens; reptiles – 15 spp., 71 specimens; amphibians – 2 spp., 3 specimens; fishes – 54 spp., 543 specimens; invertebrates – 6 spp. Total: 122 spp., 854 specimens+.
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OMSK Population – 1.154.000 Omsk Eco-Biological Centre 644046 Omsk-46, ul. Marshala Zhukova, 109. Open 1992. Tel.: (3812) 31-12-33. 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: Valentina P. Baidalova. 16 staff. 3.2 ha. Att. – 62,656. Mammals – 30 spp., 77 specimens; birds – 68 spp., 236 specimens; reptiles – 31 spp., 90 specimens; amphibians – 10 spp., 15 specimens; fishes – 46 spp., 494 specimens; invertebrates – 10 spp. Total: 195 spp., 912 specimens+.
S E V A S T O P O L Population – 380.000 Sevastopol Sea Aquarium-Museum 99011 Sevastopol, prospekt Nakhimova, 2. Open 1897. Tel./fax: (380692) 54-38-92. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.sevaquarium.com. Director: Alla M. Kravtsova. Curator, Aquarium Complex: Sergei N. Brodskii. Curator, Collection: Alla V. Korotkova. 35 staff. 920 m. sq. Att. – 120,000. Reptiles – 13 spp., 26 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 1 specimens; fishes – 110 spp., 1 369 specimens; invertebrates – 31 spp. Total: 155 spp., 1 396 specimens +. Speciality: Black Sea ichthyofauna.
SORTAVALA Population – 35.000 Karelia Zoo Greenpark 186790 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: Evgeniya V. Dobryakova. Executive Director:
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Denis Yu. Lebedev. Vet: Marina V. Gizatulina. 25 staff. 37 ha. Att. – 9,000. Mammals – 39 spp., 267 specimens; birds – 28 spp., 137 specimens. Total: 67 spp., 404 specimens.
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, 1. 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. Fax: (8622) 43-20-28. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [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. Curator, Exposition: Anaida A. Shaginyan. Vet: Tatyana E. Gvozdik. 350 staff (15 – staff of the exposition department). 100 ha. (exposition – 2 ha.). Att. – 30,000. Mammals – 20 spp., 4 375 specimens. .
SYKTYVKAR Population – 250.000 Syktyvkar Zoo 167983 Republic Komi, Syktyvkar, GSP-3, ul. Pechorskaya, 30. Open 2002. Tel.: (8212) 43-13-41, 43-05-65. Fax: (8212) 31-28-48. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.ecobiocenter.ru. Director: Marina G. Sivkova. Vet: Anatolii G. Mirzoyan. 8 staff. 4.5 ha. Att. – 35,000. Mammals – 19 spp., 78 specimens; birds – 25 spp., 82 specimens; reptiles – 15 spp., 41 specimens; amphibians – 5 sp., 8 specimens; fishes – 12 spp., 89 specimens; invertebrates – 5 spp. Total: 81 spp., 298 specimens +.
TAMBOV Population – 300.000 Ecological scientific-educational center, Tambov State University 392000 Tambov, ul. Internatsionalnaya, 33. Open 2005. Tel.: (4752) 71-22-70, 71-12-56. Fax: (4752) 71-03-96. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Aleksey V. Emelyanov. Deputy Director: Oksana A. Suzdaltseva. Head, Department of Science and Education: Mikhail E. Bukovskii. 40 staff. 2.66 ha. Att. – 50,000. Mammals – 37 sp., 104 specimens; birds – 32 spp., 100 specimens; reptiles – 22 spp., 37 specimens; amphibians – 2 sp., 6 specimens; invertebrates – 15 spp. Total: 108 spp., 247 specimens+.
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ULAN-UDE Population – 416.079 Ulan-Ude Zoo 670045 Buryatiya, Ulan-Ude, p. Verkhnyaya Beryozovka. Open 1976. Tel./fax: (3012) 44-33-10, 33-25-10. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.ethnomuseum03.ru. Director: Svetlana I. Shobolova. Deputy Director: Aleksandr V. Aryazhapov. Curator, Zoo: Valerii D. Khalzanov. 5 staff. 1 ha. Att. – 113,855. Mammals – 22 spp., 62 specimens; birds – 10 spp., 12 specimens. Total: 32 spp., 74 specimens.
VOLZHSKII Population – 345.000 Volzhskii Mini-Zoo 404104 Volgogradskaya obl., Volzhskii, ul. Pushkina, 100. Open 1976. Tel.: (8443) 25-12-01. Tel./fax: (8443) 25-16-02. E-mail: [email protected]. Director: Elena A. Alekseeva. Deputy Director: Vera G. Ul’yanova. Chief, Zoopark: Tatyana Yu. Komleva. Vet: Sergei A. Khanyukov. 57 staff. 1.2 ha. Att. – 5,679. Mammals – 24 spp., 52 specimens; birds – 33 spp., 125 specimens; reptiles – 13 spp., 26 specimens; amphibians – 4 spp., 13 specimens; fishes – 28 spp., 302 specimens. Total: 102 spp., 518 specimens.
VOROBJI Park of Birds “Vorobji” 249167 Kaluzhskaya obl., Zhukovskii r-n, der. Vorobji, ul. Park ptits, 3/1. Open 2003. Tel.: (48439) 9-34-26, fax: (48439) 9-34-29. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.birdspark.ru. Director: Tatyana R. Belyavskaya. Deputy Director, Zoovet: Dmitrii P. Glebov. Vet: Nikolai N. Nekrasov. 37 staff. 23.8 ha. Att. – 290,178. Mammals – 44 spp., 116 specimens; birds – 230 spp., 1 570 specimens; reptiles – 25 spp., 44 specimens, amphibians – 3 spp., 7 specimens; fishes – 99 spp., 461 specimens, invertebrates – 8 spp. Total: 409 spp., 2 198 specimens+. Speciality: breeding of rare species of parrots.
