Due to the current situation in Ukraine, Zoo Kyiv is temporarely closed. Source: Instagram of Zoo Kyiv (24/02/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXlJsVqtqQ/
On February 27th, the zoo announced that (0.0.2) domestic goats (breed not specified) were born. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=909403476421876 Always compliment the bad news with the good.
Story on the situation within the zoo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/06/ukraine-kyiv-russia-zoo/
A family of three European hamsters at Kyiv Zoo have been reintroduced to the wild on Tarutino Steppe in the Ukrainian Danube Delta region. The hamsters are currently hibernating in an artificial den. The plan is for further releases of captive-bred hamsters from the zoo in spring next year. More information can be found in the link below: European hamsters return to the Tarutino Steppe | Rewilding Europe
How great to see people still working for animals and the environment while in the middle of what’s going on in Ukraine. Admirable.
The zoo received 2 Caracals (Caracal caracal) from the National Police, they have recently been moved to a new summer enclosure. I am not sure when the zoo received the caracals. Source: Instagram of Zoo Kyiv (28/07/2023)
A second group of European hamsters, consisting of eight females and seven males, have moved from Kyiv Zoo to be released at the Tarutino Steppe in the Ukrainian Danube Delta. Currently, they are being kept in a 600 square metre enclosure, but the protective fencing will be removed once the animals have acclimatised and formed a colony. Further releases are planned for next year. It is currently thought that the first three animals released are still doing well. More information can be found in the link below: Second group of hamsters released on the Tarutino Steppe | Danube Delta
How are animals doing now? I hope they are okay. The zoo seems to have rescued some servals any comfirmation? The zoo seems to be working well under the pressure. Any updates on the animals? Yahoo News Kyiv Zoo shows 4 servals rescued from Donetsk Oblast – photo The Kyiv Zoo displayed war-surviving animals, including four servals that were brought from Kurakhove, a city in Donetsk Oblast near Marinka... .
The zoo has indeed rescued 4 servals from Kurakhove, near Maryanka in Donetsk around 2 months ago. 2 of the 4 servals are now visible to the public. Source: Instagram of Kyiv Zoo (22/12/2023)
