Rostov Zoo

Rostov-on-Don Zoo
Ростовский зоопарк
47°15′09″N39°40′15″E
Location	Rostov-on-Don,Rostov Oblast,Russia
Land area	98.2 hectares
No.of animals	5.000
No.of species	400
Annual visitors	↘184 370 (2014), ↗185 555 (2015)
Major exhibits	1
Director	Alexander Zhadobin (since Dec 2016)
Website	zoopark-rostov.ru

Rostov-on-Don Zoois a zoos in Russia located inRostov-on-Don.The zoo is a member of 38 programs involved in the conservation of endangered animals.

It features such animals as tigers, lions, pygmy hippopotamus, Asian elephants, Dagestan and Bezoar goats, Siamese crocodiles, and flamingos.Rostov-on-Don Zoo is a member of thenInternational Species Information System.A large park is a main feature of the zoo, making it a popular place among local citizens.

History

Barbary sheepin Rostov-on-Don Zoo, 2010

The zoo was founded in June 1927 to serve as a pet enclosure for a nearby school named after MarshalS. M. Budyonny(now known as School No. 43 on Budennovsky Street, 64). The school's collection of animals was moved to the outskirts of the town in the autumn of 1929.

Rostov-on-Don Zoo,August 2009

On 5 September 2009, Rostov-on-Don Zoo received three elephants, which had previously been held at theBerlinZoo Friedrichsfelde. The zoo, which hadn't had elephants in over twenty years, now hosts them in exchange for apolar bear.In December 2010, a female baby elephant was born in the zoo.

Collection

RhinocerosinRostov-on-Don Zoo,August 2008

The zoo is home to about 5,000 animals belonging to 400 species.There is also a section of the aquarium which presents inhabitants of the underwater world — from the fish of theDon regionto freshwaterstingraysandcrabsfrom South America. There are a crocodiles from Southeast Asia,turtles,snakesfrom Central Asia, Africa, America, as well as other reptiles kept in terrarium.