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VORONEZH Population – 1.000.000 Voronezh Zoo 394029 Voronezh, ul. P. Osipenko, 6-a. Open 1994. Tel.: (473) 239-47-93, 239-49-41. 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: Yu. M. Lukina. 104 staff. 6.8 ha. Att. – 169,100. Mammals – 42 spp., 215 specimens; birds – 42 spp., 152 specimens; reptiles – 22 spp., 54 specimens; amphibians – 1 spp., 6 specimens; fishes – 61 spp., 638 specimens; invertebrates – 2 spp. Total: 170 spp., 1 065 specimens+.
Ukraine
D O N E T S K Population – 950.000 Donetsk Zooexotarium 83056 Donetsk, ul. Bakhchisaraiskaya, 1. Open 1992. Tel.: (38062) 207-38-11, (38066) 198-48-99. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.minizoo.donetsk.ua. Director: Yurii N. Chernodub. Deputy Director: Valerii V. Kugir. 3 staff. 170 m. sq. Att. – 1,500. Mammals – 7 spp., 135 specimens; birds – 10 spp., 40 specimens; reptiles – 116 spp., 347 specimens; amphibians – 16 spp., 96 specimens; fishes – 20 spp., 260 specimens; invertebrates – 180 spp. Total: 349 spp., 878 specimens +.
KIEV Population – 2.800.000 Terrarium Centre “Bion” 01135 Kiev, Post Box 43. Open 1993. Tel.: (38044) 486-47-81, 236-81-24, 486-33-31. Fax: (38044) 486-33-49. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Web: www.bion.com.ua. Director: Dmitrii A. Tkachyov. Deputy Director: Aleksandra S. Antonyuk. Vet: Liliya G. Kryvosheeva. 20 staff. 600 m. sq. Mammals – 5 spp., 9 specimens; birds – 5 spp., 13 specimens; reptiles – 89 spp., 1 990 specimens; amphibians – 5 spp., 37 specimens. Total: 104 spp., 2 049 specimens. Speciality: breeding of rare species of reptiles.
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Uzbekistan
KAGAN Kagan Ecological Centre “Dzheiran” 200700 Bukharskaya obl., Kagan, GSP Ecological Centre “Dzheiran”. Open 1977. Tel.: +99895 600-42-57, - 600-74-69 (mob.). E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.ecocenter.uz. Director: Ortik I. Muzaffarov. Deputy Director: Natalya V. Soldatova. 32 staff. 5.145 ha (+ free territory: 11.300 ha). Att. – 1 000. Mammals – 34 spp., birds – 312 spp., reptiles – 18 spp., amphibians – 2 spp., fishes – 8 spp., invertebrates – 100 spp. Total: 379 spp. Speciality: breeding of rare ungulates.
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Earaza News
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EURASIAN REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS FOR 2013
In 2013 the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums was guided by the Constitution, plan and decisions adopted by the annual EARAZA conferences hosted by Nikolaev Zoo in 2011, Jaroslav Zoo in 2012, and the Brno Zoo (Czech Republic) in 2013. The l19th EARAZA International Conference, which was hosted by the Brno Zoo, was attended by zoo representatives from 11 countries, namely Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, some other CIS countries, as well as Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and some others. During the reporting period 7 institutions were accepted as candidates for EARAZA membership. As of December 31, 2013, the EARAZA comprised 76 institutions from 14 countries, including 55 full members, 14 associated members and 7 candidates for EARAZA membership.
During this period the main attention in the work of the Association was paid to continuing education of the zoo staff, strengthening connections between the zoos, conservation of rare species and participation of EARAZA zoos in conservation work of international zoo organizations, especially of WAZA (World Association of Zoos and Aquariums), of which EARAZA is an associated member, and EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria), of which some EARAZA zoos are members..
1. The following training workshop and conferences were carried out in regard to continuing education of zoo staff: - The 5th International workshop “Invertebrates in Collections of Zoos and Insectariums” was hosted by the Cherkassy Zoo, Ukraine, on October 7-12, 2013. The workshop was attended by about 50 representatives of 28 zoos, universities and other institutions from 8 countries: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Italy, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia. - The Moscow Zoo hosted an International EARAZA Workshop on Education Work in Zoos on October 28 through November 01, 2013. It was attended by 56 representatives from 26 zoos of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Czech Republic, as well as by specialists of Timiryazev State Museum of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow Oceanarium RIO. Contemporary tendencies and prospects for education work in zoos were discussed at the conference. 36 reports and presentations on current education issues were made at the plenary sessions.
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- The third workshop on husbandry, breeding and veterinary care of birds was held on September 23 to 27, 2013 at the Vorobji Bird Park in the Kaluga Region (Russia) with participation by EARAZA. It was attended by 56 participants from 36 zoos, breeding stations, veterinary clinics and other zoological and veterinary institutions, as well as from companies engaged in commercial activities and shipping of wild and domestic animals. Professionals from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic took part at the conference and heard 32 presentations on current issues of veterinary care, husbandry and breeding of birds of various taxа. In 2013, EARAZA Information Centre arranged participation in the following events for EARAZA zoos’ staff:
1) Workshop on herpetology, hosted by Nikolaev Zoo (Ukraine) on October 18- 20, 2013;
2) International Conference on Amur Tigers and Leopards hosted by the Moscow Zoo on may 15 to 17, 2013;
3) The Conference on zoo and veterinary issues, dedicated to the anniversary of the Udmur Zoo (Izhevsk, Udmurtia) was held on April 21 to 24, 2013;
4) The 5th International workshop on conservation of animal diversity and game management in Russia was held at the Darwin Museum on February 14 to 15, 2013;
5) The conference on the husbandry and breeding of saiga in captivity took place on May 28 to 30 in Orlovsky settlement (Rostov Region);
6) The scientific conference “Lomonosov Readings. Section of Museum Sciences” was held at the Earth Science Museum of the Lomonosov State University, Moscow on April 18 to19, 2013;
7) The Russian Veterinary Congress and the 21st Moscow International Congress on the Diseases of Small Domestic Animals was held at the Izmailovo Hotel Complex (Moscow, Russia) on April 20 to 22, 2013. Many foreign lecturers, world renowned specialists invited to the Congress worked in 25 sessions on veterinary medicine, including ophthalmology, surgery, orthopedics, cardiology, reproduction, stomatology, radiology, and others. Honorary guests of the Congress were delegations of the World Veterinary Association (WVA), World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA), Federation of European Companion Veterinary Association (FECAVA).
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During the year 2013, 358 delegates from 59 zoos of Russia, other CIS countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltic countries and Israel took part in various seminars, workshops and conferences. Individual internships for zoo professionals were arranged at the Moscow Zoo and some other zoos of the region.
Publishing: o The 32nd Informational Issue of Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums in two volumes (volume 1-212 and volume 2-450 pages), containing information on 109 zoos, aquariums and other zoological institutions from 17 countries (Russia, Israel, countries of the CIS, Baltic countries and countries of Eastern Europe) was prepared for printing and published in Russian and English. It is available at the EARAZA website www.earaza.ru, along with the previous issues of this publication, and has also been sent out to EARAZA member zoos and other zoological institutions of the region, as well as to the Russian Book Chamber for further distribution to central and regional libraries. o Appendix 20 to the 32nd Informational Issue of Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums containing the lists of surplus/wanted animals was prepared and downloaded on the EARAZA website: www.earaza.ru. During the year the lists have been revised and updated based on new data from EARAZA member zoos. This publication assists zoo professionals in collection management, formation of breeding groups and pairs, and facilitates placement of offspring. o The 22nd volume of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and Breeding Stations (276 pages). This publication focuses on the problems of conservation of rare birds of prey, original methods of study, protection, biotechnology, breeding, treatment and reintroduction of birds of prey, and contains information on breeding results and collection dynamics in zoos and breeding stations of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, as well as information on the new publications, conferences and workshops. o The 29th issue of Research in Zoological Gardens (210 pages) deals with various aspects of the zoo science. There are further publications on marine aquariums, as well as articles on the husbandry of insects, reptiles, pelicans, barnacle geese, two-toed sloths, Egyptian fruit bats and on diseases and specifics of behavior of animals and techniques of environmental enrichment for animals of various taxonomic groups, methods for specifying subspecies of zoo animals. o The 2nd issue of Vital Issues of Veterinary at Zoos (144 pages). The publication is based on the proceedings of International EARAZA workshop “Vital Issues of Veterinary at Zoos”, hosted by Moscow Zoo on November 19
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to 23, 2012. It includes 10 articles on the study of diseases in reptiles, birds and mammals, as well as on issues of anesthesia and immobilization of animals. o The 3rd issue “Bustards of the Palearctic: Husbandry and Conservation” (120 pages). It is based on the proceedings of the 2nd International EARAZA Conference, held at Moscow Zoo on October 22 to 26, 2012. The issue includes 11 articles on the conservation methods for Bustards. Special attention was paid to the specifics of husbandry in captivity.
Thus, during the reporting period research, scientific-methodological and information materials (totally 1412 pages) were issued. All the materials contain unique information needed in the work of zoos and other conservation institutions. The materials issued for the last 15 years are downloaded on the EARAZA website.
In 2013 the EARAZA Information Center continued to expand its `library. The Information Center's aim is to collect literature not only on zoology, but also on many fundamental areas of biology and ecology. The majority of these publications can be found only in English and were published after the year of 2000. The main attention was paid to collecting manuals on veterinary care and husbandry of various species, including systematic groups of zoo animals, as well as to other issues on zoo activity.
In 2013, the collection of the library of journals and other periodicals of different years, dedicated to particular taxons or groups of animals was continued. All the sources are stored electronically in the PDF or DjVu formats, and just a few are available as web pages or in MSWord format, and may be copied onto CD or DVD disks.
Following a long-standing tradition, the staff of the EARAZA Information Center provided assistance throughout the year to member zoos and other zoological institutions in preparing documentation on zoo construction projects, formation of zoological collections and reconstruction of existing zoo exhibits, and in arranging and conducting interzoo internships.
Zoos and other interested organizations, as well as private individuals, were able to receive information, guidelines and manuals pertaining to the legislation on the husbandry of wild animals in captivity.
Totally, more than 200 requests for consultations from the zoos staff and representatives of other institutions, as well as from private individuals, were handled by the EARAZA Information Center. Among them, besides the EARAZA zoos, were Voronezh oceanarium, the zoo of Stary Oskol town in Belgorod region,
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Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy boulevard, the zoo of Saransk, and many other state bodies and institutions engaged in conservation education.
Letters referring to the operation of currently existing zoos and on the design and construction of new zoos were sent out to the Ministry of Culture (Russia), Ministry of Agriculture (Russia), Ministry of Health (Russia), Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, as well as to executive and legislative bodies of Brno (Czech Republic), Nikolaev, Kharkov, Cherkassy (Ukraine), Kaunas (Lithuania), Lodz (Poland), Voronezh, Izhevsk, Krasnodar, Kaliningrad, Perm, Saint-Petersburg, Smolensk, Sochi and Chelyabinsk (Russia).
The EARAZA Information Center has created and maintains an electronic database on animal species included in International and European studbooks. As of 01.12.2013, it contained information on 47 species held by 64 zoos of Russia, CIS and Baltic countries. The new information on the animal species was sent to all keepers of the International studbooks.
As usual, staff members of several EARAZA zoos continue keeping studbooks for several rare animal species, among them the Regional Studbook for the Amur Tiger kept by the Moscow Zoo and Regional Studbook for the Yellow-throated Marten kept by Novosibirsk Zoo. The European Studbook for the Steller's Sea Eagle is kept by the Moscow Zoo, for the Siberian White Crane – by Oka Natural Reserve, for the East Caucasian Tur – by the Tallinn Zoo. Staff member of the Tallinn Zoo is also acting as the EEP Coordinator for the European Mink.
The following EARAZA Working Groups were active during the reporting period:
- The Veterinary Working Group The following activities were carried out in 2013 by members of the Veterinary Working Group: 1. Participation in the long-term Program for Reintroduction of Central Asian Leopard in the Caucasus Region. Providing counseling on arranging veterinary procedures, rearing of young animals, vaccination (M.V. Alshinetsky). 2. Providing veterinary assistance to the staff of Yaroslavl Zoo, including treatment, anesthesia and transfers of animals. 3. Participation in the professional assessment of the possibility of reintroducing orphaned tiger cubs in the wild in the Russian Far East (M.V. Alshinetsky). 4. Carrying out annual physical examination of cranes at the Rare Crane Breeding Centre of the Oka State Biosphere Natural Reserve and holding a workshop on crane veterinary medicine at the Oka Reserve (M.V. Alshinetsky, N.V. Bebikh).
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5. Cooperation with A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (Russian Academy of Sciences) in the work on fitting European bison with GPS-collars in the Bryansk Forest and Kaluga Zaseki reserves (M.V. Alshinetsky). 6. Participation in the IFAW Project for rehabilitation of orphaned bear cubs – veterinary care of the animals.
The Veterinary Department of the Moscow Zoo provided consultations to the veterinary staff of EARAZA member-zoos.
- The Working Group on Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrates
The Working Group includes 18 professionals from the Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Cherkassy, Kiev, Leningrad, Tallinn, Riga and Latgale Zoos, Moscow and Tomsk State Universities, Odessa Dolphinarium and the State Darwin Museum. The Chairman of this Working Group is M.V Berezin. During the year, members of the Group constantly rendered advisory and methodical assistance to the staff of other zoos and insectariums on all issues of scientific research, as well as of the husbandry, medical treatment and exhibiting of invertebrates. In 2013, the Moscow Zoo was visited by the members of the Group from Chelyabinsk, Leningrad, Tallinn and Riga Zoos, the Entomology Department of Moscow State Lomonosov University and the State Darwin Museum. During the visits new practices, results and plans of joint activities of the Group were discussed. New exhibits of invertebrates were opened in several zoos: pavilion of tropical butterflies which can be visited all the year round (Chelyabinsk), two exhibits of invertebrates (Cherkassy), exhibit of hill ants (Kiev), nesting places for pollinating insects and entomophages (Riga), exhibit of nocturnal butterflies (Moscow).
In 2013 the 5-th International EARAZA Workshop «Invertebrates in Zoo and Insectarium Collections» was hosted by the Cherkassy Zoo on October 7-12. The Workshop was attended by 50 participants from 28 zoos and other institutions of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Italy, Sweden and Lithuania. More than 30 presentations were made on current issues of arranging collections of terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates in zoos and insectariums, keeping and breeding of invertebrates in laboratories, diagnosis and prophylaxis of diseases. Members of the Working Group E. Tkacheva and M. Berezin together with the other authors took part in the issue of the illustrated monograph “Insects of Russian European Region: Atlas of Biology Survey”.
- The Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls
The Moscow Zoo’s members of the Group continued sending out questionnaires in order to collect information on breeding and changes of collections, and collected
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The Group with the help of diploma-students from Moscow Academy of Veterinary Medicine continued collecting information for the analysis of the development of Falconiformes collections of the zoos and breeding stations of our region. The library continued to collect books on birds of prey and owls, which are stored electronically as well. Work was also done on the preparation and editing of the next 22st issue of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and Breeding Stations, which was published in the fourth quarter of 2013. Some materials for the next (23rd) issue of the Yearbook were collected. Staff from different zoos received consultations on raptor husbandry and collection management.
- The Working Group on Education
The EARAZA Working Group on Education consists of the representatives of zoos of Moscow (E. Migunova, T. Voronina), St. Petersburg (D. Arefieva), Surgut (A. Prokofieva), Tula (A. Lebedeva) and Hluboka-nad-Vltavoi (R. Kessl). During the year, members of the Group provided consultations on various aspects of educational work for education staff of EARAZA zoos. Besides, in 2013 the following activities were carried out: 1. The members of the Group from Tula Exotarium, Moscow Zoo and Hluboka- nad-Vltavoi Zoo (Czech Republic) participated in a number of conferences, focusing on education work at museums and zoos in Russia and abroad. Presentations were made at the conferences hosted by the State Darwin Museum and the Timiryazev State Biological Museum. 2. The members of the Group from Tula Exotarium and Moscow Zoo continued his work in social networks inContact and Facebook, where they have their own pages. 3. The International EARAZA Workshop on Education Work in Zoos was held on October 28 – November 1, 2013. The workshop was attended by 56 representatives of 26 zoos from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Czech Republic, as well as by specialists of Timiryazev State Museum of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Moscow Oceanarium RIO. Contemporary tendencies and prospects for education work in zoos were discussed at the conference. 36 reports and presentations on current education issues were made at the plenary sessions. The participants of the workshop took part in several training master classes and thematic round table discussions, in which various kinds of educational work at the Moscow Zoo were shown.
- The Working Group on Elephants
During the past year 11 representatives of 8 zoos participated in the work of the Group. The following activities were carried out:
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- The first trip to Sri Lanka was made by the Members of the Group within the «Sri Lanka: Visiting Elephants» Conservation Project. They together with tourists participated in an expedition aimed at popularization of ecotourism in Sri Lanka; - Further negotiations with the government of Sri Lanka regarding the possibility of the elephant transfers from Sri Lankan breeding stations to EARAZA zoos were conducted; - The page of the Working Group at the Kharkov Zoo’s official web-site (www.zoo.kharkov.ua/node/4462) was regularly updated; - Current issues of the “White Elephant” magazine were published; - The Group supervised the construction of the new elephant exhibit in Grodno Zoo (Belarus); - Collection of electronic library on elephant husbandry in captivity was continued.
In 2013 many regional zoos participated in the following EARAZA International Conservation and Research Programs:
1. The Steller’s Sea Eagle
The Steller’s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus Pallas, 1811) is endemic to Russian fauna and is included in the Red Book of Endangered Species of the Russian Federation (2001), IUCN List of Threatened Species, Appendix II of CITES (Annex A of the Council Regulation (EC)), Bonn Convention (App. II), and Appendices of
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The Program was launched in the time when the species was not on the verge of extinction, which is especially important in view of the existing threat of ecological catastrophes. During 10 years, 26 Steller`s Sea Eagle specimens were captured in the Lower Amur Region under the project of the creation of artificial population in zoos and breeding centers. In 1995, European Studbook on the Steller’s Sea Eagle was started at the Moscow Zoo and approved by EAZA. Organization and keeping of information in the unified database allowed to accurately calculate the number of birds kept at national and foreign zoos and breeding centers, and also to determine sex and age distribution, and origin of the birds.
Coordinator of the EARAZA Program and coordinator of European Studbook for the Steller’s Sea Eagle Lubov Kurilovich collected material on the status of the European population of the Steller’s Sea Eagle for the period from 01.01.2011 to 31.12.2013. The 15th volume of the European Studbook for the Steller's Sea Eagle was compiled and sent out to all participants of the program via e-mail.
1. Last volume of the Studbook and report on the implementation of the Program of the ex-situ and in-situ Conservation of the Steller’s Sea Eagle were presented to the participants of the EAZA Annual Conference in Edinburgh (UK). 2. Collection of biological samples of the captive Steller’s Sea Eagles was continued for genetic study and compiling DNA profiles of the birds. 3. Transfer recommendations have been prepared and circulated to the zoos and breeding centers of EARAZA and EAZA.
4. Due to financial support of EARAZA, monitoring of the Steller’s Sea Eagle population in the Lower Priamurye Region was continued by PhD Vladimir
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Masterov (the State Moscow Lomonosov University). Publication of the expedition reports are planned in the 23rd volumes of the Yearbook on Birds of Prey and Owls in Zoos and Breeding Stations.
2. Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia
The number of the zoos keeping mountain ungulates has not changed significantly. In 2013, a number of projects which demanded approval from the studbook keepers and EEP coordinators, was implemented. In the frames of the Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia EARAZA Program, the Tallinn Zoo transferred markhors (Capra falconeri heptneri) to the Minsk zoo (Belarus) - 1.4 and to the Nikolaev zoo (Ukraine) - 1.0. The Tallinn Zoo also transferred 1.0 of Siberian ibex to the Nikolaev zoo and also 13 (6.7) of the East Caucasian turs (Capra cylindricornis) and 7(3.4) of the West Caucasian turs (Capra caucasica) to the Breeding station of rare species of ungulates "APECA" (Slovakia) for breeding purposes.
In the majority of zoos where mountain ungulates are kept, they breed successfully. Most significant success was achieved with the breeding of the argali (Ovis ammon ammon) in the Novosibirsk zoo, the Severtsov's argali and the Sichuan takin in the Moscow Zoo.
A herd of the Severtsov's argali at the Moscow Zoo Breeding Station
As of December 31, 2013, there was only one zoo keeping argali- that is, the Novosibirsk zoo in the quantity of 1.2 (0.1 born in 2013). Among EARAZA members, only Moscow Zoo keeps the Severtsov's argali and the Sichuan takins. Before 2013, the Severtsov's argali were breeding only in the Moscow Zoo. In 2013, offspring of this species was obtained for the first time at the Berlin (TP) Zoo (1.0) from the animals received from the Moscow Zoo in 2011. Also, in 2013, offspring
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In 2013, the staff members of Moscow and Tallinn zoos took part in the work of the EEP/EAZA Sheep and Goat TAG. At the TAG meeting, many issues related to the cooperation in the frames of programs and to conservation of rare species of mountain ungulates were discussed, including cooperation between the zoos - members of EAZA and EARAZA. A number of speakers pointed out that after the new rules of importing ungulates into the European Union came into force, such cooperation is becoming more and more difficult. It was mentioned in the report made by Nina Trontti (Helsinki, Finland), EEP Coordinator for the markhor. The report made by a veterinary doctor Matt Hartley (Great Britain) was dedicated to the rules of the ungulates' import into European Union from the third countries. Also, issues relating to the takins' genetics, serow and goral's conservation in South-East Asia, the condition of ungulates' populations in the EAZA member-zoos were discussed.
A very interesting report was made by Jan Robovsky, staff member of the University of South Bohemia. The report was dedicated to the analysis of the mountain ungulates populations' condition in the zoos of the Czech and Slovak Unia of the Zoos (UCSZOO).
Siberian Ibexes at the Moscow Zoo Breeding Station
Despite some problems arising in the process of working on the Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia EARAZA Program, it should be continued. In 2014-1025, it is necessary to revise the numbers of all mountain ungulates' species kept at the zoos - members of EARAZA, find out their origin and think over their longtime conservation in the collections.
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Any zoo - member of EARAZA can participate in the Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia EARAZA Program. The size of the zoo and its collection is not of primary importance – no matter if there is only 1-2 species or up to 10 species of the mountain ungulates there. The population of any animal which is a EARAZA priority in any zoo is part of the whole captive population, where every member is very important. In the frames of the Program, the animals are transferred free of charge.
With any questions relating to the EARAZA Program Mountain Ungulates of Eurasia, please contact the Program Coordinator at the following address: [email protected] or to the Tallinn Zoo at the following address: Paldies Highway 145, 13522, Tallinn, Estonia.
Currently within the EEP/EAZA Sheep and Goat TAG the following programs for the species, kept in the EARAZA zoos, are active:
Takin Budorcas taxicolor ESB Keeper – Douglas Richardson, KINGUSSIE (GB) East Caucasian tur Capra cylindricornis ESB Keeper – Vladimir Fainstein, TALLINN Bukharan Markhor Capra falconeri heptneri EEP Coordinator – Nina Trontti, HELSINKI West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica ESB Coordinator – Jitka Vokurkova, OLOMOUC Nubian ibex Capra nubiana ESB Keeper – Patrick Roux, OBTERRE (FR) Long-tailed goral Naemorhedus caudatus ESB Keeper – Deborah Drysdale, KINGUSSIE Musk ox Ovibos moschatus EEP Coordinator – Mikkel Stelvig, KOBENHAVN- ZOO Blue sheep Pseudois nayaur ESB Keeper – Jean-Luc Berthier, PARIS-JARDIN.
3. Eurasian Bustard Conservation
The project targets three species of the family Otididae occurring within the territory of Russia and Northern Eurasia:
- The Great Bustard (Otis tarda tarda, O.t. dybowskii). Both subspecies are globally threatened. In early 2013, the population of the Western subspecies of the Great Bustard in the regional zoos comprised 40 (18.22), with 10 (3.7) birds being kept at the Moscow Zoo's Breeding Station. So far there are no birds of the Eastern subspecies kept in the regional collections. In 2011, two clutches were obtained from two females at Moscow Zoo (one of the females produced two fertile eggs)
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The Great Bustard at the Moscow Zoo Breeding Station
International EARAZA Conference on the Conservation of Palearctic Bustards by ex-situ methods was hosted by the Moscow Zoo in 2012, and in 2013 the collection of the proceedings of the conference was published.
The UK Great Bustard Group and the Saratov Branch of the Institute of Evolution and Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences were able to achieve the first positive results in the fight to save the bustard by the recovery of the previous range of the species. During 2008-2012 Bustards in Great Britain continued to breed. However, due to objective reasons in 2013 the transportation of chicks and eggs from Saratov region to Great Britain was stopped. A special breeding station was built in Great Britain, for breeding the birds for reintroduction there. In the Karasuk Station of the Institute of Taxonomy and Ecology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and of the Novosibirsk Zoo, a fertile
70 egg was received from a pair of Great Bustards. Unfortunately, the embryo stopped at the final stages of development – on the 24th day.
Embryo of the Great Bustard, received at Karasuk breeding station of the Novosibirsk zoo
- The Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax). The species is globally threatened. Two pairs of the Little Bustard are kept at the Breeding Station of the Moscow Zoo. Unfortunately, so far there have been no cases of breeding, though males were observed showing mating behavior several times. At the beginning of 2013, 3 birds (2.1) were kept at the Karasuk Breeding Station of the Institute of Taxonomy and Ecology (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and work aimed at the future breeding of the birds has been carried out. Two birds (1.1) are kept at the Rostov-on-Don zoo. It is necessary to have more birds to continue working on their breeding.
In France, similar program on the recovery of the Little Bustard population is carried out, and annually new birds are born in one nursery. Pre-introduction activities with young birds are carried out at the same breeding station. The program is implemented under the leadership of Mrs. Carole Attie representing Responsable Programme LIFE Renforcement Outarde. Breeding occurs in natural way, without using artificial insemination. Little Bustards start breeding at the age of one year. Carole Attie participated in the International Conference on the conservation of the bustards in the Moscow Zoo and her report about their breeding station is included into the collection of the conference proceedings (issue 3).
- The Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii). The species is globally threatened. At present, one male is kept at the Karasuk breeding station of Novosibirsk zoo, and his spring mating behavior has been
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4. Rare and Endangered Geese of Eurasia
The goals of the project are the development and implementation of the conservation strategy and recovery of rare species of Anseriformes with the help of intensive captive breeding and further reintroduction into 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:
Swan goose – Anser cygnoides. This species breeds successfully in the Moscow Zoo and other zoos of the region. A stable breeding group of Swan geese has been created. The reintroduction project is now hampered only by the luck of the interested nature conservation organizations that could carry out wildlife education activities among local people and hunters in the areas of potential reintroduction, prevent mortality of the released birds and implement monitoring of the wild population.
Swan goose
Lesser white-fronted goose – Anser erythropus. In order to create the Scandinavian population of this species, together with Swedish ornithologists, birds from wild populations in the north of the European part of Russia have
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been captured. The birds were given over to the Swedish side for establishing breeding stock and further reintroduction of the young birds into the wild. The first positive results have been received. EARAZA zoos are also involved in the work aimed at the breeding of the Lesser White-fronted Geese.
The Bewick's swan Cygnus columbianus. The Bewick's swans have not been breeding in the recent years at the Moscow Zoo’s Breeding Station. At Tallinn Zoo, the swans of the western subspecies breed from time to time. It is necessary to create suitable husbandry conditions for keeping and breeding of the Bewick's swans in these zoos, as well as in the other regional zoos.
The Program also focuses on other rare Anseriformes species (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 successfully at the zoos and breeding stations of Western Europe. The other species regularly breed at the EARAZA zoos, but yet attention should be paid to all of the listed species and studies of husbandry and reintroduction methods should go on. Moscow Zoo's Breeding Station continued breeding the Barnacle geese from the birds raised in artificial environment from the eggs that were collected on the Kanin peninsula in 2004 and 2005.
In 2013, the Breeding Station of the Moscow zoo obtained offspring of the Canada geese (Branta canadensis leucopareia) whose founder stock has been received from N.N.Gerasimov from the Breeding Station of those birds, located in the town Elyzovo in Kamchatka region. Unfortunately, this Breeding Station ceased to exist due to financial and other reasons. However, its 20-year long work resulted in the restoration of the wild Canada geese population which disappeared from North Kuril Islands 70 years ago. Now, in accordance with our Japanese colleagues' survey conducted in the wintering grounds of the birds, there are more than 500 of them.
The birds also started breeding at the Kuril islands, and some of the birds without rings have been observed there.
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Canada goose
Novosibirsk Zoo and Karasuk Breeding Station of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences continued activities aimed at establishing breeding population of the White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) representing one of the rare ducks of Eurasia. Hybridization with introduced Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), which is observed in the European part of the White-headed duck range, 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.
White-headed duck
The species is included into the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, in the Red Book of Russia and the Appendix II of CITES.
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5. Eurasian Crane Conservation
The network of zoos participating in the program continued to expand. Japanese cranes have been sent to the "Limpopo" zoo, to Leningrad and Minsk zoos from the Lipetsk and Novosibirsk zoos. Some of the Japanese and White-naped cranes, unsuitable for breeding in captivity have been sent to private zoos.
Breeding in zoos. During 2013, three rare crane species (the Siberian crane, the Japanese crane and the White-naped crane) bred in several zoo centres.
Internship and training. Within the frames of the EARAZA Program for Eurasian Crane Conservation, 3 members of staff from the zoos of Ivanovo, Izhevsk and Chelyabinsk participated in the internship and training on the transportation of live eggs and practices of comprehensive medical examination of cranes. Training was held in October, at the Rare Crane Breeding Station of Oka State Biosphere Reserve.
Releases into the wild. The Japanese crane. Six Japanese and two White-naped cranes, raised at three breeding centers (Breeding Station of Oka Reserve, Rare Bird Reintroduction Station of the Khingansky Reserve and Muraviovka Park for Sustainable Land Use) and kept at the Station of Khingansky Reserve during the first winter, were released into the wild in late May. On May 17, six eggs of the Japanese crane were transported to the Station in a special transport incubator for growing the chicks in natural conditions and further release into the wild.
Japanese cranes
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Two of these eggs turned out to be infertile, but chicks hatched from the remaining four. After the first winter period spent at the Station, the cranes will be released into the wild at their nesting places – on the territory of the Amur region.
The Siberian crane. On September 26, five young Siberian cranes were shipped to the Astrakhan Nature Reserve and released into the wild in the gathering grounds of waterfowl and wetland birds in the Volga delta. The birds got used to the new place very soon. The staff members of the Astrakhan Reserve continued to monitor the cranes till they flew away in autumn.
Research. Work on creation of genetic data base on the cranes and sexing of them continued in cooperation with the N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2013, the biological samples of 153 cranes of seven species coming from 18 zoos (65 Siberian cranes, 36 Japanese cranes, 16 Demoiselle cranes, 15 Common cranes, 10 White-naped cranes, 9 East-African grey-crowned cranes, 2 Sarus cranes) were analysed.
6. Establishing Reserve Populations of the Siberian Spruce Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis
Contemporary range of the Siberian Spruce Grouse is presented by three isolated areas located on the vast territory, from Yakutia on its west part to Sakhalin on the east, and Primorye on the south. However, human activity in these areas leads to the fragmentation of the habitat. The population numbers are very low and the population is reducing dramatically.
Formation of the new West-Siberian population of the Siberian Spruce Grouse
In 2013, the Karasuk Breeding Station of the Novosibirsk Zoo and the Institute of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences continued the works on breeding the population of the Siberian Spruce Grouse in enclosures complex. For the husbandry of adult stock previously developed and proven methods were used. As usual, most of the chicks hatched from naturally incubated eggs.
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Siberian Spruce Grouse in the enclosure with chicks
7. Study, Conservation, and Breeding of the Pallas’ Cat
The following work was done during the reported period:
Work at the Zoo. The main goal of the program is creating a sustainable population of Pallas' Cats in captivity. In order to achieve this goal, work on optimization of the husbandry conditions continued. Also, methods of constant monitoring the animals' physiological state without any danger for them were worked out. Clinical inspections were made if necessary. Database on physiological parameters and pathological-anatomical data was filled up. Offspring from three females of Pallas' Cat was obtained at the Moscow Zoo. Unfortunately, only part of them survived. The cause of death was toxoplasmosis which could not be cured due to the problem with timely diagnosis of the disease.
Scientific research of the feeding behavior and nutritional physiology of Pallas' Cats was continued. Thanks to sponsored funds of EARAZA, work on the comparative research of samples of excrements from Pallas' Cats in the wild and those from the captive animals, by the method of multi-substrate testing. It was found out that the captive animals have a microbiota analogous to the microbiota of the wild animals in the way of substrates' consumption and stability.
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The Pallas' Cat
Work in the wild. In the frames of the program for Study, Conservation and Breeding of the Pallas' Cat the staff members of the Moscow Zoo took part in two field surveys. One of them was dedicated to typical habitats' inspection and was organized by the Moscow Zoo on the territory of the Daursky reserve in Zabaikalsky region.
The second one, with the aim of finding Pallas' Cat' lairs, was organized by the Siberian Ecological Center and was held in the Kosh-Agach region of the Altai Republic. The survey was conducted with the help of photo capturing devices.
8. Conservation of Amur tigers and Amur leopards
EARAZA continues cooperation with the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA), participating in the activities of the Alliance on conservation of the Amur tigers and Amur leopards, as well as coordinating the EARAZA program on conservation and breeding of Amur tigers and EEP on Amur leopards.
EARAZA Program for Conservation and Breeding of Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)
In 2013, the participants of the EARAZA Amur Tiger Program mostly successfully followed the Coordinators' transfer and breeding recommendations. At the beginning of December 2013, all the participants received the Annual Report that included recommendations on transfers and breeding of the Amur tigers, analysis of the population status, as well as the information about the Global Species Management Plan (GSMP), tiger mortality database, and on the zoos' support of the
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EEP activities for conservation of tiger population in the wild. Besides, the Report included Russian versions of the EEP Husbandry Recommendations for Tigers (by Dr. Douglas Richardson and Dr. John Lewis) and Necropsy Protocol for Tigers prepared by Dr. John Lewis, the EEP Veterinary Advisor. The report can be obtained from EARAZA Program Coordinators or from the EARAZA Executive Office. Below you can find information about the Coordinators of the global, European and regional programs for conservation and breeding of Amur tigers:
Co-convenors for the GSMP for Amur tigers: Tara Harris, Minnesota Zoo (USA) Tanya Arzhanova, Moscow Zoo (Russia)
EEP Coordinator for Amur tigers: Jo Cook, Zoological Society of London
Coordinators of the EARAZA Program for Amur tiger: Tanya Arzhanova, Moscow Zoo (Russia) Irina Alekseicheva, Moscow Zoo (Russia)
EEP-EARAZA Program for Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Since the number of leopards kept in the zoos of the region is not enough for sustainable development of the regional program for Amur Leopards, it was considered worthwhile to include the EARAZA zoos keeping Amur leopards into the EEP Program. In 2013, Global Species Management Plan (GSMP) for Amur leopards was created and approved by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). The regional zoo associations currently participating in the GSMP are AZA (American Association of the Zoos and Aquariums), JAZA (Japanese Association of the Zoos and Aquariums) and EAZA/EARAZA.
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The inaugural meeting of the Amur tiger GSMP was held in conjunction with the inaugural Amur leopard GSMP. The same regional zoo associations are participating in both programmes, many of the same people are involved and many of the in situ conservation projects focus on both taxa so it makes perfect sense to hold the meetings together. The meeting was held in May 2013 and was hosted by Moscow Zoo. All the regional coordinators attended as well as veterinary and other advisors. Activities of GSMP will be coordinated by the Committee, which includes GSMP Co-convenors and Coordinators of all participating regional programs for Amur leopards (Jo Cook (EEP Coordinator), Cindy Kreider (SSP – AZA Coordinator), Tetsuro Suginohara (Coordinator of JAZA Program for Amur leopards), as well as Veterinary and Population Management Advisors, and field scientists.
The main aim of the GSMP is to improve the demographic status and increase genetic diversity of the global and regional ex situ populations of Amur leopards through inter-regional transfers. The ex situ population could also serve as a source population for reintroduction or supplementation of wild populations should the need arise.
As it may be known to many of the participants of the program, in 2001 it was agreed that reintroduction of Amur leopards from zoo stock at a second, "insurance" location was a necessary measure in order to secure the future of this taxon in the Russian Far East. Animals from the EEP member zoos are supposed to be used in the reintroduction project. It took several years and efforts of many people to prepare the reintroduction program; members of the Working group for Amur leopard, staff of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, as well as many other specialists from state and non-governmental organizations from various countries took part in it.
After numerous revisions and changes, the final version of the Program for reintroduction of Amur leopards was approved by the Working group. The Plan has now been submitted to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia, where it should get the final approval, hopefully in the near future. The plan clearly identified Southern Sikhote-Alin as the site for reintroduction. Authors of reintroduction project hope that the project will be approved soon, and once that has happened, it will be necessary to decide which demographically and genetically important leopard pairs will be used for breeding in the Russian Far East in the frames of reintroduction project.
Co-convenors and Advisors of the GSMP for Amur leopards are deeply grateful to all the zoos which expressed their wish to offer their leopards for the reintroduction project. It is necessary to stress the basic selection criteria, which have been reflected in the criteria for breeding recommendations within the EEP for many
80 years now. The GSMP will be seeking to identify established breeding pairs of leopards who: are physically and behaviorally healthy; are reasonably young; produce offspring that are less than 20% founder 2; are not known to carry the melanism gene; have produced and reared at least one set of recommended cubs in zoos (thus demonstrating that they are compatible and fertile and that the mother is a good rearer). No leopards that do not meet all these criteria can be considered. In view of this, it is essential that the SPARKS dataset is kept up to date at all times for us to carry out this pnaiing and selection work, so please make sure that all births and deaths are reported as soon as they occur – every event, even if not happening to the "target" leopards – may impact on the decision process. We would also ask that everyone cooperates fully with all transfer and breeding recommendations to give this project as great a chance of success as possible. During the GSMP meeting in May, 2013 the Coordinators of the breeding programs for Amur leopards met with the representatives of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. In the course of the meeting, it was decided to draft the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry and GSMP. After some discussions of the draft MoU, its final version was submitted for review to the Ministry, and it is expected that the Parties of the MoU will sign it in the near future. The GSMP Co-convenors consider this MoU to be the necessary prerequisite for successful implementation of the project of reintroduction of Amur leopards in the Russian Far East.
Information about the coordinators of the global, European and regional programs for conservation and breeding of Amur leopards:
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Co-convenors of the Global Species Management Plan (GSMP) for Amur leopards:
Sarah Christie, Zoological Society of London (Great Britain) Tanya Arzhanova, Moscow Zoo (Russia)
Coordinator for Amur leopard EEP:
Jo Cook, Zoological Society of London (Great Britain)
9. Conservation of Rare Eurasian Sturgeon Species of the Palearctic
The Amu Darya Sturgeon. In April-May 2013, the curator of the Program A.L.Chernyak organized a field study of the pigmy narrow-mouth Amu Darya Sturgeon population in the lower flow of the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Pavel Grekov, a staff member of the Moscow Zoo, made scientific research on the methods of growing up young sturgeons of various species on the base of the Moscow Zoo's Breeding Station.
The Sakhalin sturgeon
10. Sexing birds by DNA using PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) During 2013, O.Nesterenko, Moscow Zoo researcher, used PCR method for determining the sex in 77 birds from collections of 11 zoos (the zoos of Lipetsk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Izhevsk, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, and also from the Khingansky Reserve and the Far East zoological garden named after Sysoyev (Khabarovsk).
11. Long-term project for the conservation of the Przewalski’s Horse The Moscow Zoo and some other EARAZA zoos participate in building a breeding station for the Przewalski’s Horse under the Long-term Project for the
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Reintroduction of the Przewalski’s Horse in the Orenburg Region. This project constitutes part of the Conservation Strategy for the Przewalski’s Horse in Russia.
Institutions that participate in this project are the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Steppe Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, EARAZA and others. The restoration of the wild population of the Przewalski’s Horse in the remaining areas of the Orenburg Steppe will not only guarantee the survival of this species, but will also contribute to the preservation of biodiversity in steppe ecosystems and to their stability and rehabilitation. At this time, the foundations are being laid for a breeding station for Przewalski’s Horses in the Orenburg Region.
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CONTENS
Informational ussue Eurasian Regional Asociation of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA) - 2
Introduction - 6
Information on the zoological institutions as of 1.01.2013 - 8
Index of the geographical locations of the zoos - 10
Information on the full and associated members of the Eurasian Regional Association (EARAZA) - 12
Information on zoos that are not EARAZA members - 42
Information on other zoological institutions that are not EARAZA members - 47
Earaza News - 47
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Информационный Сборник Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов
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Главный редактор и ответственный за выпуск Президент Евроазиатской региональной ассоциации зоопарков и аквариумов, Президент Государственного автономного учреждения г. Москвы «Московский зоопарк» В.В. Спицин
Редакторы и составители: Т.Ф. Андреева, Т.А. Вершинина, Н.В. Карпов, Л.В. Кузьмина, В.А. Остапенко, В.Е. Фролов, В.П. Шевелёва
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